BOBST to present innovations in silicone coating and film barrier applications at Bobst Italia Coating Days

Bobst Italia is holding a two-day coating event taking place at its site in San Giorgio Monferrato, Italy, on 25 and 26 July 2018. The focus of the event will be two impressive BOBST CO 8000 coating lines currently in its production facility, waiting to be dismantled for shipment to the new owners. The lines …

Gallus premieres Smartfire for digital narrow web label printing at Gallus Innovation Days 2018

Gallus, a member of the Heidelberg Group, is expanding its product portfolio with another digital printing press, Gallus Smartfire at the Gallus Innovation Days 2018 starting today. Gallus print experts present how digitization will change the label industry and how Gallus is going to support their customers to manage this drastic industrial paradigm shift. The …

Milacron focuses on industry-leading service, technology and solutions at NPE 2018

Milacron Holdings Corp. showcases its industry-leading technology in plastics with its injection and extrusion machines, Mold‐Masters hot runners and control systems, DME mold components and solutions, Uniloy blow molding machines, Kortec co‐injection technologies and Milacron 4.0 IIoT solutions in the 18,700 sq. feet booth at the NPE 2018 from May 7 to May 11 in …

Kodak launches SONORA X Process Free Plate for offset packaging

Kodak’s process-free plate technology takes another leap forward with the introduction of the KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plate.  SONORA X builds on all the advantages of Kodak’s process-free technology while adding significant technology advances that remove the barriers to process free that previously existed for printers that have demanding performance requirements. “Kodak’s goal is …

Peter Frei, CEO of the PANTEC print decoration business, has passed away

The PANTEC group is sad to announce that Peter Frei, CEO of the PANTEC print decoration business, has passed away unexpectedly due to an accident on the 29th of April, 2018. We would like to extend our deepest condolences to his wife and three children, as well as his relatives. Peter was born on the …

Portugal’s Sonae is eyeing Abraaj Group’s Spinney’s in Egypt

Sonae SGPS, the Portuguese retailer owner of the Continente brand, is in negotiations with the Abraaj Group to acquire Egyptian supermarket chain Spinneys. Sonae is hoping to acquire all of Spinney’s store network in Egypt, reportedly 13 outlets in Egypt, the majority of which are hypermarkets. Sonae will partner with a local retail operator, whose …

Klingele Group orders new high board line rotary die cutter CorruCUT from Koenig & Bauer

The Klingele Group has ordered a six-colour press with a working width of 2,800 mm for its Delmenhorst box plant. The press, a completely new design, stretches from the feeder, via the printing unit and rotary die-cutter to the delivery. At Drupa 2016, Koenig & Bauer announced its return to the corrugated market. Koenig & …