AnaJet Moves into Ricoh’s California Facility D irect-to-garment printer maker AnaJet, which was acquired by Tokyo-based Ricoh Co. earlier this year, announces it is now operating out of the Ricoh facility at 1100 Valencia Ave. in Tustin, California, just down the street from its former facility. Paul Crocker, AnaJet’s marketing director, says the company’s new campus consists of several buildings and is more than 17 times larger than its former site. Manufacturing and shipping departments [...]

OKI Data Americas Hosts Grand Opening for New Texas Facility Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based OKI Data Americas, a manufacturer of office equipment and supplies and wide-format printers, hosted a grand opening to celebrate its new technology solutions center in Irving, Texas. The new facility, located at 8505 Freeport Parkway, is part of a larger marketing and administrative office space that totals more than 15,000 square feet. The technology solutions center will provide improved service to [...]

Xaar 2001 Printhead Wins NMI Product of the Year Award M Cambridge, UK-based industrial inkjet printhead manufacturer Xaar announces that its 2001 printhead has won the ‘Product of the Year Award’ at the 20th NMI Awards held recently in London. The NMI Awards are presented annually by NMI, a UK trade association for electronic systems, microelectronics and semiconductors. It defines its mission as increasing the quality and quantity of electronic engineering and manufacturing in the [...]

3M Graphics Installer Meeting Addresses Sticky Issues T he Commercial Graphics Innovation Summit (CGIS) took place last month as the most recent initiative by United Applications Standards Group(UASG) to set and maintain the highest possible quality and ethical standards for the graphic installation trade. This year’s conference was hosted in St. Paul, Minnesota, in conjunction with 3M giving more than 75 companies three days of training, team building and camaraderie. For specific business-building and operations [...]

Mimaki USA Hosts Open House at Headquarters Jan. 11 M imaki USA holds an open house at its Atlanta-area headquarters on Jan. 11. The open house is part of the company’s “Nationwide Open House” event which will also occur throughout January at other branch offices, including Florida and Texas. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time and offers attendees a hands-on experience with Mimaki printing equipment. The open house also features [...]

Mutoh and Avery Dennison Partner on Wrap Training Classes P hoenix-based wide-format printer and cutter manufacturer Mutoh and Mentor, Ohio-based graphic films manufacturer Avery Dennison announce they are partnering on presenting wrap training classes in 11 cities throughout the U.S. in 2017. Master installers Justin Pate of The Wrap Institute and John Duever of Fenton, Missouri-based Vinyl Images will be teaching these Digital Films Classes, which are designed to teach wrap skills for a variety [...]