EFI won 11 awards in the annual MUST SEE ‘EMS graphic arts technology competition winning the most honours ever presented to a single company for the fourth consecutive year.
The awards recognise EFI Inkjet, Productivity Software and Fiery products that fuel printing companies’ success, giving them the power to optimise their operations and profitably win new business.
The competition awards the most compelling new products to be presented at North America’s largest annual graphic arts trade show, Graph Expo. The company’s 11 awards are the most ever to be won by any company, surpassing the eight that EFI took home in 2013.
The technologies earning awards this year drive value for print professionals seeking new paths to more profitability. For example, one winning product, the hybrid roll/flatbed H1625 LED printer, is an entry-level, LED-based production wide format device that offers high value printing. Users benefit from the white ink and its LED inkjet capabilities, which give them the ability to print on a wider range of substrates thanks to energy efficient cool cure technology.
One of the very first EFI customers to operate this new printer, Gregg Kruse, owner of the FASTSIGNS franchise in Gladstone, can print backlit displays and full-colour aluminium composite street signs more efficiently because the printer does not require swapping out inks to run jobs that require white.
‘The EFI H1625 is faster than our last hybrid printer and it prints more accurately,’ Mr Kruse said. ‘I know other businesses that have white ink capabilities on their printers but do not use it because of the time they lose switching to white ink. Our new EFI printer solves that problem.’
