Taking the flexible approach
7 March 2025
There may only be a matter of inches in web width between narrow and mid-web flexo technologies, but the leap it enables from label to…
Presses
Packaging Innovations show reports ‘record-breaking’ numbers
27 February 2025
Organiser Easyfairs has reported record attendance at the Packaging Innovations & Empack show, which took place in early February, with 7424 visitors making their way…
Aztec Label hails savings with LED UV curing
25 February 2025
Kidderminster-based label producer hails cost and environmental benefits of Fujifilm’s LuXtreme LED curing system, installed in May 2024.
wishesjust4you seeks spare print materials for children with life-limiting illnesses
14 February 2025
Non-profit community interest company wishesjust4you is calling on printers, packaging companies, carton manufacturers and paper merchants to donate surplus art and print materials to help…
Asahi to host ‘exclusive’ open house in Belgium
7 February 2025
Asahi Photoproducts is hosting an ‘exclusive’ open house event from 9 to 10 April at its European headquarters in Brussels for narrow and wide web…
Andreas Pleßke confirmed as chairman of drupa committee
6 February 2025
Dr. Andreas Pleßke, CEO of Koenig & Bauer, has been re-elected as the chair of the drupa committee, with Wolfgang Poppen of Freiburger elected as…
Third Mark Andy hybrid elevates MD Labels’ offering
18 December 2024
The Polish label converter is the first in Europe to field three Mark Andy hybrid presses, helping it to grow its production capacity and its…
Strong show for flexo in Chicago
29 November 2024
There were more than 12,000 attendees to Labelexpo Americas in September, with international attendance up by 33% on the previous edition. Andy Knaggs hopped across…
DS Smith invests in corrugated production at French facility
20 November 2024
Packaging provider DS Smith has made a €10 million (£8.35 million) investment in a Bahmuller and Goepfert Maschinen (BGM) combination machine, as well as upgrades…
Mark Andy supplies US label printer with P7 flexo press
19 November 2024
Phoenix-based Label & Printing Solutions has invested in a 20in 11-colour Performance series P7 flexo press from Mark Andy to handle its pressure sensitive label…
Etikmar invests in Lombardi hybrid line
14 November 2024
The Italian adhesive label producer has chosen a flexo/digital/die cutting system to help reduce production costs and offer greater flexibility.
Technology, AI and automation to be shown at Soma open house
7 November 2024
Soma will host an open house on 20 November 2024 which will focus on automation, anilox management, and printing on tubing substrates, at its headquarters…
Allied Packaging evolves with Mark Andy duo
5 November 2024
US supplier of printed packaging, Allied Packaging Corporation, has installed two Mark Andy Evolution flexo presses at its production facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to boost…
Big – and very, very clever
1 November 2024
Wide web CI presses are among the biggest beasts prowling the flexo world, but as Sean Smyth writes, they are highly sophisticated pieces of technology…
Ilketap invests in a new 12-colour Nilpeter FA-22
1 November 2024
Turkish label printer, Ilketap Etiket ve Ambalaj (IIketap), has purchased its fourth Nilpeter press (FA-22 press) - almost exactly one year after its last investment.