News

Open house shows first Latin American installation of Gallus granite press

15 June 2010

C5 Design, the newly established label printing division of plastic bottle producer 4E de México, hosted an open house at its facility in Tultitlán on…

Digital printing

Dutch converter installs first Durst Tau 150 inkjet press

15 June 2010

Durst, a manufacturer of digital inkjet printers for wide format graphics, ceramic tile, flooring and label markets, has installed the first Tau 150…

Sustainability

Finat welcomes C4G release liner recycling initiative

15 June 2010

Finat, the international association for the self-adhesive label industry, reports that it ‘strongly welcomes’ the release liner recycling initiative…

Inks & coatings

Sun to increase prices for sheetfed and UV products in Europe

15 June 2010

Sun Chemical Europe will implement a 5-10 percent price increase on its sheetfed and UV products effective 1 July 2010, citing raw material shortages…

Substrates & adhesives

Torraspapel publishes 2009 environmental progress report

15 June 2010

Spanish material supplier Torraspapel, part of the Lecta Group, has published its 2009 environmental progress report. Among the advancements reported…

Workflow, MIS & inspection

TLF Graphics invests in Pecas Vision MIS from Radius

15 June 2010

TLF Graphics, a label converter based in Rochester, New York, USA, has installed Radius Solutions’ Pecas Vision MIS software. Utilizing flexography,…

New products

Convertec unveils latest version of BrailleMaker One

14 June 2010

Ahead of the new European Commission directive 2007/24/EC, relating to the application of Braille to packaging, which is due to become effective in…

New products

Tidland launches heavy-duty electronic knifeholder

14 June 2010

Tidland Corporation, a supplier of slitting and winding products for the web handling industry, has launched the Class III e-Knifeholder. Designed for…

Sustainability

'Successful start' in development of packaging standards

14 June 2010

The International Standardization Organization (ISO) has made ‘a successful start’ with the development of world standards for packaging and the…

New products

Lake Image Systems launches color registration inspection

14 June 2010

Lake Image Systems, a supplier of data integrity, verification and inspection systems, has released the latest addition to its Discovery suite. The…

Sustainability

Xeikon joins Verdigris as associate member

14 June 2010

Verdigris, the environmental initiative from Digital Dots, the graphic arts research group, has announced that Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix, is…

Plates & platemaking

Screen reports successful Ipex presence

11 June 2010

Demonstrating its digital print, CTP and workflow products at Ipex, Screen reports that during the show it generated orders that are expected to lead…