Xeikon Café 2018 – Keynote speaker announced
BELGIUM • A keynote by Andrew Vorsters and different case studies for digital printing will be part of the Xeikon Café Exhibition and Conference. Three major consumer brands as well as three printers...
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MPS – Hub Labels adds EF flexo press for linerless labels
USA • A MPS EF multi-substrate flexo press was installed at Hub Labels, based in Hagerstown, Maryland in February 2018. The new flexo label printing press will be used for the production of linerless...
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Mark Andy – CV Labels installs Digital One in UK
UK • The Scottish converter of pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical labels has chosen a Mark Andy Digital One press as part of a major investment programme in technology and a new extension at its...
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Baldwin Technology – Creating global platform by acquiring QuadTech
USA • Baldwin expands global platform with the acquisition of QuadTech, Inc. Partnership creates vision and inspection print technology powerhouse. In 2017, the company has acquired PC Industries,...
View ArticleFINAT Technical Seminar 2018 – Get label smart!
SPAIN • The age of smart products is happening now. That is one of the main messages being shared by Andy Hobsbawm at next month’s FINAT technical seminar. The programme covers again the whole range...
View ArticleHerma – Conti Label uses EDI connection service
BELIGUM • Label printer Conti-Label uses the EDI connection provided by Herma’s Self-adhesive Materials Division for direct, automated data exchange. By means of the ERP software Cerm, self-adhesive...
View ArticleSiegwerk / Agfa Graphics – Alliance for UV digital packaging inks
GERMANY / BELGIUM • Siegwerk Druckfarben and Agfa Graphics have entered into a strategic alliance for digital packaging inks. The contract includes a business transfer from Agfa Graphics to Siegwerk of...
View ArticleContiweb – Becoming independent after Goss and manroland merger
THE NETHERLANDS • Following the integration of the printing press businesses of Goss International and manroland, Contiweb will become a separate company under the ownership of American Industrial...
View Articletesa SE – Acquisition of Twinlock product division from Polymount
THE NETHERLANDS • The Twinlock product division of Polymount with headquarters in Nijkerk has become a 100% subsidiary of tesa SE. As a result, the manufacturer of adhesive tapes and self-adhesive...
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Nilpeter – Cambridge Label invests in an FA flexo press
CANADA • Based in Ontario, CA, Cambridge Label has acquired an All New FA from Nilpeter. Results are according to the company double print speeds, and decreased setup times. The All New FA line from...
View ArticleNew version of ISO 14024 on ecolabelling published
AUSTRALIA • If consumers are looking for ways to reduce environmental impacts through their purchasing choices, a huge range of different terms such as natural, recyclable, eco-friendly, low-energy,...
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FINAT – Trial guest membership for converters and suppliers to the label...
THE NETHERLANDS • The international label association FINAT introduces free guest memberships for the label industry. The three-month trial will give converters and suppliers an idea of what it means...
View ArticleFlexo Concepts – Doctor blade supplier at Focus Open House 2018
USA/UK • As a featured blade supplier, Flexo Concepts will present the benefits of its TruPoint Orange doctor blade at Focus Label Machinery’s Open House in Birmingham, UK on March 20-21, 2018. he...
View ArticleTreofan – Americas business sold to CCL Industries
USA/CANADA • Treofan Americas business was sold to Canadian label manufacturer CCL Industries – this announced the owner of Treofan Holdings GmbH, the Italian investor M&C. The purchase price,...
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Gallus – ETPA Packaging invested in ECS 340
GREECE • The Greek label printer ETPA Packaging installed a Gallus ECS 340 at their production site in Komotini, North Eastern Greece. The new line consists of 9 flexo printing stations and 4 screen...
View ArticleFlint Group – Official name change of Eston Chimica
ITALY • A few months after the acquistion of the ink manufacturer Eston Chimica, Flint Group announced the offical name change of the acquired company to Eston Chimica, a Flint Company. In December...
View ArticleApex / Hamillroad Software – Trade shops for Bellissima DMS phase one sales...
UK/Europe/USA • At Labelexpo Europe 2017 Apex introduced its Bellissima Digitally Modulated Screening technology. Since then, the flexo technology is available through trade shops in range of...
View ArticleMark Andy – Acquisition of Presstek
USA • Now it is official: Mark Andy acquires Presstek, global supplier of direct imaging (DI) offset plates and presses, CTP solutions for commercial and in-plant customers. According to the company,...
View ArticleDurst / Omet – Italgrafica Sistemi is first customer for new XJet lin
ITALY • Omet and Durst are providing the recently introduced integrated hyprid line Omet XJet to Italgrafica Sistemi. The company will be the world’s customer for the new Omet XJet. Powered by Durst,...
View ArticleVerico – Presstek’s waterless plate division becomes Verico Technology
USA • Following Mark Andy’s acquisition of direct imaging (DI) offset plates and presses, CTP solutions, and service for commercial and in-plant customers, Presstek’s manufacturing facility and...
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