Contact Originators claims UK first in corrugated
14 December 2017
(L-R) Steve Mulcahy, CEO; Gary Walker, finance director; Les Jones, print innovation and product development manager; and Nick Mitchell, general manager – all from Contact…
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First UK Bitcoin trade of recyclable paper
14 December 2017
The trade represents the first of its type in the UK for bales of recyclable paper. Prismm Environmental and Parry & Evans have become…
GSE donates tech to Tajamar School of Printing
14 December 2017
The Perfect Proofer donated by GSE, in operation at Tajamar School of Business To enhance the understanding of flexography, GSE has donated a table-top…
FINAT event tackles the new world of labels
13 December 2017
Labels and packaging are just beginning to explore the available technologies that make packaging and labels smart The biennial FINAT Technical Seminar, taking place…
The force is strong with Fusion
12 December 2017
The light side pack with Rey is printed using seven colours with a blue palette Fusion Flexibles supplied striking metallised film laminate bags for two…
US sale for eight colour Edale FL3
12 December 2017
(L-R) Matt Teeter, DPI vice president of labels and packaging; Sam Mousavi, DPI president and CEO; and James Boughton, Edale managing director Based in…
Baldwin expands global platform with QuadTech aquisition
12 December 2017
(L-R) John Woolley, business leader, PC Industries; Herman Gnuechtel, business leader, Web Printing Controls; Brent Becker, president and CEO, Baldwin; and Karl Fritchen, president, QuadTech…
Global price increase for Flint Group inks
7 December 2017
Due to outages and tight material supply, key solvents are under pressure Further to announcements made in March 2017, incremental cost escalation has forced…
Chemence receives FlexoExpert certification
6 December 2017
The UK site is the first FlexoExpert in the Chemence Group European pre-press, flexographic and printing plate technology company Chemence Graphics Group, has achieved…
La Prensa invests in Flenex plates
5 December 2017
The Fujifilm Flenex plates are water-washable With the aim to increase production speeds and reduce its environmental impact, Italian label printer La Prensa invested in…
Sappi expands its speciality paper capacity
5 December 2017
The aquisition adds 160,000 tons of speciality paper to Sappi’s capacity Global producer Sappi Limited has signed an agreement to acquire the speciality paper business of…
Gateway scrubs up with Clean Transfer technology
4 December 2017
(L-R) Tharrin Akers, prepress manager Gateway Packaging Company, and David Bell, technical sales representative, CTGA Tennessee-based Gateway Packaging Company has partnered with Asahi Photoproducts…
Sun Chemical to increase prices
4 December 2017
Inks and coatings will be more expensive in 2018 As of January 2018 Sun Chemical will increase its prices on liquid inks and coatings…
Equipment sells for record £6.5 million at online auction
4 December 2017
Pulse Packaging assets – Bobst printer Modern flexible packaging production equipment and other assets have been sold, fetching a record £6.5 million in an…
Flint Group and Eston Chimica join forces
1 December 2017
(L-R) Kim Melander, Flint Group, and Nicola Mellon, Eston Chimica Following the company strategy to grow not only organically, but also through tactical acquisition, Flint…