Company introduces a wide range of new environmentally friendly solutions and extends special offers to visitors

 Johannesburg, South Africa, August 12, 2013 – Bordeaux Digital Printink, a leading innovator of a wide range of inks and coatings for a variety of demanding inkjet applications, printing technologies and techniques, announced that it will introduce its new environmentally friendly water-based solutions to the South African market at Sign Africa 2013, together with GSW, its South African distributor (Hall 1, GSW stand F24).  At the show, Bordeaux will demonstrate how print shops can increase their value and printing with sustainable print solutions like the unique Latex-based ink series, new Dye Sublimation inks, Eco Solvent, UV & UV LED inks, UV and water based coatings as well as innovative inkjet technologies.

Exclusively at Sign Africa, the first 100 visitors who convert to Bordeaux Eco solvent-based inks for a Mimaki or Roland printers will receive a free Bordeaux ink set. Bordeaux will further enhance this offer by supplying the first 40 converted customers with a complimentary bulk ink delivery system.

The Smart bulk ink delivery system, developed by Inkondemand.com and Bordeaux, enables print shops to replace OEM chips, monitor ink level with practically 100{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} accuracy and receive alerts when to replace the ink bag in order to maximize print productivity and reduce ink waste.  The bulk ink system will be visible on a Mimaki printer using the mild solvent FUZE MS33 ink, conveniently available in 1L durable and sealed bags including chips.

Visitors will also witness live demonstrations of Bordeaux’s unique Latex-based ink, EDEN LX, on a solvent to latex converted Roland printer.  This new environmentally friendly ink provides superior outdoor durability and easy conversion from solvent printers to Latex inks.   Bordeaux will also introduce its Latex-based ink, EDEN TX, for printing on a very wide variety of natural, synthetic and blended fabrics  and its water based Dye Sublimation ink, EDEN ST, for transfer dye sublimation and EDEN SD for direct to fabric applications.  The EDEN series supports printers equipped with Epson® DX printheads.

“Via our service oriented distributor, GSW, Bordeaux is a major supplier of comprehensive, cost effective pre and post treatment solutions in North and South Africa” said Matthew Reijnders, Bordeaux’s Director of Sales and Business Development ,“At Sign Africa we will proudly present our UV & UV LED ink primers to improve ink adhesion on challenging surfaces like plastic and glass as well as our Liquid Laminates for Fleet, Sign and Banner which protect graphics from extreme weather conditions like acid rain and extends the print life for long term increased value to the print shop and its customers.”

For pre and post print treatments, Bordeaux will exhibit its full line of water based laminates for the wide format digital printing market and UV based coating line for more diverse applications such as document finishing and pre-press applications. Both laminates and coatings can enrich prints with gloss, matte or anti-slip characteristics and are intended to enhance the prints, increase durability to abrasion and prevent fading.

Visit Bordeaux at Hall 1 stand F24, at Sign Africa, a dedicated Sign, Display & Digital Graphics Expo, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21-23 August 2013. www.c-m-y-k.com.  To learn more about GSW visit www.gsw.co.za

FTC (UK) Demonstrates Bordeaux’s Coatings at FESPA 2013, Stand G75S

London, United Kingdom – June 24^th, 2013 – Bordeaux Digital Printink, a leading innovator of a wide range of inks and coatings for a variety of demanding inkjet applications, printing technologies and techniques, today announced that FTC (UK) has joined its reseller network.  FTC (UK), a leading manufacturer of finishing products for the Visual Communications Market, will distribute Bordeaux’s coating and liquid laminates throughout the United Kingdom.

FTC will showcase Bordeaux’s coatings at the FESPA 2013 conference, June 25  – 29, in London, UK at the Excel London Exhibition Center, stand G75S.  Live demonstrations will include coatings with Bordeaux’s CLEAR WIDE™ UV coating series for high volume wide format applications.

Bordeaux also offers a wide variety of environmentally friendly water based coatings, Latex-based inks, Dye-sublimation, UV and UV LED Curable inks and bulk ink delivery solutions. The company’s wide range of inks and liquids for inkjets is available in the UK through UK Euroconnect and Stehlin Hostag.

Bordeaux’s products are recognized worldwide as highly reliable and cost-effective solutions for wide and super wide digital printers made by Roland, Mimaki, Epson, Mutoh, HP, Seiko and others and for all the latest printhead technologies including Ricoh, Xaar, Konica Minolta, Epson and others. The solutions benefit from Bordeaux’s Mix & Match technology enabling easy transition from OEM ink, higher productivity and increased savings.

