Caesar Pac, one of the Kuwait’s leading corrugated box manufacturers has become the first business in the Middle East to invest in an EFI Nozomi 14000 LED ultra-high-speed digital press from Electronics For Imaging. The single-pass inkjet corrugated press boasts to deliver maximum productivity and efficiency for industrial package printing. The Nozomi 14000 …
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Esko, the global developer of integrated hardware and software solutions for the print, packaging, and label industries, has acquired imposition of a Canadian-based AI software company Tilia Labs. The deal aims to deliver on the need of brand owners and converters to connect and integrate the entire value chain through upstream digitalisation. Tilia …
Koenig & Bauer has annouced its acquistion of 49% stake in Celmacch Group. Celmacch, one of the leading manufacturers of high board line flexo presses and rotary die-cutters for the corrugated board industry. The companies have signed a contract laying the foundations to collaborate on development and marketing activities on the growth market for …
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Constantia Flexibles and Plasthill Technical Films, a company of the Dutch Oerlemans Packaging Group, are partnering to bring Constantia Flexibles’ proprietary technology, CompresSeal, to the market in Europe. Plasthill, a producer of high-end technical films and packaging based in Hillegom, the Netherlands and Austrian based flexible packaging producer Constantia Flexibles, combine their expertise to …
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Coca-Cola Great Britain (CCGB) in partnership with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, has announced it is introducing new, attached caps to its plastic bottles, making it easier to recycle the entire package and ensure no cap gets left behind. Production of bottles with attached caps will begin today at CCEP’s site in East Kilbride, Scotland, meaning …
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Geostick Group, one of the leading label printer in Europe and digital label printing pioneer, has signed an agreement with Bobst for the purchase of a Bobst Digital Master 340 label press, a fully digitalised and automated production line, from printing to embellishment and die-cutting. The agreement is part of Geostick’s major focus on …
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A new white paper from Miraclon takes an in-depth look at how the company’s PureFlexo printing technology overcomes unwanted ink spread, a fundamental challenge for solvent-based flexible film printing for as long as flexo has been around. Unwanted ink spread happens when ink spreads outside the (original raised) image areas of the print surface …
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According to Global Data, bottled oil accounts for the majority of the market with six billion units and edible oil will reach a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4% by 2024 within the food category in the Middle East, Africa and India region. It has become crucial to bring sustainability to the fore in …
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Heidelberg and PURe inks have signed an Europe-wide cooperation agreement in order to make offset printing more sustainable. Heidelberg is committed to guide and support its customers to a more sustainable print production with the use of conventional offset inks or alternatively UV curing inks. PURe inks allow packaging and commercial printers a more sustainable …
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As part of the recently released Esko Software 21.11, the latest version of Automation Engine features Flexo Engine, developed to increase plate room productivity. ‘Whether at a trade shop or in-house, customers are facing increasing demands on the production of flexo plates,’ said Robert Bruce, flexo software product manager at Esko. ‘The need to …
