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Substrates & adhesives

Klockner Pentaplast begins PET production at UK site

13 January 2010

The Klockner Pentaplast Group has begun PET film production at its Crumlin, UK, manufacturing facility. The new line produces polyester films for food…

Inks & coatings

Flint Group expands Polish site

13 January 2010

Flint Group is expanding its manufacturing site for liquid packaging and sheetfed inks at Konstantynow Lodzki in Poland.  ‘Thanks to strong and…

Interactive technology

Convergence Systems wins Best RFID Product Award 2009

13 January 2010

Convergence Systems has been awarded the 2009 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Product Differentiation Excellence Award for the RFID readers market. The…

US converter installs Mark Andy Performance Series press

12 January 2010

Trebnick Systems, a US-based label converter, has purchased a new Mark Andy Performance Series P7 press for its Springboro, Ohio, facility.   The Mark…

Digital printing

Masterpiece Graphix redesigns website

12 January 2010

Masterpiece Graphix (MGX), a digital coating company and HP-certified treatment center, has redesigned its website – www.mgxdigital.com. The new site…

New look for Bulgarian wine by ‘The Labelmaker’

11 January 2010

Graphic designer Jordan Jelev of Factor R Studio, known as ‘The Labelmaker’, has redesigned the label for Bulgarian wine +359. The range, by Villa…

People

Drytac Europe appoints sales manager for northern UK

11 January 2010

Drytac Europe, a manufacturer of mounting adhesives, laminating films and finishing equipment, has appointed Steve Broad, pictured, as a new member of…

UK converter orders two Nilpeter UV flexo presses

11 January 2010

UK converter Olympus Labels, based in Pudsey, west Yorkshire, is increasing its UV flexo capacity with the purchase of an 8-color FA-4 and a 4-color…

Finishing & embellishment

Emis announces partnership in east Africa

11 January 2010

Warsaw, Poland-based Emis, manufacturer of the Flexor line of inspection slitters and rewinders, has appointed Graphica, run by John Warder, as its…

Israeli converter installs Omet X-Flex press

08 January 2010

Israeli label converter S Lerner has installed a 9-color X-Flex press from Omet. With a 430mm web width, the new machine is aimed at increasing…

Lebanese converter installs Mark Andy 2200XL press

08 January 2010

Modern Printing Co., a commercial offset printer in Lebanon, has entered the narrow web flexo market with the purchase of a Mark Andy 2200XL…

New products

BASF launches metal-based inks for RFID antennas

07 January 2010

CypoPrint is a new range of metal-based inks from BASF for the production of flexible antennas for RFID tags. The non-conductive CypoPrint inks are…