News

Techkon color measurement supports lean manufacturing in US

11 January 2012

Rose City Printing and Packaging installs three SpectroDrive automated color measurement scanning systems

New products

Burnishine launches Deletion Pen for Kodak Thermal Plates

11 January 2012

Burnishine Products, manufacturer of pressroom and related chemical products, is now offering the new KP4 Deletion Pen, specifically formulated for...

Digital printing

German appeals court denies Durst claim against EFI

11 January 2012

Digital printing specialist EFI has claimed victory in a long-running patent lawsuit in Germany brought by Durst Phototechnik, after a German appeals...

Substrates & adhesives

MGX stocks certified for two HP Indigo presses

11 January 2012

The Printing Applications Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology has certified Masterpiece Graphix (MGX) 24 mil MAX Impact Stocks for...

Ancillary equipment

New UK anilox supplier installs laser engraving system

11 January 2012

Anilox Laser Technology (ALT), new supplier of anilox rollers and sleeves, has installed a Fiber Optic Ultra laser system at its 3600 sq ft premises...

The great debate: digital versus flexo

10 January 2012

With the rapid rise of digital printing in the labels sector, what impact will there be on conventional printing technologies? Barry Hunt reports Has...

Inks & coatings

Sun Chemical parent to grow packaging inks business in Asia-Pacific

10 January 2012

DIC acquires New Zealand’s Pacific Inks and its operations across Asia-Pacific region

Innovation key to PS label future

10 January 2012

The PS labels industry needs to innovate while reducing costs and waste to meet the challenges of a sluggish global economy, writes Jussi Vanhanen,...

People

ITL appoints business development manager in Japan

10 January 2012

Digital print industry professional Yasushi Katsuta has been appointed Business Development Manager, Japan, for UK-based UV LED manufacturer...

Digital printing

Xeikon acquires Flexolaser

10 January 2012

Xeikon, a manufacturer of digital label presses, has acquired the Flexolaser technology and business from RSD Technik GmbH and Flexolaser GmbH,...

TLMI welcomes new converter and supplier members

10 January 2012

The TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute) has welcomed new converter and supplier members to the association as of January 1, 2012. New members...

RotoMetrics opens sales office in India

10 January 2012

Targets India's growing printing and packaging industries