Falcontec acquired by UEI Group
24 October 2012
Larry Hutchison, UEI Group president and CEO (left) and Stan Vigurs, Falcontec UEI Group, headquartered in USA, has acquired the assets of Falcontec Ltd…
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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…
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…
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…
New Vision has Cadbury Halloween treat boxed up
8 October 2012
Visitors to Cadbury World in Birmingham can take home a pumpkin with a difference this Halloween, thanks to the work of New Vision Packaging. The…
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…
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…
Expansion at North West Roller Services Ltd
28 September 2012
North West Rollers Services Ltd is expanding its production facility by 50%. Due to complete in November, the expansion will be used as a clean…
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…
Harrogate print show to include packaging in 2013
10 September 2012
Sales manager, North Print & Pack, Mary Buck Informa Exhibitions has re-launched Northprint as North Print & Pack 2013. The show will take place…
Finishing systems
6 September 2012
ABG International Sabre Extreme laser cutting unit While most wide web flexo is simply slit and rewound for subsequent processing at a packer/filler, that…
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…
Tapes receives certification
28 August 2012
3M’s line of flexographic plate mounting tapes have received HD Flexo certification by Esko. The certification process requires companies to consistently produce 10 different print…
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…