Label&Print, co-located with Packaging Innovations and Empack, is an essential event for leading label and print suppliers to come together to showcase their latest techniques and finishes, explore fresh ideas and new concepts, make deals and push the industry to its creative apex.

The Label & Print Show, brought to us by Easyfairs, is now an established part of the label industry’s calendar. Here the concept is around communications between different parts of the supply chain as well as with the brand owners. You are not likely to see a press running here but instead will have access to a whole rolodex full of contacts who will no doubt be able to help you acquire new business or help streamline your existing business.

So just who will you find at the NEC Birmingham on 1-2 March?

AG/CAD Limited will be showcasing the DYSS X5 digital cutter and sheet feeder, with the latest K-CUT Vision software. The X5 comes in a variety of sizes with versatile tooling to suit all common packaging substrates. Folding boxboard, corrugated and display board; and even structural honeycomb boards, textiles and paper can be processed, along with many other materials.

Agfa Graphics offers integrated pre-press solutions for the commercial and packaging, newspaper and publishing, security printing and industrial inkjet printing industries. These solutions comprise of consumables, hardware, software and services for production workflow, project and process management, cloud software and image processing.

AMS is a UK independent supplier of poly wrapping and shrink wrapping systems which offers expert advice as well as providing bespoke solutions.

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging produces multilayer laminates on many different types of bags. It can produce anything from CPP pointed bags up to multilayer high barrier laminates.

Dantex Group is able to offer complete solutions; digital plates, processing systems, digital presses, Spark imaging technology, plus fully-integrated workflows: superb quality pre-press packages; cost effective processing, environmentally friendly and fast.

Esko is a global supplier of integrated solutions for the packaging and labels, sign and display, commercial printing and professional publishing industries. Its products and services drive profitability in the packaging
and printing supply chain by reducing time-to-market and raising productivity.

Film & Foil is a supplier of BOPP, CPP, PET, Lidding Films and Print Lamination Films. The company has a BRC Certified converting capacity to include slitting and rewinding, hot needle perforation, macro punching, centre folding, J-folding and bag making for a range of diverse markets and applications.

Firstan is the UK’s leading independent carton packaging manufacturer. Firstan produces over 500 million cartons annually at our ‘next generation’ facility in Cambridgeshire, primarily serving the pharmaceutical and food retail industries.

Hybrid Software is a software development company focused on Order Lifecycle Management for the graphic arts industry. It provides independent solutions based on industry standards, scalable technology for numerous applications and segments, and low cost of ownership based on open standards and native PDF workflows.

i-Sub Digital is a supplier of Mimaki solvent and UV printers and finishing equipment and exclusive distributor of the i-Sub Digi-Foil system.

Image Technology is a manufacturer of professional and industrial printing equipment, printing supplies and bespoke printing solutions.

The Kurz Group develops and manufactures decorative and functional layers applied to carrier foils for a large variety of applications.

Mondi Consumer Packaging is a globally operating manufacturer of consumer packaging and hygiene components.

Plasfilms offers a supply chain service to the UK conversion and packaging film industry, underpinned by speed, market leading technical excellence and proven customer service.

Polifilm is a leading German manufacturer of extrusion films and protective films Revolution Digital is an independent dealer for Roland printers and Graphtec cutters as well as RIP software and colour management tools. It has developed solutions for the packaging industry to help packaging designers to produce beautiful mock-ups in-house.

tesa is a global brand supplying adhesive tape, selling 800 types of tape in more than 100 countries.  

The Flexo Debate

2 March, 11:10-11:40

Flexo printing today: innovation and challenges.

As always FlexoTech will be hosting a panel discussion, focusing on the challenges facing the flexo industry. Chaired by FlexoTech editor, Michal Lodej, the panel will hear the view of leading flexographic printers on a range of issues.

Read the full issue online here.