Antonio Bartesaghi, Omet CEO with the KFlex press

24 Aug 2022Features

Omet launches KFlex flexo press

The KFlex is a modular platform press handling substrates from 12 microns up to aluminum lidding and light cartonboard. Targeted at end-use applications in the wine and spirits, food and beverage, household, industrial, healthcare and cosmetics markets, the press is designed to handle...
This year’s Labelexpo unleashes all the technology suppliers have been developing over the last three years

24 Aug 2022Features

Reuniting at Labelexpo

As the first Labelexpo show in three years, Labelexpo Americas presents an opportunity for label converters to see the major technology developments...
(L-R) Parag Patel, Parag Koradia and Sandeep Sharma, directors of Acme Rolltech

11 Aug 2022Features

Acme Rolltech doubles production

Started in 2019 by three childhood friends, Acme Rolltech claims to be the first Indian company to manufacture ceramic anilox rolls and sleeves in India. The company provides its products to narrow web flexo, offset, corrugated, stack flexo, CI flexo and film coating line segments....
TCPL Silvassa plant

10 Aug 2022Features

TCPL expands flexible packaging production

India-based TCPL Packaging has added a new 10-color Bobst rotogravure press, a Nordmecannica solvent-free machine with turret and a co-extrusion lamination system at its plant in Silvassa.
 
Targeting the pouch market, TCPL installed machinery to convert center seal...
Nilesh Jain, MD of Mahavir Impex, with the Durst Tau330 UV inkjet press

05 Aug 2022Features

First Durst Tau330 in south India

Managing director Nilesh Jain explains: ‘I was new into label printing. I decided to invest in it because it is intermittent – you don’t have to change cylinders. You can print different sizes on it with just a change of plate. And we wanted to use less manpower. If a single person can do...
(L-R) Anuj Bhargava, founder of Kumar Labels and Ajit Singh, CFO of Siegwerk India

04 Aug 2022Features

Kumar Labels switches to LED UV

‘While our customers often demand sustainable labels, we thought the first priority is to make our plant as less energy consuming as possible. Our key differentiator with sustainability is that we don't talk; we aggressively execute the task,’ says Anuj Bhargava, founder of the company....
South Korean converter Ji Sung has installed the first Mark Andy Digital Series HD press in the Far East

04 Aug 2022Features

Ji Sung ventures into hybrid printing

Founded in 1996 by Kim Jong-Chul, its current CEO, Ji Sung Technology & Industry has specialized in label production from the outset. It currently serves well-known brands in the pharmaceutical and bio-product markets from its modern production facilities in Suwon, the capital of Gyeonggi...

Impressed with a significant productivity boost, Malaysian converter Mega Label has invested in a second Martin Automatic machine

03 Aug 2022Features

Unlocking remote power

Mega Label began as a small print shop located near the border with Singapore in Johor, Malaysia, in 1987 with just one printing press and six employees. It has grown to become one of the country’s major players in the narrow web market with a team of more than 200 staff.  

The company...

ZYprint’s new factory in Chongqing

29 Jul 2022Features

ZYprint opens new factory in Chongqing

Chongqing ZYprint, located in Qijiang District, Chongqing, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanghai ZYprint, registered in August 2017.
 
The company’s investment program totals 270 million RMB (40m USD), divided into two phases. The construction of the first phase...
China-based label converter is learning how a digital press fits into its conventional operations

28 Jul 2022Features

Yixun ramps up digital investment

Founded in 2003, located in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Chinese label converter Yixun has an annual per capita output exceeding 1m RMB (151,320 USD).

In 2021, the company invested in its first digital press – a Haotian HTS330 inkjet machine. In 2022, the company...

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