Coveris upgrade curing with GEW UV system
9 February 2015
Flexible label printer Coveris has upgraded its Mark Andy 4150 flexo press with a GEW UV curing system comprising of ten E2C lamp heads The…
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Plate optimised for white ink laydown launched by MacDermid
6 February 2015
MacDermid Printing Solutions has launched a new digital flexo printing plate designed specifically for optimised white ink laydown in flexible packaging. According to the company…
Comexi appoint David Centelles as corporate marketing director
5 February 2015
David Centelles, director of the Manel Xifra Boada Technological Centre, has been appointed as corporate marketing director for Comexi Group. By taking up his new…
TCL invests in solvent-free laminator
2 February 2015
New laminator at TCL Packaging in Telford To increase supply of the company’s packaging films, TCL Packaging has installed and commissioned a new Laminastar…
Clondalkin acquired by Essentra
2 February 2015
Essentra plc has completed its $455m acquisition of Clondalkin SPD, opening up the USA, the world’s largest pharmaceutical and beauty packaging market, to the company. …
Women In Packaging organisation launched
2 February 2015
A new organisation to connect, support and recognise female employees in the Packaging Industry is being launched by Joanna Stephenson and Debbie Waldron Hoines Both…
CombiWhite launched by Flint Group
30 January 2015
Flint Group Narrow Web has launched an upgraded version of CombiWhite, its over-printable opaque white rotary screen ink widely used in beverage, health and beauty,…
Stehlin Hostag becomes hubergroup UK
27 January 2015
As ink manufacturer hubergroup celebrates its 250th anniversary, it is also rebranding to offer a unified image. Although the group has grown in recent years,…
Mission Labels makes CTP leap
27 January 2015
(L-R) Pre-press/production director Sue Gearing, operations director Martin Gearing, technical director Dave Humphrey, and head of repro Rob Woodley with the new imager. Changing…
Tim Hilton appointed as QuadTech agent
26 January 2015
Stewart Dyer (left), QuadTech UK sales manager with Tim Hilton, sales director, Innovo Packaging Technology. QuadTech has appointed Tim Hilton from Innovo Packaging Technology, as…
MacDermid awarded $27 million in punitive damages
26 January 2015
A US federal court in Hartford, Connecticut has awarded MacDermid $27 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit brought against Cortron Corporation in 2008. The…
Second SomaFlex press for Pabex
23 January 2015
Polish flexible packaging converter, PPHU Pabex Sj, has installed a 10 colour Imperia press, its second SomaFlex press, for producing pouches for the food industry.…
Live demonstrations planned for Bobst open house
20 January 2015
The Bobst F&K 20SIX CS model Bobst Bielefeld will hold an open house on 25 and 26 February at its Competence Center in Bielefeld, Germany,…
Mobile app from Sun Chemical solves printing problems
20 January 2015
A screenshot from Sun Chemical’s new app Sun Chemical has further enhanced its online advice service with the creation of an app for mobile devices…