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Packaging is seen as a core to Heidelberg’s future strategy and growth, and an area that will get plenty of attention under the HEI END banner at Drupa 2012 in Dusseldorf next May. Nick Coombes reports
 
As recently announced on the PPW website, Heidelberg has introduced its carbon...

Packaging is seen as a core to Heidelberg’s future strategy and growth, and an area that will get plenty of attention under the HEI End banner at Drupa 2012 in Dusseldorf next May. Nick Coombes reports
 
As recently announced on the PPW website, Heidelberg has introduced its...

What role do design agencies have to play in ensuring the environmental credentials of packaging? David Pittman speaks to Dane Whitehurst, creative director at Burgopak, to get his views
 
Consumers are increasingly aware of the impact the products they purchase can have on...

Steve Lee, vice president of technology at RotoMetrics, and James Wellsbury, the rotary tooling specialist’s packaging business development director, discuss rotary die cutting innovations to meet new consumer goods packaging challenges
 
Global markets for converted carton...

Federico d’Annunzio, managing director of Nuova Gidue Srl, assesses issues of UV flexo inks and in-line UV flexo presses, and looks at a solution for food packaging using solventless lamination in-line
 
Interaction between the packaging and label industry is becoming common...

How to improve the production speed of your CI flexo press was the problem facing long-time industry professional, Harvey Ball, when he took over the running of Reflex Flexible Packaging in April 2010. Nick Coombes reports
 
Reflex Flexible Packaging is an independent...

Agusti Combis (pictured, left), marketing director of the Comexi Group, looks at the differing requirements and relative merits of print processes, and assesses the effects of new technology

From a global perspective, packaging is a multi-billion market, consisting of metal and...

Thaddeus Bowen (pictured, left), senior managing consultant, Kodak Services for Business, looks at the challenges brand owners face from counterfeiting and product diversion, and discusses how the brands and their package printers can stay one step ahead
 
Billions of...

Packaging producers of all shapes and sizes need to keep up to speed with the advances in equipment development. The need for a focused program to upgrade technology is critical in most production environments, and none more so than in the manufacture of folding cartons. Nick Coombes reports...

Tarquin Crouch (pictured) and Rob Carter of Alliance Packaging help to guide narrow web converters in ensuring the films they purchase meet the requirements of the products they are there to package

Good design is critical in persuading consumers to purchase, but the repeat...