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…
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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…
Labels and beyond
24 August 2012
Supported by a host of leading industry suppliers to the flexo and packaging industry, RotoMetrics UK will be holding a seminar at its European headquarters…
Thumbs up for corrugated packaging
20 August 2012
Corrugated retail ready packaging (RRP) is becoming an increasing necessity for the UK food and beverage manufacturing industry, according to a recent survey commissioned by…
ATB Technologies invest in Edale press for security printing
9 August 2012
(L-R) Alexander Kresik, head of production, Sergey Zykov, marketing director and Vadim Shevko, chief of R&D department ATB Security Technologies based in Minsk, Vilnius,…
Agri-food industry specialist increases its business
3 August 2012
Print produced for Italian supermarket brand, Conad Italian packaging provider, Domenico De Lucia SpA, has boosted the quality of its output after installing the…
Cardboard seat gets heavyweight support
31 July 2012
Will Topps and Lewis Joce from Barnstaple Rugby Club take time out to relax on the Bum Box. In order to allay concerns that…
Recycling initiatives for release liner material
30 July 2012
One of the major issues for the label printing industry is the waste the process leaves behind, particularly the much maligned release liner. This problem…