This year’s prestigious InterTech Technology Awards saw a dozen companies given acknowledgement for their technologies.
The 2017 recipients included the HP PageWide Web Press T490HD, Scodix Ultra Pro with foil digital enhancement, Komori Impremia IS29, Screen Truepress Jet 520HD Continuous Feed Inkjet press, Komori Impremia IS29, Heidelberg Prinect Press Centre XL 2, Gallus Labelfire 340, AMS LED UV Sytem, Oris Flex Pack, ColorLogic ColorAnt 4.0, Esko XPS Crystal, HP PrintOS, Just LED moduLight – Dual Illuminant D50/D65, MGI AIS SmartScanner Intelligent Registration System and the Image Test Labs – Image Grader TM.
The InterTech Technology Awards are sponsored by the Printing Industries of America and honour the development of technologies predicted to have a significant impact on the graphic arts and related industries.
InterTech says more than 80 per cent of technologies receiving an award experience continued on to commercial success in the marketplace.
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Heidelberg received two Intertech Technology Awards at this year’s event for its print production press the Prinect Press Center XL 2 and its label printing press the Gallus Labelfire 340. This is the company’s 37th and 38th InterTech award for outstanding and innovative products – making them the most decorated manufacturer in the industry.
Companies can only submit their products if they have been commercially available in the marketplace for no longer than three years (five years under some circumstances), proven in industrial/commercial applications, beyond beta testing (pre-release products are ineligible and have different and innovative technology).
These technologies may be part of a particular product, a family of products, an option or enhancement to an existing product, a stand-alone technology or a particular product that is the result of innovative technology.
These awards have been running since 1978. Entries for the 2018 awards will be open from early next year with the deadline June 1.
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