New recycling option for label matrix waste
27 March 2015
Avery Dennison and Belgian-based Seliplast have launched a recycling option for label matrix waste made of polypropylene and polyethylene. The programme is now available…
Curing
Gold for TRM at EFIA Awards
24 March 2015
The team from TRM Packaging celebrate their win The Best in Show gold winner at the EFIA Awards 2015 was TRM Packaging for the…
Paper v plastic report highlighted
16 March 2015
Leading UK manufacturer of paper carrier bags and flexible packaging, AB Group Packaging has endorsed the findings of a recent life cycle assessment report…
Electricity consumption reduced with GEW installation
16 March 2015
The NUVA2 high-efficiency lamp head GEW has installed a specialist configuration UV curing system, comprising a NUVA2 high-efficiency lamp head with a working width of…
Coveris invests in GEW UV system upgrade
16 March 2015
Specialist flexible label printer Coveris has upgraded its Mark Andy 4150 flexo press with an energy-efficient GEW UV curing system. Coveris Flexibles UK Limited operate…
Emitting light: UV LED curing
13 March 2015
Printed samples were produced at the IST seminar Curing with UV LED is an emerging technology that is slowly gaining momentum in the flexographic print…
Dave Daniels appointed National Flexible technical director
9 March 2015
National Flexible has appointed Dave Daniels as technical director after working his way up the company since he joined as a warehouse operative in 1998.…
Maximising your MIS
2 March 2015
BPIF labels is holding a one day specialist workshop which aims to demonstrate how the best use of a company’s management information system can be…
Coveris upgrade curing with GEW UV system
9 February 2015
Flexible label printer Coveris has upgraded its Mark Andy 4150 flexo press with a GEW UV curing system comprising of ten E2C lamp heads The…
Faster LED UV curing lab system launched by GEW
1 December 2014
GEW has launched a faster version of its LED UV curing lab system to as the company continues to support the research and development efforts…
Founder of IST dies
17 November 2014
Gerhard Metz, founder of the IST METZ group, has died in Waren an der Müritz on 11 November following a short illness. He knew almost…
Website launched by GEW
14 November 2014
GEW (EC) Limited has launched a new multilingual website, www.gewuv.com, which will provide information on the manufacturer’s products and solutions targeted at all printing sectors. …
New Era Labels reigns supreme
24 October 2014
At the 2014 FlexoTech Awards, New Era Labels was presented with the Supreme Award for its submission of Nature’s Choice Aloe Tonic Drink. The entry…
Reproflex Scandinavia raises the quality standard with Smart Screen
3 October 2014
Reproflex Scandinavia’s modern facility in Kolding, Denmark Pre-press specialist Reproflex Scandinavia has implemented Smart Screen into its workflow and in doing so, has significantly…
Advantages of UV inks and curing
11 September 2014
Ink manufacturing at Sun Chemical Using ultraviolet light for curing flexo printing inks offers many advantages and has since it was first developed in the…