The Permark entry was screen printed on a Thieme press. Permark said, “This product was the result of two years of development and prototyping with the client. The product has been in production for eight months, the client is pleased, and orders are increasing.” Permark is currently producing about 100 a month.
The job is a reverse screen printed polyester, which has been embossed and laminated to a multi-layer membrane switch. Its fine pitch conductive traces are over-printed with graphite in tight register.
Seen Technology took silvers in the direct printing on 3D products category, and for non-printed signage. The 3D award was for its Australia Post stamps job, printed with 3D resin, and flatbed digital on a Mimaki UV printer.
Seen has a Massivit 1800 3D printer which produced the non-printed signage silver winner, a reproduction of an Australian icon: the FJ Plus 8 man and 3D fabricated text first installed in the 1940s at the famous Fletcher Jones Factory in Pleasant Hill Warnambool Victoria.
Cactus Imaging took bronze for what is Australia's largest building wrap, the Amex 101m x 21m at Sydney Airport car park. The image was printed in five metre widths on the Fujifilm at Cactus, and welded together to make three pieces of 34m wide. Zippers were then sewn in for ease of installation.
The Fespa Awards saw India head the gold winners list with four printers picking up top gongs from the 13 available, with two companies from Russia and two from Switzerland also collecting gold. The Fespa 2019 Best in Show went to UK outfit VGL, for posters produced in the digital category.