Africa Print Cape Town Expo Kicks Off This Month

Africa Print News - Commercial Print, Digital Label & Digital Packaging | Week 1 MAY 2024 | VIEW IN BROWSER

Africa Print provides the latest news, insights and trends for the commercial print, digital label and short run digital packaging industries in Southern Africa.

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Exhibitors at this month’s Africa Print Expo in Cape Town, taking place on 15-16 May at the CTICC from 9am-5pm, will answer questions and provide expert advice on how to optimise your business offerings, as well as offer insight into new industry developments and opportunities.

FUJIFILM Graphic Communication South Africa Hosts Drupa Preview Event

FUJIFILM Graphic Communication South Africa’s event, held on 26 April at its Johannesburg office, allowed attendees to preview both ground-breaking new products and key existing solutions that FUJIFILM will feature at drupa 2024.

ECO3 Launches Process-Free Offset Plate For Commercial Printing

The new Eclipse Pro is an advanced process-free plate that is firmly based on ECO3’s customer-centric approach, which encompasses Ecology, Economy and Extra Convenience to optimise efficiencies and support sustainable growth.

Latest Xeikon Inkjet Solution Uses Newly Developed Ink

Developed for high quality labels, the five-colour Xeikon PX3300HD offers a 330mm printing width and speeds up to 70m/min, even when printing with high opacity white.

HEIDELBERG Announces NEW CEO

Jürgen Otto brings decades of experience in the sustainable orientation of large industrial companies, complemented by experience in the field of turnaround management in recent years. He will become the new CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) on July 1, 2024.

BOBST And Partner Make Strides In Sustainable Packaging Collaboration

BOBST and Huhtamaki have collaborated with the aim of revolutionising sustainable packaging. Huhtamaki is a Finnish-based global player in the flexible packaging industry, which specialises in sustainable packaging solutions, and is committed to making packaging more circular.

Exploring Evolving Trends In Label Printing

According to Focus Label Machinery, brands that wish to stay relevant need to understand and adapt to the key shifts happening in label printing. Some of the major trends include the growth of digital printing, more creative label shapes and substrates, interactive or smart labels, clean label designs and special finishes.

SCREEN Awarded For Labelling Technology

SCREEN’s advanced Truepress LABEL 350UV systems deliver superior productivity that enables them to meet the tight deadlines frequently required with small to medium lot work. SCREEN’s Truepress LABEL 350UV series has been honoured with a 2024 Technology Award by the Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology (JSPST).

Hunkeler Showcasing World First Finishing Solution

The new fully automated Starbook Sheetfolder solution produces glued book blocks from the sheet for further processing in perfect binders. The solution is designed for nearline or inline production on digital high-performance sheetfed printing systems and represents a further new development in Hunkeler’s Starbook family of digital sheet finishing.