Curing

 

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…

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…

Label Life helps to show sustainable options

2 October 2013

To help printers make sustainable choices based on a comprehensive life cycle assessment, UPM Raflatac introduced Label Life at Labelexpo.  The ‘Label Life’ concept is…

Milestone power unit reached by IST

19 August 2013

(L-R) Werner Michael Seidel, Carl Edelmann GmbH, Dietmar Kaiser, Holger Kühn, Dirk Jägers, IST Metz GmbH and Oliver Sattel, Carl Edelmann GmbH, at the presentation…

UV LED lights the way to the future

7 August 2013

The IST Metz UV Days are held every two years at the company headquaters in Nurtingen, in southern Germany. In the sweltering Swabian summer, IST…

Supply chain developments

9 July 2013

 A typical late stage customisation product   The retail packaging supply chain has developed with rapid turnaround and low cost as the main drivers. Flexo…

MPS appoints sales director

1 July 2013

Otto Muskee is new sales director for MPS   As a result of successful international sales and forecasted growth, Otto Muskee has joined the MPS…

IST (UK) Ltd celebrates 25th anniversary

27 March 2013

(L-R) Simon Mitchell, joint managing director, Gerhard Metz, company owner, and Chris Schofield, joint managing director    Established in 1988, Skipton-based IST (UK) Ltd celebrated its…

Evolution of the species

25 February 2013

ITR laser engraving by WNRS Most people believe the point that Darwin was making in ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’…

Full of Eastern promise

18 February 2013

With its unequivocal commitment to optimising materials resource combined with a natural ability for developing innovative solutions that often appear to be quite simple, the…