First EFI VUTEk UV-inkjet Thermoforming System installed at Interstate Graphics

EFI announces the first installation of its EFI VUTEk UV-inkjet Thermoforming System at Interstate Graphics Inc (IGI) based in Machesney Park, Illinois. The signage company is now proud of being the first customer to install the new EFI VUTEk GS Pro-TF thermoforming system, a UV printer and ink offering that advances the industry’s analog-to-digital transformation by bringing inkjet printing to the thermoformed product decoration market.

EFI showcased the VUTEk GS Pro-TF system at the recent 2013 SGIA Expo in Orlando, where it was named SGIA’s 2013 Product of the Year in the digital inks category. IGI’s installation, which was completed earlier this month, includes a two-meter VUTEk GS2000 Pro-TF printer operating VUTEk GS-TF inks. The award-winning system prints on flat sheets of plastic media that are meant to be thermoformed into 3D shapes, eliminating potentially costly and time-consuming screen printing, hand painting and vinyl lettering processes.