See live demonstrations of Latex based ink printing on natural and synthetic fabrics

London, United Kingdom – June 25^th, 2013 – – Bordeaux Digital Printink, a leading innovator of a wide range of inks and coatings for a variety of demanding inkjet applications, printing technologies and techniques, today announced that it will launch its Latex based inks at the FESPA 2013 conference, June 25 – 29, in London, UK, at the Excel London Exhibition Center, stands D12S/E10S.  The new water based inks extend Bordeaux’s comprehensive range of inks and solutions further and raise the bar for environmentally friendly printing.

Bordeaux will highlight the new EDEN TX™ Latex based ink for textiles, a unique water based ink for digital printing on a very wide variety of natural, synthetic and blended fabrics without pre-treatment, multiple printing devices or several types of ink. This odorless ink offers extremely rich and high density colors, excellent color vibrancy and soft feeling fabrics, making it an excellent choice for the demanding environments of garment and apparel, decorative and industrial textile printing applications . Bordeaux’s EDEN TX currently supports Epson® DX-4™/DX-5™/DX-6™/DX-7™ printheads, as well as industrial printheads such as Ricoh® Gen4. Available colors are C, M, Y, K, Lc, and Lm.

Latex printing will be visible on three printers in the Bordeaux stand and in Bordeaux’s partners’ stands at FESPA 2013, two dedicated for textile printing on cotton and polyester and another demonstration of a Latex converted solvent Mutoh printer printing with Bordeaux’s EDEN LX™ Latex-based ink. Designed for simple and seamless conversion of solvent based printers equipped with Epson DX printheads, EDEN LX demonstrates superb performance comparable to eco-solvent inks, on a wide array of substrates including most solvent and water designated substrates.

“At this year’s FESPA we are demonstrating the versatility and exceptional quality and cost effectiveness of our environmentally friendly solutions. Our revolutionary Latex based ink series is odor free, offers excellent durability, superior adhesion, high light fastness and outstanding elongation properties, making it an excellent alternative to solvent ink  for indoor and outdoor applications,” said Moshe Zach, CEO and founder of Bordeaux Digital Printink. “All this, while providing 30{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} to 50{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} lower ink consumption compared to OEM Eco solvent ink.”

“Bordeaux’s new Latex based ink for textiles builds on our track record of innovative industry first solutions and enables more efficient digital textile printing,” added Zach. “Best of all, EDEN TX ink has the ability to precisely match colors even on garment fabrics made up of a blend of two or more fiber types and produce garments with a soft feel, excellent wash fastness and light fastness. It is a true breakthrough in the digital textile printing field, ideal for fast and hassle free short run garment and apparel, decorative or industrial textile printing applications.”

Bordeaux’s water-based ink demonstrations include the first showing of its EDEN SD™ Direct Sublimation ink. This ink produces washable and color-fast images on Polyester fabrics which can be used for flags & banners, sports apparel, indoor furnishings, fashion items, tents and more.

Bordeaux will be showcasing its recently announced Eco solvent ink for Epson Surecolor® S series printers. Mix & Match with Epson UltraChrome GS2 in, this eco-friendly ink is available in 1L bags for Smart bulk ink delivery systems, provided by InkOnDemand.com, a Bordeaux partner company.

Environmentally friendly printing will be visible in the UV LED area of the stand, where Bordeaux will demonstrate its UV LED flexible ink printing on rigid substrates.  Bordeaux’s UV and UV LED ink series cover a very wide range of rigid, flexible and super flexible solutions for all types of indoor and outdoor applications.

As a key supplier of cost effective solutions to the wide format digital printing industry, Bordeaux is exhibiting its complementary UV based primers for pre-print to enhance adhesion on challenging rigid surfaces such as plastic and glass as well as innovative encoder solutions, advanced bulk solutions and a wide range of coatings for post printing.  Bordeaux’s Clear water based laminates for post-print improve durability and enhance image of outdoor signage and fleet graphics.  The complementary UV coatings for wide format provide additional features depending on the application such as gloss, matte or anti-slip characteristics.

Bordeaux Digital Printink, a global inkjet ink solutions manufacturer, with proven in-house research and development, announced today that the shelf life of most solvent based inks in cartridge and bag form has been extended by 50{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733}.

Manufactured from high grade raw materials, these solvent inks retain all the positive attributes and benefits of the earlier versions such as stunning colors, plug-and-print compatibility to OEM ink, durability and superior scratch resistance, but now has even higher reliability with an extended shelf life to 18 months.

