Africa Print Durban Expo Receives Positive Response

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The successful Africa Print Durban expo, held from 16-17 March at the Durban ICC, attracted 1015 visitors from around KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Lesotho and Mozambique.

BOBST Flexo Press Finds Success Throughout The World

BOBST Group is proudly celebrating the first anniversary of VISION CI. The first worldwide remote installation was done in South Africa by BOBST distribution agent, Beswick Machinery, at a customer in KwaZulu-Natal. Beswick Machinery subsequently installed another VISION CI in the Western Cape.

Innovia Films Launches White BOPP Film For In-Mould Labelling

Produced in Europe at one of Innovia Films’ state-of-the art production facilities, EUP60 is a very high opacity and high yield product, having a density as low as 0.55g/cm3. Combined with its specially formulated and printable matt surface, RayoForm™ EUP60 is engineered to give outstanding high-speed sheet feeding and adhesion for both UV and oxidative inks.

Robatech Announces Coating Head For E-Commerce Packaging

The Vivo 18 allows tear strips to be applied to cardboard packaging for the first time by direct adhesive application. The same application head can be used to produce silicone release liners cost-efficiently.

FLEXcon Expands Line For Shelf Tags And Markers

SHELF Select® CPET1FZR is a clear polyester made from up to 30% post-industrial recycled content. It’s also thinner than most vinyl shelf products, making it less costly to ship and resulting in less waste into the landfill when labels are discarded. All products in the SHELF Select® line are printable via flexo, as well as laser with a press applied varnish.

Printing And Bookbinding Business Install Second Screen Printer

With two Truepress 520HD+ printers, Producciones Digitales Pulmen, a Spanish digital print company specialised in the printing and binding of books, can now produce more than 2,500,000 books per year. Both machines are competitive up to a print run of currently 2500 copies.

Esko And Cerm Collaborate To Develop Solution For Labelling And Packaging Company

Esko worked on a project with CERM, a developer of MIS for labels and packaging converters, to create a solution that would both simplify processes and expand the product offering range of Accent, part of the Asteria Labels and Packaging Group.

Kongsberg Showcasing Cutting Table

With its high speed of 100m/min and 1.7G acceleration, the Kongsberg C24 cutting table is built for the highest performance, enabling businesses to boost productivity and astound customers with impressive, high-quality results and fast turnarounds.

Avery Dennison Acquires Linerless Label Technology Developed By Catchpoint

The purchase covers Catchpoint’s patents, brand, trade secrets and know-how. Arrangements have been made to ensure the continued support of the Catchpoint Ltd team. Under the agreement, Avery Dennison Corporation will honour Catchpoint’s existing commercial agreements.

Komori Press Opens Up New Markets For Printing Company

Print Solutions chose a five colour Lithrone G37, making it the first Lithrone G37 installed in the U.S. The compact sheetfed press offers a 640 x 940mm maximum sheet size.

BOBST Enhances Label Production Series

The DIGITAL MASTER series will be available in 340mm (13.5 inches) and 510mm (20 inches) print widths in a new design that has been optimised for full modularity and improved operation and servicing. Like the MASTER DM5, it offers printing, embellishment and cutting in a single pass, with seamless native integration between the UV inkjet digital engine and the flexo and converting modules.

Heidelberg Announces Portfolio Expansion With Postpress Systems

Heidelberg is further expanding its portfolio by entering into a worldwide distribution agreement with the Japanese company AN Corporation for the Kawahara TXS-1100 and Kawahara BMS-1100 automated postpress systems. This marks the global rollout of a pilot agreement concluded for the North America region last year.

Muller Martini Announces Saddle Stitcher Installation

The Prinova Saddle Stitcher achieves a cycle rate of 9000 copies per hour and is configured with eight individual feeders and a cover feeder.

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