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Smartrac appoints new chief operating officer

29 April 2010

Smartrac, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of RFID transponders, has appointed Dato’ Tan Soo Hee as chief operating officer and member of the group…

US printers Western Shield and California Pacific Label merge

29 April 2010

Western Shield Label Company, a converter in Southern California, USA, has merged with California Pacific Label (aka Anaheim Custom Printed Label), a…

AC Labels to supply Detex labels following customer collapse

29 April 2010

AC Labels, which previously manufactured Detex labels for the verification of gamma radiation sterilization, has launched the Gammatex brand following…

New products

Magpowr's particle brake delivers 30 percent more torque

28 April 2010

Magpowr, a manufacturer of tension control products for the web handling industry, has announced higher torque values for its recently released…

Substrates & adhesives

Klockner Pentaplast invests in new European capacity

28 April 2010

Klockner Pentaplast Group plans to enhance its production capabilities in the European market with a 40 million euro (USD $54 million) investment in…

New products

Dalim unveils new version of ES 1.1 software

28 April 2010

Dalim Software has launched the latest release of ES 1.1, its software for online file delivery and approval. Featured in this release are…

New products

RK Print to show gravure print quality tool at Ipex

27 April 2010

RK Print Coat Instruments will show at Ipex a prototype of a new gravure quality control and product monitoring tool, for users and producers of…

Flexographic Trade Services to host open house

27 April 2010

Flexographic Trade Services will host an open house in August that will showcase Mark Andy’s new Performance Series P5 press, Martin Automatic’s…

New products

Edale and Afga announce Ipex plans

27 April 2010

UK press manufacturer Edale, in hall 6, stand D561 at Ipex, will offer visitors information on its full range of presses: the Alpha, Gamma, Lambda and…

Edale appoints distributor for France and North Africa

27 April 2010

Edale, a UK-based manufacturer of narrow web printing and converting presses, has appointed Graphique Informatique Concept (GIC) as its new…

Plates & platemaking

Screen appoints AV Flexologic as Benelux distributor

27 April 2010

Screen has appointed AV Flexologic as distributor of its range of flexo products in Benelux. ‘The use of combination flexo presses is becoming more…

Digital printing

RIT installs HP Indigo WS6000 for media certification

26 April 2010

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has installed an HP Indigo WS6000 digital press in its Printing Applications Laboratory – the research…