News

Brand owners & design

Spear labels chosen for Scottish brewery’s new beer

07 November 2011

Innis & Gunn, a Scotland-based specialty brewer, has launched a new brand. Melville’s Raspberry and Melville’s Strawberry (4.1 percent abv, 275ml) are…

Digital printing

UK converter celebrates 10th anniversary with Xeikon purchase

07 November 2011

Label Solutions, a label converter based in Essex, UK, has purchased a Xeikon 3030 digital press. The Xeikon machine represents the company’s first…

Interactive technology

Nissha signs exclusive agreement with Applied DNA

07 November 2011

Nissha Printing, a label and packaging printer and a half-billion-dollar company based in Japan, will use APDN technology in a project to protect the…

New products

Flint’s nyloflex NExT to hit market this week

07 November 2011

Customer events signal market launch of UV exposure technology

Interactive technology

Kodak in ‘Innovation Hotspot’ at Global Secure Summit 2011

07 November 2011

Kodak showcases latest solutions and applications for combating product diversion and counterfeiting

Inks & coatings

Sun Chemical announces packaging inks price rise

07 November 2011

Sun Chemical will raise prices globally on packaging inks for all printing methods and chemistries on December 1

New products

Flint announces availability of nyloflex Next

07 November 2011

Customer events on November 8-9 will signal the market launch of Flint Group Flexographic Products’ nyloflex Next UV exposure technology. nyloflex…

Sustainability

Europen issues green paper on packaging and sustainability

07 November 2011

A new green paper published by Europen has emphasized packaging’s role in achieving a ‘resource efficient’ society. Researching the report, the…

TLMI announces winners of 34th annual awards

04 November 2011

Forty-eight converters from around the globe submitted more than 250 entries for this year’s TLMI Annual Label Awards Competition. Winners were…

Workflow, MIS & inspection

Colombian printer opts for Sistrade workflow system

04 November 2011

Proempaques, a Bogota, Colombia-based converter of flexible packaging and self-adhesive labels, has installed an integrated business management system…

Ancillary equipment

Polymag Tek appoints PrintConcept as European distributor

04 November 2011

Germany-based PrintConcept Grafische Maschinen and US company Polymag Tek have signed a distribution agreement that sees PrintConcept have the…

Substrates & adhesives

acpo builds new laboratory

04 November 2011

acpo, a manufacturer of linerless polypropylene and polyester overlaminate films, has completed the construction of a new laboratory inside its…