Contact upgrades Esko platemaking with UK-first optics
7 June 2024
Contact Originators is to upgrade its trio of Esko CDI plate imagers with ‘cutting-edge’ optics, providing it with enhanced output, efficiency and quality.
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Parkside adds option to Recoflex range
3 June 2024
Packaging solutions provider Parkside has enhanced its Recoflex range of sustainable flexible packaging materials, with a new recyclable metallised barrier paper.
Kazpoligraf invests in Heidelberg inline press
24 May 2024
Kazpoligraf has invested in a new inline flexo printing press from Heidelberg, for liquid packaging, enhancing gable top production.
Alliance between Eco3 and ePS empowers print success
22 May 2024
Eco3 and eProductivity Software (ePS) have partnered up, harnessing its prepress innovations to deliver a certified end-to-end workflow for its customers.
All4Labels Hamburg boosts productivity with automated platemaking
17 May 2024
All4Labels Hamburg has installed an automated platemaking system, CrystalCleanConnect.
New Wave label from UPM Raflatac addresses HDPE and PP recycling
16 May 2024
UPM Raflatac has launched its New Wave paper label material, available to customers in EMEIA.
New Esko varnish inspection module to benefit label converters
16 May 2024
Esko has launched a new print inspection module, AVT Varnish Inspection, that can inspect and detect defects in varnish coatings during a live label print…
Nilpeter press expands Prime Packaging’s market reach
8 May 2024
US-based packaging printer Prime Packaging has had a new Nilpeter FA-26 10-colour flexo press operational since December 2023, helping it to enhance its production capabilities,…
Bobst partners with Packitoo
7 May 2024
Bobst has partnered with French company Packitoo, a specialist in packaging sector software, strengthening Bobst’s vision of ‘digitalising and connecting the entire packaging value chain,…
Dairi-Pak increases its box making capacity
3 May 2024
After operating an older generation Autobox box making machine for approximately 20 years, Dairi-Pak, an independent corrugated sheet plant, has installed a new Kobus Autobox…
Contact first to install three Esko Crystal lines in Europe
2 May 2024
UK, flexo prepress company Contact Originators (Contact) has expanded its offering into the flexible packaging and label markets following the installation of a third automated…
ABG launches Vectra AutoSet turret rewinder
30 April 2024
A B Graphics (ABG) has launched Vectra AutoSet, the latest addition to its Vectra family of turret rewinders that includes the Vectra ECTR and HDTR…
MPS to hold label Masterclass in June
26 April 2024
Flexo press manufacturer MPS Systems is running a ‘Masterclass’ event in June, which it says is tailored specifically for label converters in the UK.
Smithers report predicts reuse and refill market growth
23 April 2024
Data in the latest Smithers report, ‘The Future of Reusable and Refillable Packaging to 2029’, shows that in 2024 the global value of the re-use…
Preaching to the digitally converted
22 April 2024
Development of digital converting systems has been stepped up to meet the increased capabilities of the latest digital presses, and there are options for different…