Articles

Innovation helping food and beverages industry reduce rigid plastics in product packaging

26 Jul 2024
  • Biodegradable packaging
  • GlobalData
  • Plastic packaging
  • Recyclate
  • Sustainability

Packaging and consumer goods companies are accelerating their efforts to adopt new innovative materials and processes to replace plastic in product packaging to help meet their plastic reduction goals.Rigid plastics are the most used packaging materi...

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Revealed: The secret world of industrial ink

22 Jul 2024
  • Continuous inkjet printing
  • Ink
  • LEIBINGER
  • Plasticiser
  • Recyclability
  • UV Readable ink

Every year, thousands of different inks are used by different industries around the world – especially in CIJ (continuous inkjet) industrial printing, applying batch numbers and codes to products and packaging. But how much do you know about th...

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Intamarket Graphics celebrates successful Christmas in July Open Day

22 Jul 2024
  • Avery Dennison
  • Christmas in July
  • Intamarket Graphics
  • Open Day

Intamarket Graphics hosted its highly anticipated annual Christmas in July Open Day on 18 July 2024, bringing together industry leaders, customers and partners for a day of festive celebration and networking. The event was marked by grandiose promoti...

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Visitor registration opens for the next edition of West Africa’s leading manufacturing exhibition and conference

17 Jul 2024
  • Food processing
  • Manufacturing
  • Packaging
  • Printing
  • Propak West Africa

Propak West Africa returns in September to unite the manufacturing industry across three action packed days in Lagos. With the countdown started until the doors open, now is the time to register to attend and be the first to hear the latest news and ...

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ROTOCON brings together suppliers and customers

16 Jul 2024
  • Morgancoat
  • Networking event
  • Polyflex Premedia
  • Rotocon
  • Suppliers

ROTOCON held its second “Networking Session” at Cape Village Lodge in Durbanville, bringing together suppliers and customers for a luncheon. This event not only highlighted ROTOCON’s extensive product and service range but took the...

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Emsur Saymopack upgrades to latest Esko platemaking technology

12 Jul 2024
  • Automation
  • Emsur Saymopack
  • Esko
  • Flexo printing
  • Platemaking
  • Sustainability

Emsur Saymopack has installed latest generation Esko equipment that will upgrade its flexo platemaking system at its Valencia plant. This investment will not only improve the quality of Emsur’s products but will also allow it to offer shor...

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Taking your brand to new heights with premium label solutions

11 Jul 2024
  • Compliant labelling
  • Industry regulations
  • Multipage labels
  • Premium labels
  • Pyrotec PackMedia

In today’s highly competitive market, standout packaging and informative, compliant labelling are not just optional, they are absolutely essential – and this is especially true when it comes to chemical and cleaning products. Enter Premiu...

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XSYS appoints Arben Graphic Systems as distributor in the West Balkan market

11 Jul 2024
  • Arben Graphic Systems
  • Flexographic printing
  • Letterpress printing
  • Prepress solutions
  • XSYS

XSYS, one of the leading providers of prepress solutions for the flexographic and letterpress sectors, has announced the appointment of Arben Graphic Systems as new distribution partner in the West Balkans, covering Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herz...

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The logic of digital embellishment – Unlocking ROI and sustainability

10 Jul 2024
  • Customisation
  • Differentiation
  • Digital embellishment
  • innovation
  • Sustainability

By Francois Martin – Print, Labels & Packaging Industry Consultant In the modern business landscape, where competition is fierce and customer attention is fleeting, the quest for differentiation and eye-catching products has become a ...

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5 ways to persuade a client to be bold and innovative with their print

09 Jul 2024
  • Collaboration
  • Design Thought
  • Digital printing
  • innovation
  • New technology

By Silas Amos, Founder/Director at Silas Amos Ltd. Design Thought This piece is for those with new printing technology to offer, but no immediate queue of clients who understand its advantages or why they should be the first to use it. I’m a ...