Additionally, Bordeaux’s Eco solvent ink for Roland, Mimaki and Mutoh printers now boasts a higher alcohol resistance than before.  Presently, Bordeaux offers this ink in 1L bottle, 440ml cartridge and in 1L and 2L bags for bulk ink delivery systems.

Bordeaux’s tested and proven solvent ink series are Mix & Match with easy switchover from original ink, without flushing and are compatible with a wide range of substrates.  These inks boast a wide color gamut, accurately matching to OEM inks.

Visit Bordeaux at FESPA London, the largest focused event for the wide format print industry, on stands D12S/E10S at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre during June 25 – 29 2013.

Bordeaux Press Conference

Bordeaux is hosting a press conference at Fespa 2013. Please join us on 25 June at 4:15 pm, stand D12S.
RSVP to [email protected]

Printer Service Providers can achieve superior print and color quality results with Bordeaux’s extra wide color gamut

 Bordeaux Digital Printink, a well-established inkjet ink solutions manufacturer, with proven in-house research and development, today introduced Vivid Magenta (VM) to their low and mild solvent ink series.

Bordeaux’s New VM ink color accentuates red and orange tones for brighter, stronger and higher levels of color accuracy.  Reds and oranges appear more natural and add vibrancy to prints, enhancing the print quality.  With Bordeaux’s Vivid Magenta, print service providers can reproduce more colors and add intensity to outdoor and indoor graphics.

Tested extensively, Vivid Magenta ink expands Bordeaux’s low and mild solvent ink colors to C, M, Y, K, Lc, Lm and VM making difficult colors easier to reproduce. Bordeaux’s low and mild solvent inks offer excellent light fastness, fade and weather resistance and are perfect for high print productivity across all media, at a 30{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} cost savings compared to OEM inks.

Similar to Bordeaux’s Eco solvent inks, the new Vivid Magenta ink color is compatible with most printers and printheads and is conveniently packaged in 1L bottle, 440ml cartridge and 1L bag.

Witness Bordeaux’s wide array of inks in action at FESPA London, on stands D12/SE10S at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre during June 25 – 29 2013.

Anitech, Bordeaux Digital Printink’s reseller in Australia, will present Bordeaux’s environmentally friendly, Eco solvent and Mild solvent ink series, developed with nano size pigment particles to ensure excellent jetabiliy and printing quality at PacPrint Australia from May 21-25 2013 on stand 438.

Anitech will offer visitors the latest additions to the Bordeaux portfolio of environmentally friendly Eco solvent and Mild solvent inks, including Bordeaux’s fully tested and proven Mix & Match series, 100{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} color and chemically compatible OEM inks.   These environmentally friendly inks, free of VOC’s, are formulated to achieve optimum adhesion; high quality color and performance as well as long-term outdoor durability with multiple rigid, flexible and super-flexible substrates.

“Once again Anitech will present to visitors Bordeaux’s solvent ink solutions,” comments Tony Radley, Anitech National Business Development Manager – Consumables. “Bordeaux delivers the most valuable advancements for our customers in order for them to further increase the variety of wide format printing applications.   Additionally, Pacprint is an excellent opportunity to survey print service providers about the recent introduction of Bordeaux’s UV and UV LED curable inks.”

Designed for high throughput UV printers equipped with industrial printheads, Bordeaux’s fast-curing UV & UV LED ink series were developed in response to the increasing demand for improved sustainable printing solutions. This fully tested and proven ink series offers extended compatibility to a very wide range of rigid and roll-to-roll substrates as well as long-term outdoor durability, opening many new possibilities for Print Service Providers that cannot be achieved with any other inkjet technology.

To learn more about Bordeaux, visit Stand 438 at PacPrint, one of the largest and most significant trade exhibitions for the printing and graphic technologies industry in the Southern Hemisphere in Melbourne, Australia– May 21, 2013

Bordeaux Digital Printink, a well-established inkjet ink solutions manufacturer, with proven in-house research and development, today announced the expansion of its UV and UV LED product range to include high performance adhesion promoters for plastic and glass.  This series expands printer services by offering Print Service Providers (PSPs) a greater range of applications on rigid and super flexible substrates, including glass, acrylic, lexan, polypropylene, styrene and more.

