News

Bizerba opens warehouse space for 3.25 billion labels

05 July 2012

After two years of construction, the Bizerba label factory has received a state-of-the art warehouse in Bochum, Germany, in time for its thirtieth...

WS Packaging acquires Boelter Industries

04 July 2012

WS Packaging Group has acquired Boelter Industries, a folding carton company located in Winona, Minnesota, USA. Boelter Industries specializes in the...

No slowing in the inkjet pace

04 July 2012

Higher resolutions, wider presses and more colors are key inkjet trends, writes Barry Hunt At last year's Labelexpo Europe inkjet press vendors...

Printed electronics revolution

04 July 2012

A technology innovation center in the UK is demonstrating how converters can create their own smart label operations using standard narrow web...

Smart design

04 July 2012

Carol Houghton looks at how smart technology will impact the design of labels and packaging Earlier this year, global supermarket chain Marks &...

Finat Young Managers Club to host global congress

04 July 2012

After a successful summit last year, the Finat Young Managers Club (YMC) is holding its first Global YMC Congress, open to both YMC members and...

New products

Brady launches flame retardant wire wraps

04 July 2012

Brady has introduced a new line of flame retardant wire wraps for identifying wires and cables in the aerospace and defense industries. This new...

Plates & platemaking

MPS to represent Raantec equipment in UK

04 July 2012

Germany-based Raantec has appointed MPS UK as distributor of its plate mounting equipment range in the UK. MPS has already sold more than six of the...

Workflow, MIS & inspection

Turkish converters install Sistrade MIS

04 July 2012

Turkish converters Gul Ambalaj Ofset and Sentez Ambalaj have ordered MIS|ERP Sistrade Print to help integrate their departments, from estimating and...

Interactive technology

AWA to stage anti-counterfeiting conference

04 July 2012

PABS conference to address trends and solutions for product authentication and brand security

TLMI unveils new logo

03 July 2012

TLMI has unveiled a new logo. The board of directors wanted to refresh the logo’s design to aid the association’s progress with social media and new...

Repacorp in management changes and facility expansion

03 July 2012

US-based converter Repacorp has appointed Rick Heinl as chief executive officer and named Tony Heinl as president.  Rochelle Heinl has assumed the...