Ahlstrom announces release liner recycling initiative
8 November 2012
A new initiative for recycling silicone coated paper release liners used by the pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) label industry has been announced by Ahlstrom, a…
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drupa announcement ends speculation
5 November 2012
New drupa president for 2016 Claus Bolza-Schünemann After much speculation in recent weeks about the future plans for drupa, it has been announced that…
Reflex expands its family
30 October 2012
On October 8, Labelsco Limited became part of the rapidly expanding Reflex family. This investment coincides with 10 years of trading for Reflex and develops…
Blondie takes supreme award
25 October 2012
Kevin Keegan with Mark Bradley, production manager at SA Labels, receiving the Supreme Award from Rob Mulligan and Lindsey Pearson of Whitmar Publications. It…
drupa: changing or staying the same?
12 October 2012
There has been a lot of conjecture about the next drupa exhibition following the announcement yesterday that Manuel Mataré, director of drupa and digi:media will gradually…
BPIF Labels finalises the programme for its autumn technical seminar
9 October 2012
The programme for BPIF Labels’ second technical seminar this year has now been finalised. Held at the Daventry Court Hotel on October 31, the packed…
Frank Deschuytere becomes CEO of Xeikon
9 October 2012
Xeikon NV has announced that Frank Deschuytere is to succeed Wim Maes as CEO with effect from January 1, 2013. Mr Maes will join Xeikon’s…
Fujifilm announces new head of European graphic systems division
5 October 2012
Yasufumi Morimoto has been appointed as senior vice president, Fujifilm Europe GmbH, with overall responsibility for the graphic systems division in Europe. This move coincides…
New label printer in Peru
3 October 2012
(L-R) Hans-Ramón Hofmann, Gallus, Nicolas Zaidan, Fibrafil Peru, Dieter Lange, Heidelberg Peru with the new press Grupo Fibrafil, based in the Peruvian capital Lima,…
Access to shrink sleeve films widened
2 October 2012
UPM Raflatac is introducing shrink sleeve materials, pre-slit for narrow web printers and delivered through the Fast Web service. RafShrink PET Pentafilm 45 is the…
Controlling the atmosphere
30 September 2012
Steve Whitham, DuPont, and Mark Vaus, V&W Graphics, closed the deal on the Cyrel DigiFlow 3000 ETL earlier this year Repro houses and printers…
Technology for corrugated and cartons
28 September 2012
Corrugated packaging created in Esko’s Suite 12 During the Queen’s jubilee and the Olympics, themed packaging promoting Britishness demonstrated how flexible and innovative the…
Scottish converter expands niche products
28 September 2012
Despite difficult trading conditions, CV Labels Ltd is thriving. In mid July, it installed a new Nilpeter FB-2500 UV flexo press at its plant in…
Edale and Douglas Storrie Labels host open day
3 September 2012
(L-R) Edale’s managing director, James Boughton, alongside Douglas Storrie Labels owner Nigel Storrie and sales manager, Neal Livermore. Held at the premises of Douglas…
Heading west for Labelexpo Americas 2012
31 August 2012
Billed as a Top Secret mission whose goal is to ‘uncover the greatest technological advances of our time’, Labelexpo Americas 2012 is expecting a wealth…