Benny Landa celebrates his birthday at Drupa
Benny Landa, founder of Landa Digital Printing, inventor of Indigo printing and "the most important figure in the modern printing industry" according to the EDP Awards, celebrated his 78th birthday at a party held at the Drupa trade fair on June 2.
Erhard Wienkamp, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, and Sabine Geldermann, Director of Drupa, joined Gil Oron, CEO of Landa, in wishing him a happy birthday.
New keyboards from Cherry
There's nothing like a good keyboard for work! And its users should find what they're looking for in the many new keys launched by Cherry.
The German-American manufacturer of keyboards and computer input devices now offers, among others, the MX Silent Clear, a noise-attenuating tactile key developed specifically for the high-end and high-end mechanical productivity keyboard market; the MX Orange, a new edition of an old classic from the 1980s, which has been specially produced in response to requests from gaming enthusiasts; and the MX Low Profile 2.0, which responds to market demand for low-profile (low-profile) keyboards.
A new president at the helm of the WPCF
Byung-Soon Kim has just been appointed President of the international association World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF), replacing Raveendra Joshi of India.
Byung-Soon Kim, founder of the Korean printing company Sangil E&P, which he continues to manage, has been Chairman of the Korean Printers Association and the Korean Printing Foundation since 2023. He is also a long-standing member of the WPCF Board of Directors,
The WPCF was founded in 2004 by the world's leading printing associations. It represents eight transnational and national printing associations, including national federations from Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Korea, as well as transnational federations representing the interests of Europe with founding member Intergraf, and North America.
The health benefits of wine capsules and caps
A microbiological study has demonstrated the ability of still and sparkling wine capsules and caps to protect against bacteriological contamination and mold.
A laboratory working with the Crealis Group, an Italian company specializing in overcapping solutions, has compared wine bottles with and without capsules.
The laboratory immersed the bottles in an environment contaminated with bacteria such as Escherichia coli, responsible for the transmission of intestinal and extra-intestinal diseases by contact, and Staphylococcus aureus, the cause of acute infections easily transmitted by sneezing, and fungi responsible for mold. Samples were then taken from bottle rings and caps to observe bacterial and mould growth.
Results: no bacteriological or mould contamination was present on the ring of a bottle with a cap or liner, while intense growth was recorded on bottles without a cap or liner, with the presence of colonies widespread and abundant over the entire sampled surface.
