New dimension of quality control
12 July 2012
AVT brings a new dimension of quality control to printing presses with improved productivity and higher profitability at Purgina, Slovakia. ‘Our latest investment has raised…
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Primeblade invests for the future
2 July 2012
Swedish based doctor blade producer PrimeBlade Sweden AB is investing approximately €750,000 to develop the next generation of its doctor blades for the flexo, gravure,…
Breaker Flat Track debuts at Bobst open house
18 June 2012
Over three days in May, Bobst hosted an open house event at its Mex, Switzerland facility. The event saw almost a hundred customers discover the…
Bobst sponsors FlexoTech Awards
13 June 2012
Printing press manufacturer Bobst is to become a sponsor of the FlexoTech Awards 2012, sponsoring the category for ‘Flexo print jobs previously printed by another…
RotoMetrics appoints European managing director
11 June 2012
Dr Peter Emerson has been appointed as managing director, RotoMetrics Europe. Reporting to Robert Spiller, the company’s president and chief executive officer, Dr Emerson will…
Modular solutions: narrow web presses
6 June 2012
One of two Mark Andy P7 Performance Presses at Prakolar in Brazil The modular nature of today’s narrow web press offers printers a wide…
Platemounting and double-sided tape
6 June 2012
While the rest of the flexo process has become highly automated in recent years, plate mounting has to a large degree remained a fairly low…
Discharging the tension: a closer look at film extrusion
6 June 2012
As a division of British Polythene Industries, a leading European manufacturer of polyethylene film, bpi.films prides itself on being at the forefront of innovation in…
Encore Envelopes is Best in Show
5 June 2012
(L-R) FTA president, Mark Cisternino, Encore Envelopes managing director, Russell Croisdale and chairman of the FTA awards committee, Steve Mullins Tyne and Wear-based Encore…
Two awards for first time entrant
1 June 2012
Chairman of CartonCare, Ralph Chalmers (right), receiving the gold award for cartons from David Galton, EFIA chairman Northern Ireland-based carton print and packaging specialist,…
Football legend to host FlexoTech Awards
1 June 2012
We are very pleased to announce that former England coach and football legend, Terry Venables, will be hosting the 2012 FlexoTech International Print & Innovation…
Print inspection system for targets short runs
30 May 2012
AB Graphic International GmbH has supplied a third flytec label inspection rewinding system to Mönchengladbach based printers, Bähren Druck (Wilhelm Bähren GmbH & Co KG).…
More vision for East Lancashire Box
28 May 2012
(L-R) Co-owners Peter Ingham (sales director) and Nick Ingham (managing director) with his son, David. Shelf ready packaging specialists East Lancashire Box has placed…
Absolute expands East
24 May 2012
Managing director, Antony Whiteside (right), with John Buchanan, parts and service marketing manager, corrugated products, Bobst Manufacturer of woven carbon fibre doctoring systems, Absolute…
WWF CEO to speak at the Carton Conference
30 April 2012
David Nussbaum, who has been the chief executive officer of WWF-UK since 2007, will take a leading role at this October’s Carton Conference, which is…