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Ancillary equipment

Benson Group installs three Surfscan inspection systems

08 May 2009

Folding carton specialist Benson Group, based in the UK, has commissioned three systems from Surfscan Technologies as part of a major upgrade of its…

Sustainability

Xeikon customer awarded Austrian Eco-Label

08 May 2009

Reprozwlf, an Austrian repro-house and long-standing client of Xeikon, will be granted permission to use the Austrian eco-label or ‘sterreichische…

Plates & platemaking

Kodak Flexcel NX wins FTA’s 2009 Technical Innovation Award

07 May 2009

The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) has selected the Kodak Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic System as the sole recipient of its 2009 Technical…

Chesapeake comes under new management

07 May 2009

Chesapeake has completed its previously announced financial restructuring through an acquisition by private equity institutions Irving Place Capital…

Plates & platemaking

Anderson & Vreeland to distribute nyloprint plates in US

07 May 2009

Flint Group Flexographic Products has announced that Anderson & Vreeland has agreed to distribute its line of nyloprint printing plates and processing…

Digital printing

Hine Labels open house to feature new Xeikon 3000

05 May 2009

UK converter Hine Labels, based in Rotherham, Yorkshire, in conjunction with Punch Graphix UK, is to hold an open house event on Wednesday, May 20…

Interactive technology

Roll out of Avery Dennison RFID solution for shirtmaker Seidensticker

05 May 2009

International shirt manufacturer Seidensticker, based in Bielefeld, Germany, has selected Avery Dennison radio frequency identification (RFID) for its…

Finishing & embellishment

Ajanta Packaging purchases AB Graphic Omega at Gulf Print

05 May 2009

On the first day of Gulf Print, Secure Print Equipment Suppliers (SPES) announced the sale of an Omega SR 410 slitter inspection rewinder to Ajanta…

New products

Avery Dennison introduces woven edge tape made from 100% post consumer

04 May 2009

Avery Dennison has developed a polyester woven edge tape that is made from 100 percent post consumer waste derived from recycled plastic…

Ancillary equipment

Harper reports seminar success in Charlotte

04 May 2009

Harper GraphicSolutions hosted a sleeve seminar on April 14 at the company’s headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Attendees traveled from North…

New products

UV Ray launches water-cooling, long-arc reflector reflector

04 May 2009

Maxwell WA is the new water-cooling, long-arc reflector from Italy-based UV Ray. The product comes with the same features and sizes of those models…

Substrates & adhesives

Wacker's pyrogenic silica successfully completes REACH registration

04 May 2009

The Munich-based chemical group Wacker has successfully concluded registration of its pyrogenic silicas in the ‘silicon dioxide’ substance group…