News

HP launch marks package print revolution

11 April 2012

HP Indigo has leveraged the technical and market strength of its digital technology to develop a new generation of dedicated flexible packaging and…

Substrates & adhesives

Bio4Life acquires BioTak

10 April 2012

Bio4Life has acquired the majority shareholding of Sustainable Adhesive Products (SAP), developer of the world’s first compostable pressure sensitive…

People

Tenza Technologies appoints manufacturing manager

10 April 2012

Simon Bowden has been appointed manufacturing manager for Tenza Technologies, UK manufacturer of self-adhesive paper and filmic products. Bowden will…

Substrates & adhesives

API Foils Europe to open distribution center in Poland

10 April 2012

API Foils Europe is to open a new distribution center in Warsaw, Poland, in early May. Having seen strong opportunities to drive growth in Eastern…

New products

Rotoflex introduces redesigned VLI for film applications

10 April 2012

Rotoflex, a global leader in inspection/slitting/rewinding equipment, has introduced its latest finishing technology, the Rotoflex VLI. The new design…

Plates & platemaking

Jet Europe signs Xeikon ThermoflexX distribution deal

10 April 2012

Printing plate specialist to distribute new imagers across Europe

Managing color in the cloud

10 April 2012

The PantoneLive portal allows brand owners to store and share key color assets, making it possible to manage and communicate colors accurately to any…

Plates & platemaking

Jet Europe represents Xeikon ThermoflexX

10 April 2012

Jet Europe has signed a Europe-wide distributor contract for Xeikon’s new range of ThermoFlexX imagers. Harry Heesen, managing director of Jet Europe,…

Ink developments

10 April 2012

Andy Thomas rounds up the latest developments in ink technology, where key trends include low migration UV inks, opaque UV flexo whites and use of…

Driving growth

10 April 2012

Logmatix Tags & Labels has made the transition from barcode service bureau to fully fledged color labels and packaging converter with a strong VIP…

Avery Dennison improves traceability and productivity

10 April 2012

Avery Dennison implemented its Traceability Manager technology to help French cheese manufacturer Domalait improve traceability and increase customer…

The evolution of anilox technology for HD printing

10 April 2012

Flexographic printing has made tremendous technical advances in the last 15 years, allowing the process to grow to the point where it is now globally…