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Finishing & embellishment

Prati reports Vegaplus Booklet success

02 April 2012

With a dozen installations worldwide and one customer ordering five, Prati is celebrating the market success of its Vegaplus LF 330 Booklet...

Manroland sheetfed to leverage potential of Drupa

30 March 2012

Newly restructured sheet-fed offset press manufacturer to talk up new era for company

Heidelberg agrees deal to quicken Focus 2012 efficiency initiative

30 March 2012

Press manufacturer strikes deal with workers' council to hasten global job cuts and capacity reduction

Substrates & adhesives

Avery Dennison expands facility in India

30 March 2012

Avery Dennison has completed a major expansion of its production facility in Pune, India. The investment is to enhance capacity in response to the...

Orders give KBA confidence for 2012

30 March 2012

Order intake and order backlog up at end of 2011, although sales dip, operating profit shrinks and net profit tumbles

Sustainability

NSF International and Carbonfund.org in certification partnership

30 March 2012

Growing demand for carbon neutral products has led to the new exclusive partnership of NSF International and the Carbonfund.org Foundation, owner of...

Substrates & adhesives

UPM Raflatac receives FSC and PEFC certifications in Oceania

30 March 2012

UPM Raflatac has been granted FSC and PEFC chain of custody certificates for its labelstock operations in Australia and New Zealand. The chain of...

Digital printing

Dscoop7 welcomes more than 2,000 attendees

30 March 2012

More than 2,000 digital print professionals gathered at Dscoop7, the 2012 Dscoop Annual Conference that ran March 22-24 in Washington, DC. This...

People

Michelman names managing director of Asia Pacific

30 March 2012

Michelman has appointed Steven Wong as managing director of the company’s Asia Pacific operation. Wong will be responsible for managing Michelman’s...

Improving QR code scans

29 March 2012

In the first of a regular series of articles on implementing new media strategies, John Foley Jr, CEO of Interlink1 and GrowSocially, looks at how to...

Brand owners & design

Mayr-Melnhof Packaging shuts UK factory

29 March 2012

UK facility closed following staff lock-out and changing market conditions

People

Hybrid Software appoints UK and Ireland sales manager

29 March 2012

Koen Lesage joins order lifecycle management specialist to lead expansion in UK and Ireland