Another busy show for easyFairs
5 December 2013
The BIG Packaging Debate returned to the show Packaging Innovations London is reporting record visitor and exhibitor numbers for the fourth year running, a trend that…
Features
Material benefits
3 December 2013
Viridiflex compostable MAP solution for Asda own-label potatoes (Ultimate Packaging) However smart the software or efficient the equipment, the products of their combined expertise will only…
Control your dots: plate processing
2 December 2013
David Parker, technical sales manager, and Mark Gration, group managing director, YRG Group, with Tatsuya Tajima, managing director of Asahi Photoproducts in Brussels, and Chris Lodge, Asahi Photoproducts…
Labelexpo brings glad tidings
22 November 2013
With the report that 31,795 visitors came to the Brussels Expo at the end of September, Labelexpo Europe brought us the positive news that the industry…
Die-cutting: Making label shapes
22 November 2013
RotoMetrics’ stand at Labelexpo Increasingly intricate label shapes and thinner materials are demanding higher levels of sophistication from the die-cutting process. Labelexpo Europe saw a number…
Textile specialist opens new markets
22 November 2013
Martin Automatic MBS splice working with Arsoma EM410 flexo press to produce non slip tray mats When one of the UK’s leading converters of woven…
MIS for labels and packaging
22 November 2013
Shuttleworth offers an MIS that can be configured to the individual user’s needs As print production becomes ever more automated and ‘hands-off,’ so this needs…
Focus chooses automated solutions
6 November 2013
A typical single colour print station Consistency has always been a key consideration for printers, as a result, the industry is constantly on the…
EskoWorld UK covers all angles
30 October 2013
Users had the opportunity to inspect Esko’s products and network at the event With 160 users registered for the event in September, EskoWorld UK 2013 was…
Next generation surface treatment technology
7 October 2013
The cooperative partnership between Vetaphone, the Danish pioneers of Corona treatment technology, and Coating Plasma Industrie (CPI), the French leader in surface treatment technology, has…
Platemaking for the 21st century
7 October 2013
Reproflex Scandinavia, in Denmark, is the first site in Europe to have the Evo 5 plate processor from Vianord installed Vianord, a new start…
Colour management in the pressroom
4 October 2013
Accurate formulation of ink for each press condition is necessary to achieve colour reproduction In the second article of our series on colour management, Stefano…
Getting ready for press: mounting and proofing in focus
4 October 2013
Camis Irisleeve mounter Using plate mounting and proofing machines avoids wasted press time printing out of register jobs and reduces downtime. Add in other cost savings,…
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…
The future of recycling waste from label printing
4 October 2013
Prismm Environmental and BPIF labels are working closely together on the Zero-to-Landfill project It is estimated that in excess of 180,000 tonnes of waste from…