Flint Group Packaging Inks has launched OneCode range of solvent-based range of inks and coatings for European customers

22 Jul 2021New Products

Flint launches OneCode range in Europe

The OneCode portfolio incorporates VertixCode for flexo printing, MatrixCode for gravure, HelixCode for dual purpose inks (flexo and gravure), and ZenCode, a recently launched range of sustainable inks for shrink labels. Enhancing and complementing the portfolio are overprint varnishes and...
(L-R) Jon Hunter, Michelman’s new director, Global Environmental Health and Safety and Sonia Razzaque, the new vice president of Regulatory Compliance and Product Stewardship

21 Jul 2021Industry Updates

Michelman hires regulatory, environmental, health and safety experts

Jon Hunter is Michelman’s new director, Global Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), responsible for global EH&S strategic leadership, oversight and team development. Hunter has recently been at Harsco as North American EH&S director and global environmental director. He has...
Clariant’s Pigments unit has received OK compost Industrial certification by TÜV Austria for its range of pigments

20 Jul 2021Industry Updates

Clariant pigments certified for use in compostable plastic

Clariant certified pigments can be used to color plastic products, including packaging, intended to be compostable.   
 
Nine selected products in Clariant’s PV Fast and Graphtol ranges now feature the label OK compost Industrial, that fully meets the requirements...
Kao Collins has launched InkAnswers, a digital search tool that matches inks with substrates used in label and narrow web production

14 Jul 2021Industry Updates

Kao Collins Launches InkAnswers

InkAnswers simplifies the process of identifying which inks are compatible with printhead technologies and materials, including flexible packaging, foil, shrink sleeve film, and variable facestock. Inkjet inks are a fast-growing need when...

Fujifilm India has appointed Koji Wada as the new managing director, effective from June 29, 2021

07 Jul 2021Appointments

Fujifilm India appoints Koji Wada as MD

Taking over the baton from Haruto Iwata as he moves to his new role as managing director for the Asia-Pacific region in Singapore, Wada will spearhead Fujifilm’s operations and business strategy in India. In his new role, Wada will be responsible for organizational growth and profitability...
Marabu has reached a milestone in the company's history. With its Project Green, the manufacturer will be climate neutral by the middle of the year

02 Jul 2021Industry Updates

Marabu goes climate neutral

All Marabu business units will, where possible, make a specific contribution to achieve the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Project Green and therefore participate in the Green Deal. 

‘We are safeguarding the future of the next generations and are proud that we...

Toppan Printing has renamed its English company from Toppan Printing to Toppan

02 Jul 2021Industry Updates

Toppan Printing rebrands as Toppan

The evolution of the brand represents Toppan’s expansion beyond its traditional markets both in terms of business fields and geographical footprint.  
 
Hideharu Maro, Toppan’s president and representative director, said: ‘Toppan has a rich history of wide-ranging...
Kai Lankinen, executive partner at Marvaco, has released his doctoral dissertation, which evaluates the transition from spot color printing to Expanded Gamut Printing

01 Jul 2021Industry Updates

EGP to improve eco-efficiency of packaging printing

The dissertation evaluates the transition from spot color printing to EGP, a multicolor process in solvent-based wide web flexography. The method under investigation reduces the complexity of the printing process and produces spot color...

Siegwerk has deployed INKonnect, a new assisted reality-based remote

30 Jun 2021Industry Updates

Siegwerk introduces INKonnect remote service

For more than a year, a cross-functional and transregional project team at Siegwerk has evaluated and implemented modern digital support tools. The entire project comprises the selection of suitable software and the gradual implementation of IT infrastructure, a learning platform, and...

Ruco Printing Inks, A. M. Ramp & Co, has revealed its new corporate identity with a modified logo

29 Jun 2021Industry Updates

Ruco Printing Inks presents new brand identity

Founded in 1857, Ruco Druckfarben is a medium-sized system provider of highly specialized industrial inks for screen, pad, gravure, flexo and dry offset printing. Based in Eppstein, Germany, the company has approximately 150 employees with representatives in more than 70 countries and a blending...

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