In the countdown to drupa 2024, the world’s leading trade fair for print technologies, BOBST reviews some of the key themes and topics that are shaping our industry. First, it is considering its own industry vision – and whether it will s...

By Chris de Beer, Regional Manager at Infosource The African printing market showed signs of recovery from the pandemic in 2022 and 2023, but many of the after-effects linger as we move into 2024. Remote and hybrid work—and the drive towards d...

Ishida Europe is introducing a new in-line seal tester for snacks and other dry product packs, offering high precision seal integrity testing at speeds of up to 150 packs per minute. The new Ishida TSC-AS combines high accuracy leak detection with ge...

Koenig & Bauer and Durst Group have committed to build further R&D capability in the joint venture company they set up almost five years ago to capitalise on the significant opportunities in folding carton and corrugated segments. The parent ...

Kornit Digital LTD., a worldwide market leader in sustainable, on-demand digital fashion and textile production technologies, has announced the general availability of its field proven Kornit Apollo direct-to-garment platform. Brands, retailers and s...

The printing industry might seem like it’s stuck in the past, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. While it’s true that digitalisation has altered the landscape, there’s a whole world of innovative possibilities waitin...

The Specification Subcommittee of the Ghent Workgroup is where new specifications are born. The GWG currently has commercial print, digital print, sign & display and packaging standards. The GWG wants to expand its efforts to the textile and 3D p...

Thanks to the strong support from the forestry industry and public funding, 10 research organisations, universities and companies are establishing a groundbreaking research programme with around 20 full-time researchers. The Emission-Free Pulping pr...

Esko, the global developer of integrated solutions for the print, packaging and label industries, was crowned winner in the Printing and Digital Technologies category of the 2023 packaging innovation awards for its AI-backed Phoenix software. The tea...

XSYS has introduced the rotec® Adapter Configuration Tool, a comprehensive online product guidance and order request portal that gives printers direct access to fully customised adapters. By visiting the XSYS website, printers can effortlessly co...

Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa has appointed Jimmy de Waal as the new Sales and Marketing Director. ‘With a rich background in business management, a proven track record in sales and marketing, and a deep interest in building relation...

Metsä Group’s Kuura textile fibre has achieved high scores based on the Hot Button Ranking evaluation arranged by the Canadian not-for-profit environmental organisation, Canopy (see “MI Demo”, which is the subsidiary that ...

Based in the Western Cape, Julius Solomon Specialist Labels is one of the major woven and printed label manufacturers in South Africa. The print provider recently purchased the Valloy Duoblade WXII label cutting machine from Altron Document Solu...

A subsidiary of Taiwan Sinwa Printech Group, Sinwa Shanghai, was founded in Shanghai, in 2000. Since then, it has expanded by establishing branches with facilities in multiple cities. As a trailblazer in technology, Sinwa was the first trade shop in...

In a pilot-scale study to find alternative raw materials for rigid plastic packages, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has obtained unprecedented maximum limits of its highly extensible formable cellulose-based webs used for rigid pa...

Sappi, a member of the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), recently announced that five small timber growers in KwaZulu-Natal have made history by becoming the first participants in the Sappi Khulisa programme to achieve forest c...

Aquapak Polymers Ltd. has won 4evergreen’s award for addressing recycling challenges. Part of its Circular Success Stories celebrates breakthrough projects and can serve as inspiring examples of fibre-based packaging circularity and sustainabil...

By Sona Dadhania, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx The need for a circular economy has never been so urgent. Plastic consumption is expected to double globally by 2050, creating environmental and human health risks. Not only is plastic waste overflowi...

Aquapak Polymers Ltd, which specialises in polymer-based material technologies that can deliver both performance and environmental responsibility at scale, has announced its Newcastle University Chemistry Undergraduate award-winning Stage 3 Industry ...

Zhejiang Jujie New Material Co., Ltd., a leading integrated film convertor and bag maker based in China, wanted to reduce material use by downgauging the co-extruded polyethylene (PE) films used for its air column bags. Air column bags are widely use...