Agri-food industry specialist increases its business
3 August 2012
Print produced for Italian supermarket brand, Conad Italian packaging provider, Domenico De Lucia SpA, has boosted the quality of its output after installing the…
Features
Slitter rewinders in focus
31 July 2012
Comexi’s S-Turret during a demo at drupa One of the major conversion processes for most printer converters, slitting and rewinding cuts down the printed…
Recycling initiatives for release liner material
30 July 2012
One of the major issues for the label printing industry is the waste the process leaves behind, particularly the much maligned release liner. This problem…
BPIF Labels seminar debates digital technology
27 July 2012
Federico d’Annunzio,managing director of Gidue In the wake of drupa, BPIF Labels invited suppliers and printers to a seminar for a technical update. It…
Impressions of drupa – Part 2
27 July 2012
As the dust settles and exhibitors tally up the cost of participating in the printing Olympics, the general consensus has formed that drupa was a…
New dimension of quality control
12 July 2012
AVT brings a new dimension of quality control to printing presses with improved productivity and higher profitability at Purgina, Slovakia. ‘Our latest investment has raised…
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…
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…
Discharging the tension: a closer look at film extrusion
6 June 2012
As a division of British Polythene Industries, a leading European manufacturer of polyethylene film, bpi.films prides itself on being at the forefront of innovation in…
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…
New business brewing in Hull
1 June 2012
Barbara Sharp, site director, SGS Europe, welcomes Hull’s Lord Mayor Colin Inglis and the Lady Mayor Following a significant contract win last year, SGS…
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…
With a view of Mont Blanc: Bobst opens the door on its future plans
30 May 2012
Announcing its goal of becoming the industry benchmark service provider for the packaging industry, Bobst presented its new focused vision for the future, along with…