Bordeaux’s highly transparent adhesion promoters are specially formulated with specific chemical bonding properties to be used as a printable coat to increase adhesion and improve scratch resistance of UV and UV LED inks.  Using the environmentally friendly promoters reduces static energy on the substrate surface.  Therefore, the possibility of new particles being attracted to the substrate during printing is reduced considerably, so that the print quality results achieved may be enhanced further.  The easy to apply, fast drying glass and plastic adhesion promoter series are available in 500ml and 1L bottles.

“Customers are very familiar with our ink series, like Eco solvent, Latex and UV LED curable inks,” said Erez Shoshani, general manager Bordeaux Digital Inc., a subsidiary of Bordeaux Digital Printink, “Bordeaux’s complementary solutions, such as the coatings and laminates, and the new Adhesion Promoter series reflect our continued commitment to deliver comprehensive, affordable inks and solutions to our customers.”

See Bordeaux at FESPA London, the largest focused event for the wide format print industry, on stands D12S/E10S at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre during June 25 – 29 2013.

AWC Morava and Spandex to give printers a first-hand look at Bordeaux’s wide range of printing applications and innovations  

Czech Republic– May 14, 2013 – Bordeaux Digital Printink, a leading manufacturer of inks and coatings for almost every inkjet technology and application, will be exhibiting in hall 4, booths 476, 430 and 408 at Reklama Polygraf 2013, Czech Republic, 14-16 May. The company will be showcasing a wide range of wide format ink and coating solutions with its official distributors in Czech Republic and Slovakia, AWC Morava (booth 476) and Spandex(booth 430/408).

Spandex and AWC Morava will provide live demonstrations of Bordeaux’s wide spectrum of ink solutions including eco solvent, UV & UV LED and water-based dye-sublimation ink on Mimaki and Roland printers.  Bordeaux’s unrivalled range of Mix & Match inks, 100{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} color and chemically compatible with OEM inks, are ideal for printers looking for efficient and easy switchover from the original ink without flushing or spending costly time creating new color profiles.  These environmentally friendly inks, free of VOC’s, are formulated to achieve optimum adhesion; high quality color and performance as well as long-term outdoor durability with multiple rigid, flexible and super-flexible substrates.
Bordeaux inks are available in cartridge, bottle and bulk ink feed systems for virtually every machine on the market within Czech Republic and Slovakia, including Roland, Mimaki, Mutoh, Vutek, HP, Seiko and Oce and all the latest printhead technologies.
“We are excited to showcase our comprehensive range of  products with our dedicated partners” , says Matthew Reijnders, Bordeaux’s business development manager ”Bordeaux inks and coatings are popular throughout Czech Republic and Slovakia due to the cost savings of up to 30{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} compared to OEM inks. Moreover, AWC, Spandex and Redot, our local resellers, have their own technical and service teams to support Czech and Slovak customers”

To learn more about Bordeaux, visit Hall 4, booth 476, 430 and 408, at Reklama Polygraf, in the PVA EXPO Praha Letňany, the largest visual communication show in Prague, Czech Republic, from 14-16 May 2013.

To schedule a business meeting or media brief, contact Bordeaux at: [email protected].

To learn more about: AWC Morava visit awc.cz; Spandex visit spandex.com/cz; REDOT Media visit redotmedia.cz

Live demonstrations of the latest inks and solutions will give printers a first-hand look at a wide-range of printing applications and innovations

London, UK – March 20, 2013 – Bordeaux Digital Printink, a leading manufacturer of inks and coatings for almost every inkjet technology and application, today announced that it will be presenting its complete offering of sustainable products and solutions for wide format, textile and packaging at FESPA London, UK 25 – 29 June (stand D12S/E10S).

In the spotlight, live demonstrations of Latex printing will highlight the environmentally friendly advantages of Latex ink and some of the wide-ranging applications this ink is used for today in the wide-format market. Key features include high quality performance and long-lasting image quality comparable to solvent inks, across a wide range of media. Bordeaux, a pioneer of Latex ink, has improved its Latex ink since the Drupa launch in 2012 and the latest water-based resin Latex ink, has been expanded to a variety of inkjet applications and printheads.

With five printers running live on the stand, visitors to Fespa can experience Bordeaux’s extensive range of environmentally friendly inks with reduced VOCs as well as Bordeaux’s unrivalled range of Mix & Match inks, 100{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} OEM compatible. The inks are ideal for printers looking for efficient and easy switchover from the original ink without flushing or spending costly time creating new color profiles.

