Specialty Graphics Imaging Assn., SGIA, Fairfax, VA, announced its Product of the Year winners at its annual tradeshow, which took place November 4-6 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. The winners, broken into 27, sign-related, separate categories, include:
Digital Inks: Sawgrass, SubliJet HD sublimation inks for Virtuoso SG 800 printers
Finishing, Display Exhibit Hardware: Visual Magnetics, VM-SHELF
Finishing, Equipment, Laminators: Rolinx Performance Products, Kala Mistral 1650
Finishing, Equipment, Non-Laminator: Miller Weldmaster, AES1900
Finishing, Laminates, Adhesives, Films and Coatings: EFI, EFI Armor Coatings
Media, Films: Visual Magnetics, VW-DRYerase
Media, Non-PVC: Newlife Magnetics LLC, Cling-King Spider Mat
Media, Rigid: Panel Processing Inc., Liquid Chalkbard
Media, Textile-Apparel: Pacific Coast Fabrics, Jennifer S./914
Media, Textile-Flag: Top Value Fabrics, Flag Superb
Media, Textile-Framing Systems: Fisher Textiles, DD 6788 Mojo
Media, Pressure-sensitive Vinyl: DAF Products, Gecko-Grip
Flatbed/Hybrid Printer, under $100,000: Mutoh, ValueJet 1617H
UV Flatbed, $100,000-$200,000: Agfa Graphics, Anapurna M2540i FB
UV Flatbed, $200,000-$500,000: Agra Graphics, :Jeti Mira
UV Flatbed with White Ink, $100,000-$200,000: EFI, H1625 LED
UF Flatbed with White Ink, $200,000-$500,000: EFi, EFI VUTEk H2000 Pro
Small Flatbed (Industrial/Small Item Decoration): Mimaki USA Inc., UJF7151plus
Roll-to-Roll, Solvent/Latex, Under 80 in. Wide: Hewlett Packard, HP Latex 370
Roll-to-Roll, Solvent/Latex, Over 80 in. Wide: Mutoh America Inc., VBalueJet 2638X
Roll-to-Roll UV, Under 80 in. Wide: Mimaki USA, JV400SUV-160
Roll-to-Roll UV, Over 80 in. Wide: Durst Image Technology US LLC, Durst Rho 312R
Roll-to-Roll, Direct-Disperse Ink-On-Textile: Durst Image Technology US LLC, Durst Rhotex 322
Roll-to-Roll, Dye-Sublimation on Textile: Epson America Inc., SureColor F2900
Roll-to-Roll, Dye-Sublimation on Metal: Sawgrass, Virtuoso VJ 628
UV Hybrid/Flatbed, HIgh Volume: Agfa Graphics, Jeti Tauro H2500
Large Format Scanner: Paradigm Imaging Group, Colortrac SmartLF SG Series
Congratulations to all the winners.