Antalis reveals plans for Digital Academy 2017

Print Solutions

Antalis’ has announced its 2017 programme of Digital Academy workshops.

The Academy now covers a total of 25 different workshops, providing training and an opportunity to upskill via a range of courses from vehicle wrapping and packaging mock ups, to colour management and screen print film separations.

Places are still available for the February workshops which include ‘Static Control in Digital Print’ and ‘Intro to Vehicle Wrapping’. In addition, a new course, ‘Laminating and Finishing’, launches on 14 February in Coalville, Leicestershire, where the Digital Academy is based. It is aimed at companies who are looking at installing large format laminators and will need to maximise the effectiveness and productivity of this equipment.

As with all its workshops, the appointed tutor is an independent expert who can bring industry leading coaching to the sessions. For Laminating and Finishing, Marc Hansing from adhesive coating experts, Drytac, will be working with Antalis to showcase best practice in laminating and share his considerable expertise and knowledge.

Other workshops in development for 2017 include textile printing, interior decorations and wallpapers.

Giles Bristow, Antalis’ digital support manager, commented: ‘In the past, printers have shied away from venturing into these growth areas as they may have lacked the know how or the means to acquire the required technology. Now though, with new accessible and affordable technologies arriving on the scene, our aim is to take that next step and commission our industry experts to teach them how to do it, sharing those invaluable tricks of the trade.’

Also on the horizon are additional RIP software and colour management courses to assist those who are running large format printers and need to guarantee consistency and quality on every job they deliver.

Giles continued, ‘Booking demand continues to be really good for all of our courses. We will never have more than eight in each session to make sure each delegate has quality time with the tutor and can get hands-on with the equipment. In fact, for vehicle wrapping we cap the group at four so they have plenty of time to hone their livery skills while the tutor is present to guide and assist.’

Since the Academy launched, there have been pop up workshops across the UK and Ireland including Leeds, Livingstone, Norwich and Plymouth, as well as in Dublin. For 2017, there are plans to take the Academy to Belfast in April and host return visits to Bristol in February and Dartford in March.