On the stand there will also be live demonstrations of Bordeaux’s water based Dye sublimation inks, for direct-to-textile and transfer printing and Bordeaux’s high quality UV & UV LED ink series offering a wide range of rigid, flexible and super-flexible printing applications.

Bordeaux’s innovative bulk solutions, including the world’s only bulk system for Epson with a fully automated chip emulator system that replaces OEM chips, will be demonstrated for the first time at Fespa. The system, developed in partnership with InkonDemand, includes an intuitive user interface indicating accurate ink levels at every stage resulting in reduced ink consumption and significantly reducing operating costs.

Bordeaux’s new inks and complementary solutions for wide and super wide printers and all printhead technologies reflect Bordeaux’s continued intention to deliver industry-first products and services and provide yet further opportunities for customers and resellers to gain new business and adapt sustainable printing practices. Bordeaux offers a complete portfolio of high quality inks and solutions compatible with Roland, Mimaki, Mutoh, HP, Seiko, Epson, Agfa, Dilli and Jeti printers. In addition, Bordeaux offers a comprehensive selection of UV and water-based coatings for wide and super wide after print applications as well as document finishing applications.

See Bordeaux at FESPA London, the largest focused event for the wide format print industry, on stand D12S/E10S at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre from 25 – 29, June 2013.

 To schedule a meeting & demo, contact Bordeaux at: [email protected].

New customer-focused inks and coatings give printers the versatility to handle an extensive range of wide format printing applications

Las Vegas, USA – April 4, 2013 – Bordeaux Digital Printink, a leading manufacturer of inks and coatings for almost every inkjet technology and application, today announced that it will showcase its recently expanded range of  water-based dye sublimation inks to the US market, at this year’s ISA. Also in the spotlight is Bordeaux’s water-based Latex ink, among Bordeaux’s primary R&D achievements, highlighting the company’s commitment to researching, developing and bringing to market sustainable solutions and innovations for wide format, textile and packaging (ISA Las Vegas, April 4 – 6 2013, Booth 1918).

Bordeaux is introducing its direct-to-textile dye sublimation ink at ISA, a specially-formulated hybrid ink, producing outstanding images with bright and vibrant colors, for both transfer and direct-to-fabric printing on polyester fabrics or mixed synthetic fabrics. This environmentally friendly ink, exhibits excellent image definition, superb light fastness properties for high quality printing as well as long shelf resistance. Bordeaux’s textile ink series also includes transfer dye sublimation ink, featuring an extreme black and an outstanding color gamut.

Bordeaux will also show live print demos of its water-based Latex ink, designed specifically with the environment in mind.   Key features include high quality performance and long-lasting image quality comparable to solvent inks, across a wide range of media. Bordeaux, a pioneer of Latex ink, facilitates simple conversion of solvent printers to Latex ink for a variety of inkjet applications and printheads.

“Once again, Bordeaux will have many new inks, coatings and printing solutions for visitors to explore and experience at ISA,” comments Erez Shoshani, general manager Bordeaux Digital Inc., a subsidiary of Bordeaux Digital Printink. ”Bordeaux offers the most valuable advancements to support an extensive range of indoor and outdoor flexible applications on a wider range of substrates, while delivering exceptional color and performance. Furthermore, our solutions contain no VOCs and can lower operational costs by reducing energy consumption, ink usage and waste.”

Other new introductions include Bordeaux’s recently expanded lines of coatings, for all purpose graphic applications. Bordeaux now offers a wide range of water-based liquid laminates and UV coatings for wide-format graphics and an extensive variety of UV liquid coatings for digital press and document finishing. The Coating series is environmentally safe with reduced odor and is optimized for a broad range of display and specialty applications requiring high protection and image enhancement.

Also at the booth will be Bordeaux’s extensive range of environmentally friendly solvent inks with reduced odor and also the Mix & Match™ product line, such as Bordeaux’s Eco Solvent PENR™ ink printing on the Mutoh ValueJet printer. Bordeaux’s Mix & Match product line is 100{9711269676131cffc9f3e68bda16ea56bfa4568e90b74b1da79a64a65a632733} OEM compatible. The inks are ideal for printers looking for efficient and easy switchover from the original ink without flushing or spending costly time creating new color profiles. Bordeaux also offers rigid, flexible and super-flexible UV and UV LED inks for all types of applications, offering high quality color and performance as well as long-term outdoor durability.

Visit Bordeaux’s booth 1918 at ISA, Las Vegas, from April 4-6 2013 and see live demonstrations of our newest products. 

To schedule a meeting & demo, contact Bordeaux at: [email protected].