30 Aug 2012Features

Light at the end of the tunnel

What is UV LED technology? Chad Taggard, vice president of marketing and business development at Phoseon Technology; Jennifer Heathcote, North America general manager for Integration Technology; and Nidal Abbas, group product manager at Lumen Dynamics report on behalf of the UV
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20 Aug 2012Features

Digital solutions set to transform package printing

Mike Fairley details his recent visit to Israel to talk with HP, Highcon and Landa about digital technologies that will transform the package printing market
 
One of the highlights of the recent Drupa was the launch of new digital technology that heralds a...

07 Aug 2012Features

Improving plastic film adhesion with corona

The problem with writing or printing on plastic films is well known; you have a plastic bag and you would like to write on it with a pen but the ink doesn't stick since untreated plastic has a structure that makes it impossible owing to poor adhesion. Corona treatment is the solution,...

07 Aug 2012Features

The future is carton

The cartonboard market has much to shout about regarding its environmental credentials, but is it doing enough? David Pittman speaks to key players in the industry to find out.
 
From governments and legislative bodies, and the industries who work within...

02 Aug 2012Features

Printed electronics research project moves into next phase

- Cost-effective production methods for printed electronics on flexible substrates are developed and tested in a joint cleanroom by leading industry names

BASF, Heidelberg and TU Darmstadt have commenced work on the NanoPEP2 development project after reporting successful results...

02 Aug 2012Features

Smart thinking about tomorrow’s packaging

Dr Martin Schmitt-Lewen is Heidelberg’s senior manager of technologies for future business. Nick Coombes talked to him at the conclusion of Drupa 2012 about the company’s Innovation gallery.
 
Nick Coombes (NC): This was quite a different venture...

16 Jul 2012Features

Versatility in printing and coding of pharmaceutical products

Austria-based company Octapharma is using Atlantic Zeiser’s versatile Omega inkjet digital printing system to code up to 50 different folding carton formats, and 10,000 pieces a day. Nick Coombes reports
 
Up to 50 different folding carton formats
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11 Jul 2012Features

Alufoil blister packs: 50 years of service

The European Aluminium Foil Association celebrates the 50th anniversary of aluminum foil blister packaging
 
The first blister pack was introduced to the market 50 years ago. Today it is hard to imagine a world where unit doses of solid form pharmaceuticals...

22 Jun 2012Features

Heidelberg winning global business with Diana folder gluers

Heidelberg has said it has won business around the world with package printers with its Diana series of folder gluers, as European and overseas customers move to increase their profitability, make their production process leaner and increase turnover. David Pittman reports
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01 May 2012Features

One world, one Bobst

Stating that all products will now come under the one brand name, Bobst says developing new technologies for the benefit of customers remains the main driver of the Group
 
Stating that all products will now come under the one brand name, developing new technologies for the...

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