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Finishing & embellishment

ETI Converting Equipment celebrates 10th anniversary

04 February 2010

Candada-based ETI Converting Equipment celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The company installed its first Cohesio line at a French converter…

Inks & coatings

Flint Group Flexographic Products to hold US seminars

03 February 2010

A series of four, one-day seminars on flexo technology will be conducted in North America by Flint Group Flexographic Products to introduce the latest…

Finishing & embellishment

Soma cooperates with Heidelberg in Middle East

03 February 2010

Soma Engineering has named Heidelberg ME as partner for the sales of its range of printing and converting machines in the Middle East.  ‘This…

New products

Beckwith Machines upgrades cut and stack system

03 February 2010

Ontario, Canada-based Beckwith Machines, founded over 30 years ago, has launched an updated version of its Autostack series of fan folding cut stack…

Substrates & adhesives

Two Sides and BPIF launch recruitment initiative

03 February 2010

Two Sides, the UK initiative to promote the responsible production and use of print and paper, has launched an initiative to attract more printers to…

Chinese economy bounces back: 2009 GDP up 8.7 percent

03 February 2010

Preliminary statistics released by the Chinese government have shown that the country’s GDP in 2009 reached 33.5 trillion Yuan (USD $4.9 trillion), up…

Finishing & embellishment

US converter installs first AB Graphic laser cutter

02 February 2010

AB Graphic International has sold a SabreXtreme laser label cutter to Diagraph of Northern Ohio, USA. The installation is the first of the company’s…

Keller Crescent acquires Puerto Rican converter

02 February 2010

Keller-Crescent, part of the Clondalkin Group, has acquired Lehigh Press, a label and packaging converter located in Juncos, Puerto Rico. Lehigh Press…

CCL Label begins construction of Chinese facility

02 February 2010

CCL Label has begun construction of a facility in China. With a land area of 7,800 square meters and an investment of USD $6 million, CCL Label…

Ancillary equipment

New Chinese import tariffs favor flexo unit presses

02 February 2010

The Chinese government has published a new schedule of import tariffs for print-related consumables and machinery, which heavily favors in-line flexo…

Finishing & embellishment

Mark Andy acquires Arpeco

02 February 2010

Mark Andy has acquired Arpeco, the manufacturer of inspection rewind equipment. The brand has been purchased ‘as part of an ongoing plan to further…

New products

Goss introduces web offset press for packaging

02 February 2010

Goss International, a manufacturer of wide-web newspaper printing presses, has introduced a web offset press with variable repeat capability for label…