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The consultancy experts at Clearmark provide a more in-depth definition of a ‘smart’ label, describing it as an umbrella term for any labeling or coding system that uses technology to add functionality and data beyond a traditional barcode. This includes data-embedded barcodes, RFID, and QR...

Established in 1999 and located in Longgang District, Shenzhen city, KHH manufactures a wide range of flexible packaging products including bags and packaging films in materials ranging from PE to PP and OPP. The company serves customers both in China and overseas, and covers a wide range of end...

The label printing division of the company, Signode India Wintek Flexo unit, witnessed growth of around 9 percent in the last year. 

Lakshminarayanan Parthasarthy, business unit head, Signode India Wintek Flexo Prints, says: ‘Our growth is driven by producing consistently high-quality...

Inks can be classified by the diluting media used, which creates the ink’s viscosity characteristics. There are four types of diluents: solvents, water, oil and acrylic monomers. The respective ink’s drying mechanism is closely linked to the solubilizing media used. 

Solvent-based inks...

Today, some 40 plus years on, the industry is still working towards having fully viable, and global, pressure-sensitive solutions that substantially reduce or even eliminate the cost and waste generated by self-adhesive materials, whether through linerless solutions, thinner substrates, minimal...

Trade in counterfeit and pirated goods has risen steadily in recent years – even as overall trade volumes stagnated – and now stands at 3.3 percent of global trade, according to a new report by the OECD and the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office.

Fake goods, which infringe on...

Brady Corporation moved into Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore in the 1980s and subsequently expanded to other parts of Southeast Asia in the 2000s. The company opened its first manufacturing site in the region in 1991 with a plant in Singapore. ‘We started operations in Malaysia in 2001...

R&R Impresores commercial manager Igancio Ramos recently spoke at Label Summit Latin America 2020, held in March in Santiago, Chile, about his company’s decision to turn to the label market.

The company began 30 years ago on a foundation of commercial print, producing 50 to 60...

The conference, hosted at Espacio Riesco Convention Center on March 10-11, was chaired by Labels & Labeling editor James Quirk, with 11 conference discussions and in-depth expert-led presentations taking place over the two days. The focus was firmly on printing, branding, design and wine,...

Buran spent 25 years with WS Packaging. Eying the disruption and growth in the flexible packaging production, he saw a growing demand for small and medium run flexible packaging jobs. Buran teamed up with Hotchkiss, a 27-year veteran of the plastics machinery business, and together the duo...