Royston wins Best in Show at FINAT
15 June 2017
Paul Clayton (centre) receiving the Best in Show award from FINAT president Thomas Hagmaier (L) and awards judge Tony White The FINAT Label Awards were…
Consumables
DuPont gold award for Insignia
2 June 2017
Insignia’s award-winning Freshtag label Insignia Technologies has won a Gold award at the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation for the technology behind its Freshtag…
The FlexoTech Awards are back!
2 June 2017
This year the prestigious event will be held at The Hilton London Metropole on 23 November 2017, and there is a brand new category to…
Grabbing the green pound
18 May 2017
Lundberg Tech develops and manufactures granulators and cutters As consumers become more environmentally aware, brands want to appear more ecologically responsible to appeal to…
BFT Flexo launches economic ink and washing systems
28 April 2017
A new GT series of inking and washing systems from BFT Flexo has been launched to save ink and optimise flexographic printing process by reducing…
Flextrus UK launches tactile films
24 April 2017
Samples from Flextrus A new range of tactile films for the food industry has been introduced by flexibles manufacturer Flextrus. This has been launched…
Heaford makes strategic appointment
6 April 2017
David Muncaster joins JM Heaford David Muncaster has been hired to drive development of JM Heaford as the company’s new director of operations and…
Reproflex 3 cuts out the middleman with Zünd
29 March 2017
The Zünd G3 is an advanced and highly automated cutting table A complete digital cutting solution from Zünd Plotting Systems (UK) Ltd has been…
A small but vital component
28 March 2017
Delpro’s doctor blade chambers While the function of the doctor blade may seem insignificant, it is not advisable to try to save costs by…
Sticking together
17 February 2017
Flex design for thin walled and scratched sleeves Every part of a flexo press has to be singing in perfect harmony for the output…
Zecher breaks into the corrugated market
17 February 2017
Zecher has a wide range of anilox rollers Responding to numerous customer requests, anilox manufacturer Zecher has developed anilox rollers specially made for the corrugated-cardboard…
Green shoots but slow growth
17 February 2017
Market share of different types of bioplastics (supplied by the Nova Institute in conjuntion with European Bioplastics) A combination of low oil prices, altered…
C&T Channel matrix aids packaging production
8 February 2017
(L – R) Jason Mathie HSQE manager, Smurfit Kappa Tannochside; Matthew Sheppard, technical sales director C&T Matrix; Scott Burnett, production manager, Smurfit Kappa Tannochside and…
Toyo develops VOC-free EB-curable flexo inks
2 February 2017
Japanese company Toyo Ink Co has developed an Elex-one series of EB (electron beam) curable flexo inks that are completely VOC-free for food-safe flexible and…
Cosmo Films updates barrier films
31 January 2017
Cosmo’s coated films help to extend the shelf life of the contents, as well as helping with pack structure rationalisation Delhi-based Cosmo Films has…