4003MP speeds up turnarounds and cuts waste for Saima Packaging Pakistan Saima Packaging has installed an 8-colour Bobst RS 4003MP gravure press at its flexible packaging production facility in Karachi. The press features technical solutions for automation and reduced waste that enable it to be operated profitably with any mix of print job lengths, from …
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Open house at San Giorgio Monferrato showcases RS6003C HS press Italy Bobst Italia SpA has held an event at San Giorgio Monferrato in northern Italy to present its gravure technology. ‘Extending the scope, new technologies for gravure’ on 11–12 May presented the latest-configuration RS 6003C HS gravure press, which features new dryer technology and revisited …
F2 ML features with offset C18 plus new SI MS slitter Germany Comexi’s newest flexo presses such as Comexi F2 ML, its offset technology, holographic applications provided by Comexi Futura laminator, and laser technology were main draws at the manufacturer’s stand. Comexi consolidated the world launch of its Comexi S1 MS slitter, designed for high-output …
Uflex offshoot also reports ‘big trend’ to EDP film Germany Flex Films, the film manufacturing arm of Uflex, showed a wide range of new products and applications at Interpack including alternatives to nylon film. Anantshree Chaturvedi, vice chairman and CEO of Flex Films International, said the company had showcased its high-barrier nylon replacement films. “Nylon …
Manufacturer also highlights shift to blown extrusion in rising market for backsheet films Germany German machinery manufacturer Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) presented the latest model of its Topas FFS machine at Interpack. The machine featured as part of a complete FFS line, which also included the Platinum palletiser and the Argon stretch hooder. The focus …
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Nativia Ness from potato starch and PLA Germany At Interpack, Tagleef Industries unveiled its Nativia Ness, a potato starch- and polylactic acid (PLA)-based white voided biobased film. The material was originally designed for confectionery film Mars, in cooperation with Mondi and Rodenburg Biopolymers. Mars is still evaluating the film for its flow-wrapped candy bars and …
Henkel has developed an array of migration tests that simulate packaging contact with food The safety of food packaging can be determined with a wide range of standardised migration tests, which use different setups to simulate contact with foodstuff. The key questions: • What kind of foodstuff will be packed? • What is the ratio …
Project Blue aims to replicate gravure quality through prepress technology Around the Western world, the gravure print process is currently being cannibalised by flexography. We see this as short-lead production turnarounds become more frequent. Nobody wants inventory, either client side or manufacturing side. Also we see more reactive on-pack marketing and price points and decorated …
Andreas Leitner, sales director Middle East for Engel, shares his outlook for the regional bottling market Andreas Leitner, sales director Middle East for Engel, describes the region’s order situation as “very good”. “In the field of closures and packaging we expect a growth above 10% and in the fields of technical moulding and medical above …
Tim Ansell, sales director of Al Thika Packaging shares his thoughts on the regional endof- line packaging, market scenario and its potential Ten years ago, persuading even a major manufacturer in the Gulf to automate just one part of its end-of-line process, was, if not an exercise in complete futility, certainly one with few rewards. …
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