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Associations, events & awards

LATMA elects new president and board

16 December 2014

Impresstik Labels MD Mark Easton named as association's new president

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Auckland-based Lightning Labels has ordered its second HP Indigo press as it looks to capitalize on growth in its digital printing volumes

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Lightning Labels orders second HP Indigo press

16 December 2014

Investment intended to cope with expansion of digital volumes

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FINAT’s Young Managers Club (YMC) is to hold its second Global Congress at the Sheraton Hotel in Bratislava, Slovakia on April 16-18, 2015, under the theme ‘Climb to the top’

Associations, events & awards

FINAT details next YMC Global Congress

16 December 2014

Program includes site visit, workshops and panel discussion

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Iggesund Paperboard has continued with its annual tradition of acting as an ‘ambassador for paperboard’ as a material and to display various printing techniques with its 2014 Christmas card showcasing a forest setting and the city of Stockholm profiled against a sky gleaming with the northern lights

Brand owners & design

New Christmas card showcases Iggesund’s roots

16 December 2014

Annual card shows a shimmering winter’s night in paperboard

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Western Shield Label acquires Northern Cal Labels

15 December 2014

The California companies 'share business philosophies'

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Schulte of Mark Andy appointed to TLMI board

People

TLMI appoints Mark Andy executive to board

15 December 2014

TLMI has provided Mark Andy 'enormous value, friendship and enjoyment'

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Packaging Plast is now shipping all of its carbon fiber doctor blade systems with Flexo Concepts’ TruPoint Orange doctor blade

Ancillary equipment

Packaging Plast adds TruPoint Orange

12 December 2014

TruPoint Orange now shipping with new carbon fiber doctor blade systems

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Trioplast carried out the refurbishment on the 1,650mm-wide press, which mainly handles shrink-wrap and stretch-hood film for logistics end uses to meet the increasing demand for shorter, more frequent orders – a consequence of customers cutting stockholding levels to one month’s supply

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Trioplast Nyborg upgrades F&K press with Tresu

12 December 2014

Danish company cuts downtime and waste with third Tresu retrofit

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A special event was held on December 11 in Jakarta to mark Indonesia becoming the latest country to receive PEFC endorsement of its national forest certification system

Sustainability

APP welcomes IFCC endorsement by PEFC

12 December 2014

All products recognized by IFCC now accredited by PEFC

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Each shrink sleeve features its own individual code which can be made up of a series of numbers and characters, depending on the customer's requirements

New products

Clondalkin intros coded shrink sleeves

12 December 2014

Competitions, traceability and anti-counterfeiting benefits offered

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Comexi described its Offset CI8 platform as ‘central impression offset variable repeat printing technology’ that combines the advantages of both offset variable lengths and flexo central impression drum printing in one single press for flexible packaging and labels

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Comexi seals deals for CI8 presses in Europe

12 December 2014

Comexi to install Offset CI8 presses in Austria and eastern Europe

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22 units were sold within just 45 days of the press’s launch

Installations

Etirama launches FIT modular flexo press

11 December 2014

FIT is an entry-level modular flexo press for label printing

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