Label consultancy: providing solutions not just labels
18 June 2012
Leicester-based printer, Label Apeel does much more than simply supply its customers with printed labels, it gets involved in the early stages and works up…
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Breaker Flat Track debuts at Bobst open house
18 June 2012
Over three days in May, Bobst hosted an open house event at its Mex, Switzerland facility. The event saw almost a hundred customers discover the…
Big step towards closed-loop recycling of release liner
13 June 2012
Leading UK paper agency Papico is supporting a major development by Austrian-based Lenzing Papier to prevent silicone coated release paper liners used in the labelling…
Bobst sponsors FlexoTech Awards
13 June 2012
Printing press manufacturer Bobst is to become a sponsor of the FlexoTech Awards 2012, sponsoring the category for ‘Flexo print jobs previously printed by another…
Digital printing moves to the mainstream at drupa
8 June 2012
Epson SurePress X concept label press at drupa So, the greatest print show on earth is over. Many digital suppliers showed off technology aimed…
Printing green takes more than cyan and yellow, says Reflex
6 June 2012
Reflex Boston lies in the heartland of the labelling and packaging printing community of East Anglia In keeping with its slogan, ‘The sustainable packaging company’,…
Platemounting and double-sided tape
6 June 2012
While the rest of the flexo process has become highly automated in recent years, plate mounting has to a large degree remained a fairly low…
Modular solutions: narrow web presses
6 June 2012
One of two Mark Andy P7 Performance Presses at Prakolar in Brazil The modular nature of today’s narrow web press offers printers a wide…
First Vistaflex CL 10 in Europe
5 June 2012
Featuring a printing width of 1650 mm and a maximum repeat length of 1250 mm, the Vistaflex CL 10 flexographic printing press is the flagship…
Encore Envelopes is Best in Show
5 June 2012
(L-R) FTA president, Mark Cisternino, Encore Envelopes managing director, Russell Croisdale and chairman of the FTA awards committee, Steve Mullins Tyne and Wear-based Encore…
New UV LED inks
4 June 2012
In response to the increasing need for improved sustainable print solutions, Flint Group Narrow Web is introducing a series of ink technologies for UV LED…
JET Europe selects ThermoflexX
3 June 2012
Xeikon CEO, Wim Maes (left) and Harry Heesen, managing director of Jet Europe Xeikon has signed a European wide distributor contract for its range…
Football legend to host FlexoTech Awards
1 June 2012
We are very pleased to announce that former England coach and football legend, Terry Venables, will be hosting the 2012 FlexoTech International Print & Innovation…
Impressions of drupa – part 1
1 June 2012
The giant Düsseldorf show is all about the numbers, and although visitor numbers were down compared to 2008, the amount of new exciting innovations and…
Two awards for first time entrant
1 June 2012
Chairman of CartonCare, Ralph Chalmers (right), receiving the gold award for cartons from David Galton, EFIA chairman Northern Ireland-based carton print and packaging specialist,…