Color-Logic is a known name in metallic colors systems and print embellishments.
Color-Logic, a known name in metallic colors systems and print embellishment, has announced certification of the Ecofoil Digital Label Stock for cut sheet printers, a fully recyclable and FSC-certified label stock optimized for HP Indigo, Ricoh, and Xerox digital presses.
Mark Geeves, director of Color-Logic Sales and Marketing, said: “The Ecofoil Digital Label Stock has opened up new markets for cut sheet printers, including labels for craft breweries, cannabis distributors, wineries, and other short-run and variable data markets. Labels produced with personalized metallic special effects by Color-Logic on Ecofoil Digital cut sheets are particularly attractive to printers serving charity, wedding, anniversary, and celebration customers.”
Geeves said certification tests performed in the Color-Logic laboratories indicate that Color-Logic licensed printers can offer Ecofoil Digital Label Stock to customers. “In the United States, Ecofoil Digital substrates are distributed exclusively by Kelly Spicer. Outside the US, Ecofoil Digital substrates are available from local distributors. Complete details may be found by registering at www.color-logic.com/ecofoildigital“
Mark Kempster, Ecofoil Digital managing director said: We are very excited about our new Ecofoil Digital label stock hitting markets around the world. With conventional methods of foil embellishment proving either difficult to produce and/or requiring a pre-PET lamination, Ecofoil Digital is truly the only sustainable and commercially viable method to produce foil embellishment labels with both the dry toner and HP Indigo digital print markets.”
2023 promises an interesting ride for print in India
Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and
multi-channel IPPGroup. While the print and packaging industries have been resilient in the past 33 months since the pandemic lockdown of 25 March 2020, the commercial printing and newspaper industries have yet to recover their pre-Covid trajectory.
The fragmented commercial printing industry faces substantial challenges as does the newspaper industry.
While digital short-run printing and the signage industry seem to be recovering a bit faster, ultimately
their growth will also be moderated by the progress of the overall economy. On the other hand book
printing exports are doing well but they too face several supply-chain and logistics challenges.
The price of publication papers including newsprint has been high in the past year while availability is diminished by several mills shutting down their publication paper and newsprint machines in the past four years. Indian paper mills are also exporting many types of paper and have raised prices for Indian printers. To some extent, this has helped in the recovery of the digital printing industry with its on-demand short-run and low-wastage paradigm.
Ultimately digital print and other digital channels will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future. For instance, there is no alternative to a rise in textbook consumption but this segment will only reach normality in the next financial year beginning on 1 April 2023.
Thus while the new normal is a moving target and many commercial printers look to diversification, we believe that our target audiences may shift and change. Like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.
Our 2023 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock and reconnect with your potential markets and customers. Print is the glue for the growth of liberal education, new industry, and an emerging economy. We seek your participation in what promises to be an interesting ride.
