FlexoTech

Karlville integrates Vetaphone corona treatment for laminator

7 January 2025

Karville, which manufactures converting systems for shrink sleeves, pouches, tapes and multipacks, has chosen Vetaphone’s corona treatment for its TL-800 model laminator.

X-Rite introduces LED light booth for precise visual colour evaluation

8 January 2025

X-Rite has introduced its Judge LED light booth which it says will help brands and suppliers’ transition smoothly to LED-based colour assessments. With ‘advanced’ LED…

Mark Andy Print Products partners with Wink on flexible die

6 January 2025

Mark Andy Print Products (MAPP) has partnered with die-cutting tool provider Wink to launch a new flexible die, MA Performance Flex Die.

Packaging EPR recycling standards welcomed by UK sector

6 January 2025

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has introduced a recyclability assessment methodology (RAM) for liable producers who supply household packaging, effective…

Esko to sell AVT print inspection business to Porat Itay

2 January 2025

Esko is set to sell its print inspection business Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) to Israeli private company Porat Itay Holdings, with an anticipated closing of…

Lecta secures food safety certification for its Spanish mill

20 December 2024

Lecta has obtained FSSC 22000 food safety systems certification for its metallised papers for packaging applications in the food industry at its mill in Leitza,…

ATB adds to Grafotronic finishing firepower

19 December 2024

German label and packaging producer ATB Systemetiketten has invested in its second and third Grafotronic digital finishing and converting machines.

Third Mark Andy hybrid elevates MD Labels’ offering

18 December 2024

The Polish label converter is the first in Europe to field three Mark Andy hybrid presses, helping it to grow its production capacity and its…

Fogra ECG certification is a ‘world first’ for Esko Pack Proof

18 December 2024

The image processing software has gained Fogra55 certification for Extended Colour Gamut (ECG) printing, adding to existing accreditations related to offset print standards.

Recoup survey outlines ‘monumental’ plastic recycling challenge

17 December 2024

Plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity Recoup has launched its annual UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey, which has outlined the ‘monumental’ scale of the…

Heaford welcomes Tim Paul as sales director

17 December 2024

Supplier of mounting, proofing and auxiliary equipment Heaford has appointed Tim Paul as sales director, effective as of 2 December 2024.

Eco Flexibles doubles pouch production output

16 December 2024

Flexible packaging producer Eco Flexibles has increased its capabilities with the installation of a second Karlville Swiss KS-SUP-400-D pouch machine following the success of its…

Key articles

Making the work flow

2 January 2025

As the industry moves forward, it will be to software, not printing systems, that print businesses will look for enhanced productivity.

Finding flexo’s future talent

24 December 2024

The Flexographic Industry Association UK (FIA) created the Shadow Board in February 2023, giving it a mission to bring more young voices to the flexo…

Strong show for flexo in Chicago

29 November 2024

There were more than 12,000 attendees to Labelexpo Americas in September, with international attendance up by 33% on the previous edition. Andy Knaggs hopped across…

Inks for food packaging: navigating a complex field

7 November 2024

The right inks with the right substrates and with adherence to high operational and printing standards – there is much to consider when working in…

Big – and very, very clever

1 November 2024

Wide web CI presses are among the biggest beasts prowling the flexo world, but as Sean Smyth writes, they are highly sophisticated pieces of technology…