Investments for the future at Mitsubishi HiTec Paper
16 October 2013
The coating machines at the Bielefeld site Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is investing almost €5 million in technical production equipment and increasing the energy efficiency of…
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Industry initiative on additive migration
16 October 2013
Through the British Coatings Federation (BCF), ink manufacturers are leading a major industry initiative with the food packaging supply chain on additive migration. The Food…
New Omega Allpro series on show in Istanbul
15 October 2013
Duran Machinery will be staging an open house at its facility in Istanbul, Turkey on 25-30November, demonstrating one of its new Omega Allpro 165 machines. …
CRP Print and Packaging bought out by Smurfit Kappa
14 October 2013
Smurfit Kappa UK Limited (SKUK) an integrated manufacturer of paper-based packaging products, has agreed to acquire CRP Print and Packaging Holdings Limited. CRP is a…
Flexo printing to be united with digital printing
8 October 2013
Examples of the personalisation that can be acheived with the Uteco system The Uteco Group’s integrated solution allows flexo printing to be united with digital…
Next generation surface treatment technology
7 October 2013
The cooperative partnership between Vetaphone, the Danish pioneers of Corona treatment technology, and Coating Plasma Industrie (CPI), the French leader in surface treatment technology, has…
Inks and migration
4 October 2013
Labels printed with Fujifilm’s Uvivid inks With no global legislation available and terminology not definitely defined, ink formulation for food packaging remains a challenge for suppliers…
Getting ready for press: mounting and proofing in focus
4 October 2013
Camis Irisleeve mounter Using plate mounting and proofing machines avoids wasted press time printing out of register jobs and reduces downtime. Add in other cost savings,…
Colour management in the pressroom
4 October 2013
Accurate formulation of ink for each press condition is necessary to achieve colour reproduction In the second article of our series on colour management, Stefano…
Flexo fights back with the M3 Digital Flexo press
4 October 2013
The M5 press on the Gidue stand at Labelexpo Gidue, in particular Federico d’Annunzio, managing director, took great pride in its main feature at Labelexpo the…
UltraFoil revealed at Labelexpo
2 October 2013
Innovia Films’ research and development centre Innovia Films showed off its latest development in coating technology at Labelexpo in Brussels the UltraFoil as well as…
Quality and productivity gains made with CDI Spark 2420
20 September 2013
(L-R) Massimo Fassina, Emmetre owner, Marcello Zonin, sales manager Inglese, Davide Meroni, sales account manager Esko Italy, and Moreno Berro, Emmetre owner Italian-based Emmetre…
Kodak and Bobst form partnership
20 September 2013
To integrate Kodak technology into the Bobst portfolio of packaging production equipment, the two companies have formed a strategic development agreement. The move has been…
Partnership to grow Fujifilm’s label and packaging business
19 September 2013
Fujifilm has made a partnership with Hell Gravure Systems to sell its B1 format Direct Laser Engraving (DLE) platesetter, the PremiumSetter S1300, in Europe. The partnership is…
Landmark installation of Kodak Flexcel NX system
18 September 2013
OEC Graphics received the 300th Flexcel NX system Kodak has reached an important milestone as it makes its 300th installation of the Flexcel NX system since…