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Digital printing

Foster Packaging installs HP Indigo WS6000 digital press

06 July 2010

Irish converter Foster Packaging has installed an HP Indigo WS6000 digital press in its Dunleer facility to extend its short run flexible packaging…

New products

Label Traxx digital file planner 'reduces pre-press time by 90 percent'

06 July 2010

Label Traxx Version 5.6 from Tailored Solutions, now in beta testing and scheduled for full release later in 2010, is claimed to reduce file…

Private label revenue at record levels, says PLMA

06 July 2010

Private label scored strong gains across all major US retail channels in 2009 as consumers increasingly switched from national brands and drove store…

Ancillary equipment

Inometa Group acquires Polywest USA

06 July 2010

The Inometa Group of Herford, Germany, has acquired Polywest USA, of Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. Inometa AKL Flexo Systems, a subsidiary of the Inometa…

Workflow, MIS & inspection

EFI completes acquisition of Radius Solutions

06 July 2010

EFI has completed its previously announced acquisition of Radius Solutions, a provider of print MIS systems for the packaging industry. Also as…

Sustainability

Global Ecolabel Monitor launched to navigate green claims

06 July 2010

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and Big Room have released the 2010 Global Ecolabel Monitor – a report and searchable online database to help…

I.D. Images acquires Specialty Tape & Label

06 July 2010

I.D. Images has acquired the assets of Chicago, Illinois-based label converter Specialty Tape & Label. Terms of the transaction were not…

Workflow, MIS & inspection

EskoArtwork to host open house at new US headquarters

06 July 2010

EskoArtwork will host an open house at its new North American headquarters on Wednesday, July 14, from 8:00am to 4:30am. ‘After months of planning and…

Finishing & embellishment

Grafisk Maskinfabrik opens US office

06 July 2010

Danish label converting equipment manufacture Grafisk Maskinfabrik (GM) has opened a new office in Chicago, USA. The office will provide sales,…

People

Anderson & Vreeland appoints technologies manager

05 July 2010

Anderson & Vreeland, a manufacturer and distributor of flexographic printing materials and equipment, has appointed Jessica Harkins as technologies…

New products

ABG to show finishing equipment at Labelexpo Americas

05 July 2010

AB Graphic International will feature the latest developments in its Omega and Vectra range of label converting and finishing lines on stand 3226 at…

New products

Gerhardt launches die with increased cutting height

05 July 2010

Gerhardt International, a supplier of rotary converting tooling, has unveiled the new High Blade Flexi with a cutting height of up to 0.9mm for narrow…