EFI reported this year's FESPA the most successful European wide-format exhibition the company has attended in years.

“Fespa Munich was a fantastic show,” said David Hocquet, CEO of Deltenre, a Belgian printing company. “It was energetic and busy and the EFI stand was the busiest of them all as everyone wanted to see the latest VUTEk machines. We have two of them installed already and certainly for future investments in superwide format, we’ll look to EFI VUTEk and no one else.”

VUTEk GS3200

“We not only exceeded digital inkjet targets for VUTEk and Rastek that we had set for this show, we also surpassed goals set for our software products,” said EFI EMEA’s managing director Paul Cripps “Proof that EFI’s customers in Europe are doing well and continue to require cost saving solutions to optimize, automate and streamline operations.”

Attendance up from North and South America, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific

EFI tracked a significant increase in visitors from high-growth markets such as Asia Pacific, the Americas and the Middle East, adding to vast numbers from Western, Central and Eastern Europe.

Products on display included the VUTEk GS3200 with the new MediaMaster fully automated media handling system, the GS5000r, the high-productivity QS3250r UV roll-to-roll superwide printer, the versatile Rastek T1000 and the H650 wide-format UV printers, and the Jetrion 4830 digital label press. Pace print management system, Digital StoreFront web-to-print solutions and Web Control Center for remote proofing completed the portfolio. Together, they offered a practical demonstration of EFI’s integrated workflow from order taking to printing and shipping.

Eighty VUTEk GS Series Sold in One Year

EFI announced that it had sold the 80th VUTEk GS printer since the product’s European introduction at Fespa 2009.

Leading its category in installations worldwide, the VUTEk GS3200 flatbed and roll-to-roll hybrid UV printer delivers photorealistic quality, superwide speed, and innovative applications that expand the reach of superwide into new industries.

Debuted for the first time in Europe, the MediaMaster is a fully-automated material handling system for the GS3200 that continues to increase productivity and economics of digital superwide printing. Equipped to handle full-size 1.5 x 3 meter boards at up to 50 beds per hour, and also master as many as 3-up smaller boards across the width of the printer, for over 150 boards per hour with precision. This enables the material handling system’s hands-free productivity: a single person can operate two GS3200 printers with MediaMasters, reducing cost and optimizing production time.

Now commercially available, the VUTEk GS5000r offers exceptional quality and roll-to-roll speed that allow users to tap into premium-margin markets that demand point-of-purchase (POP) quality graphics.

Rastek T1000 makes European Debut at Fespa 2010

EFI’s new Rastek T1000 wide-format printer was also shown for the first time in Europe. This new flatbed printer offers class-leading print speed, including white running the same speed as CMYK – all with stunning 8-level greyscale, up to 1200 dpi print quality. With a stationary vacuum table and retractable media registration pins, it has the versatility to handle a wide range of rigid media quickly and easily.

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