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Finishing & embellishment

Holostik India installs ABG Omega Digicon

18 July 2010

Holostik India, a producer of holograms for a wide range of security applications, has installed an Omega Digicon Series 2 converting line from UK…

People

UK converter Label Apeel expands team

18 July 2010

Leicester, UK-based converter Label Apeel has appointed Derek Wainwright, pictured, as sales executive and Claire Gibbons as customer services…

New products

MPS to show three press lines at Labelexpo Americas

18 July 2010

MPS will show new versions of its EC and EF press lines at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago in September, as well as its EXL-packaging machine.   The…

New products

MPS launches updated version of EC press

18 July 2010

MPS has launched an updated version of its EC label printing press, which contains the company’s new Automated Print Control system and is aimed at…

Kammann moves to new factory

18 July 2010

Kammann has moved all its personnel and production into one factory. The company had previously operated out of three facilities. Kammann says it is…

New products

UPM Raflatac launches wash-off adhesive for wine labeling

16 July 2010

UPM Raflatac has developed RP 44, a wash-off adhesive for labeling wine in returnable bottles that complements the company’s permanent RP 30 adhesive.…

DuPont Packaging Graphics hosts awards ceremony

16 July 2010

DuPont Packaging Graphics held its eight Grand Prix Cyrel ceremony on June 3-5, 2010 at the Rey Juan Carlos Primero Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. The…

Ancillary equipment

Doctor blade producer founded in Sweden

16 July 2010

PrimeBlade Sweden AB was founded last year in Sunne, Sweden, as a manufacturer of doctor blades for the worldwide flexo and gravure markets. Sunne is…

Agfa Graphics acquires Pitman Company

16 July 2010

Agfa Graphics has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of the Harold M. Pitman Company, a US supplier of pre-press, industrial inkjet, pressroom…

Color-Logic launches certified graphic designer program

16 July 2010

Color-Logic has launched its certified designer program. To achieve certified designer status, graphic designers must submit two artwork examples…

RGW Associates launches barcode verification service

16 July 2010

RGW Associates, a provider of third party testing and evaluation for all aspects of printing, ink and packaging, has launched a barcode verification…

New products

Durst launches digital varnishing module for Rotoworx system

16 July 2010

Durst, a manufacturer of digital printing equipment, has launched Diva – a digital varnishing module for the Rotoworx 330 modular finishing…