Improved tesa range offers higher performance
16 September 2013
A range of adhesive tapes to aid specific industrial print production processes that offer higher performance characteristics has been introduced by tesa. The tesa 4563…
Ancillaries
PrimeBlade release next development of doctor blades
21 August 2013
Made for water based ink users, users of acidic ink types and for corrugated printers PrimeBlade Sweden AB has released the second and third development…
Pamarco Global makes second acquisition in 12 months
13 August 2013
L-R: Antony Whiteside(Absolute), Terry Ford(Pamarco), David Burke(Absolute), Doug Johnson(Pamarco) Manufacturer of woven carbon fibre doctoring systems for flexo printing applications, Absolute Engineering, has been bought by…
Espo appoints UK agent
24 July 2013
Slitting equipment manufactured by Espo Jarshire Ltd has been appointed sole agent in the UK for the range of slitting equipment manufactured by the Italian…
Flexo Concepts reaches silver anniversary
23 July 2013
This year marks 25 years in business for doctor blade manufacturer, Flexo Concepts, since introducing its first TruPoint blade to the printing industry in 1988. …
New business managing director at Comexi
23 July 2013
Comexi Group has appointed Miquel Salvà as business managing director, marking the end of a plan initiated in late 2012 by the Catalan company to…
Predicting spot colour overprints
18 July 2013
Multicolour printing for packaging presents many challenges when it comes to producing accurate proofs. Managing director of GMG UK, Toby Burnett, discusses some of the issues, particularly…
Lohmann and Tresu in partnership
16 July 2013
Dr. Norman Goldberg (left), executive board Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG and Søren Maarssø, director COO, Tresu Group In a bid to optimise the…
Supply chain developments
9 July 2013
A typical late stage customisation product The retail packaging supply chain has developed with rapid turnaround and low cost as the main drivers. Flexo…
MPS appoints sales director
1 July 2013
Otto Muskee is new sales director for MPS As a result of successful international sales and forecasted growth, Otto Muskee has joined the MPS…
Pamarco to acquire Absolute Engineering
30 May 2013
Antony Whiteside (left), managing director of Absolute Engineering, with Terry Ford, president and CEO of Pamarco Technologies A letter of intent to acquire the…
A game changer that really does change the game
21 May 2013
‘We truly believe we are about to see a revolution in packaging services,’ said joint managing director of Reproflex 3, Andrew Hewitson. Pre-press specialists…
Vetaphone and CPI cooperation
20 May 2013
To show its commitment to supporting the packaging industry, Vetaphone A/S has teamed up with French company Coating Plasma Industrie. The move was made in…
DS Smith Packaging gets smart with QR ordering
2 May 2013
By simply scanning pallets with their smartphones, customers of DS Smith Packaging’s Industrial Division can place repeat orders of heavy duty packaging. Pointing a smartphone…
Pre-press processes: colour management for flexo
26 April 2013
In the first of two technical articles, Stefano d’Andrea, Acus Srl, and Steve Donegan, Graphic Republik, discuss pre-press processes focusing on colour management. This includes looking at…