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Smithers anticipates major changes as $231.7 billion world corrugated packaging market returns to growth trajectory

08 Jul 2024
  • Containerboard
  • corrugated board
  • Packaging
  • Smithers
  • Sustainability

Global containerboard and corrugated board demand are facing a series of challenges and shifts in market dynamics across the next five years. These are expertly profiled, and quantified in the new market data report – The Future of Corrugated B...

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ACM revamps prepress suite with Asahi AWP water-wash carbon neutral plates

05 Jul 2024
  • ACM Flexible Packaging
  • Asahi Photoproducts
  • Carbon neutral
  • Flexographic printing
  • prepress

Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, reports that Italian converter ACM Flexible Packaging, based in Cremosano near Milan, has partnered with Asahi Photoproducts to create a highly sustainable, solvent free p...

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Intertextile Apparel to “capture opportunities of digital revolution” with launch of Digital Solutions Zone

04 Jul 2024
  • Digital Solutions Zone
  • Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics
  • Messe Frankfurt
  • Textile industry
  • Textile printing
  • Trade show

In the midst of the business world’s rapid adoption of new technology and the evolving environmental landscape, players across the wider textile industry are actively seeking innovative solutions for various sourcing, manufacturing and retailin...

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Richflex, BOBST & Beswick Machinery demonstrate their commitment to sustainability at two-day open house event

03 Jul 2024

Richflex, a provider of end-to-end flexible packaging solutions, is swiftly becoming a major player in the market. This was demonstrated at a two-day open house event, which included the launch of its newly installed BOBST Vision CI flexographic pres...

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Time running out for packaging companies, as EUDR set to come into force at the end of the year, observes GlobalData

02 Jul 2024
  • EU Deforestation Regulation
  • EUDR
  • GlobalData
  • Packaging
  • Sustainability

The countdown continues to 30 December 2024, when *most companies based in the EU or who supply goods to the EU must be compliant with the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is the latest set of EU rules t...

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GMG initiates industry gathering for brands, creatives and production

27 Jun 2024
  • Colour management
  • GMG
  • Proofing
  • Software
  • Technology

It’s unlikely for people in the industry to be unaware of GMG’s colour management and proofing solutions, especially in the packaging industry. After all, the colour experts at GMG have been tackling the industry’s challenges for th...

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XSYS unveils Catena ProServX for real-time equipment monitoring, alerting and reporting

26 Jun 2024
  • Equipment monitoring
  • ProservX
  • Software
  • Technology
  • XSYS

XSYS is proud to introduce Catena ProServX, a cloud-based, real-time equipment monitoring tool for proactive maintenance and superior quality control. By precisely measuring equipment performance, energy consumption and consumable usage, ProServX emp...

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Digitalisation, global dynamics, sustainability: The future of print

25 Jun 2024
  • Digitalisation
  • Global dynamics
  • LEONARD KURZ
  • Reinvention
  • Sustainability

By Markus Hoffmann, Executive Senior Vice President for Business Area Industrial Products & Application at LEONHARD KURZ The printing and packaging industry is undergoing a continuous transformation process that is being driven to a large extent...

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Canon expands its production inkjet portfolio with new B2 sheetfed press, the varioPRESS iV7

24 Jun 2024
  • B2 sheets
  • Canon South Africa
  • Inkjet technology
  • Production printing
  • varioPRESS iV7

Canon, a global leader in production inkjet presses, announced the expansion of its production inkjet portfolio and its entry into the B2 sheetfed inkjet market with the varioPRESS iV7, a new inkjet press capable of producing 8 700 B2 4/0 sheets per ...

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Esko launches groundbreaking new AVT Varnish Inspection and defect detection module

18 Jun 2024
  • AVT Varnish Inspection
  • Esko
  • label printing
  • Varnish coatings

Esko has launched a new print inspection module that can inspect and detect defects in varnish coatings during a live label print run, heralding a new era of varnish inspection for printed labels. The innovative Varnish Inspection module for the AVT...

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