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Harper Corporation of America – President Lee Kluttz Earns Commitment to...
USA • Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America announced that company President Lee Kluttz received the Clemson/Treadaway Commitment to Progress Award during Clemson’s 27th Annual...
View ArticleAvery Dennison – White paper outlines consumer preferences on functional...
USA • The company released a white paper highlighting new consumer insights from the rapidly growing functional packaging market. Titled “Consumer Perceptions of Functional Packaging,” the paper...
View ArticleXerox – Deal with Fujifilm cancelled
USA / JAPAN • Xerox Corp abandons a planned USD 6.1 billion deal with Fujifilm Holdings Corp in a settlement with activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason that also hands control of the U.S....
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Kocher+Beck – Renovation of production planning offices phase 1
GERMANY • The machine and tool manufacturer Kocher+Beck has inaugurated new offices for its IOC and envelope employees. The Pliezhausen site, in the South of Germany, now includes 16 new workplaces,...
View ArticleMPS – AMRO Participaties new owner of MPS Group
THE NETHERLANDS • ABN AMRO Participaties (“AAP”) acquires MPS Group B.V., a parent company to MPS Systems BV, a provider of end-to-end narrow and mid-web printing solutions, from majority shareholder...
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MPS – EDNN installs first EF Symjet hybrid press in The Netherlands
THE NETHERLANDS • Label printer EDNN (Etiketten Drukkerij Noord Nederland) based in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands is the first Dutch company to invest in a MPS EF Symjet hybrid press. According to the...
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Codimag – DewaFlex as regional partner to strengthen support in the Benelux
FRANCE • Label press manufacturer Codimag has appointed DewaFlex as its strategic business partners for the Benelux. Founded in 2013 with headquarters in Roubaix, France, DewaFlex works in partnership...
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20 years NarrowWebTech: How our special anniversary label was designed and...
20 years of NarrowWebTech – is there a better opportunity to design a special label? In cooperation with Leonhard Kurz and label printer Vollherbst Druck the whole team of NarrowWebTech have designed...
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Gallus – Successful field test of Labelmaster press at All4Labels Schweiz
SWITZERLAND • All4Labels Schweiz AG based in St. Gallen (formerly Omnipack AG) was one of the first Gallus customers to install the successfully launched Gallus Labelmaster in the course of a field...
View ArticlePrint4All 2018 – New package printing event in Italy
ITALY • From 29 May to 1 June a new show in Milan open its doors: Print4All 2018. The new show is part of The Innovation Alliance and will encompass, for the first time, five events: Plast (plastic and...
View ArticleTwenty years of progress: A note from BPIF labels’ general manager Graham...
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of NarrowWebTech Graham Backhouse from BPIF labels takes a look back on twenty years of label production. Graham Backhouse General manager, BPIF labels By 1998 I...
View ArticleHapa – Printing solutions for pharmaceutical applications at Achema
GERMANY • Hapa will address the topics of four-colour printing on blister packages, serialization, and digitalization at Achema (11 to 15 June 2018), the global expo for the process industries in...
View ArticleSun Chemical – 200th anniversary
USA • Throughout the remainder of 2018, Sun Chemical will celebrate its 200th anniversary. “Beginning with the inspiring legacy of Lorilleux and Samuel Morris in the early 1800s, Sun Chemical has...
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How is label printing changing? A historical outline relating to digital...
It is amazing to think that in 1454 Gutenberg invented the first conventional printing press, and yet only during the last 20 or 25 years this method of printing, that many of us have grown up with,...
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Harper – Anilox rolls donated to nonprofit flexo training foundation
USA • Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America recently donated six anilox rolls (a total value of USD 18K) to Fundeplast, a nonprofit flexographic training foundation headquartered in...
View ArticleMark Andy – Finishing equipment manufacturer Brandtjen & Kluge acquired
USA • In order to expand its portfolio with additional print finishing equipment Mark Andy acquires Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc., a US manufacturer of print finishing equipment for foil stamping,...
View ArticleTreofan – Sale of Americas business to CCL Industries completed
GERMANY / USA • Italian investor M&C, owner of Treofan Holdings GmbH, has successfully completed the sale of Treofan Group’s Americas business to Canadian label manufacturer CCL Industries. All...
View ArticleAsahi Photoproducts – Clean transfer technology on display at Gallus...
SWITZERLAND • Flexo printing plate supplier Asahi Photoproducts will showcase its AWP DEF/DEW plate solutions featuring clean transfer technology at Gallus Innovation Days ( 26 – 28 June 2018, St...
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A reduction in a prepress workload of 30% – Blair Labeling installs Esko...
In order to create an effective workflow, Denver-based Blair Labeling installed Esko Automation Engine QuickStart for Labels inside a week. By automating prepress processes the print shop was able to...
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Flint Group – First Nyloflex Xpress thermal processing system in China
PRC • The German company Flint Group Flexographic installed its first nyloflex Xpress thermal processing system in China. At the end of April 2018, the first unit of nyloflex Xpress Thermal Processor...
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