MPS Bristol first to declare compliance to BPIF Labels’ GMP
7 September 2016
Multi Packaging Solutions Bristol is the first company to declare compliance with BPIF Labels’ GMP standard for food and drink packaging labels. The good manufacturing…
Inks and coatings
Announcing the inaugural FlexoTech Seminar
25 August 2016
Co-hosted by Flint Group Narrow Web, the first FlexoTech seminar will take place on 13 October 2016. The seminar will focus on low migration printing…
The UV advantage: inks in focus
23 August 2016
High lustre UV silver ink from Siegwerk The introduction in the 1980s of UV cured inks for narrow web flexo not only took print quality…
Tools of the colour trade
23 August 2016
GMG has updated its OpenColor software, which can now create separation profiles that can be used in other programmes This drupa saw a number of…
Dave Telken promoted to Mark Andy aftermarket service VP
9 August 2016
Dave Telken is now vice president of aftermarket service at Mark Andy After more than 30 years with the company in several different capacities, Dave…
Ultrachem revamps its offering for flexo
5 August 2016
Jan Brinton, Director of Ultrachem The company has reviewed and extended its entire flexo ink, coatings and washes range to cater for everything from label,…
Mactac receives approval for chemical drum labelling
3 August 2016
Mactac Performance Adhesives Group has partnered with ACTEGA inks to meet US durability and environmental resistance standards. The British Standard (BS) 5609:1986 Section 3 Laboratory…
Kao buys Chimigraf and Collins
3 August 2016
The FXIJ-1 AQUA water-based flexible packaging inkjet printer Japanese chemical firm Kao has bought Spanish producer of flexo and inkjet inks, Chimigraf, to improve its inkjet development…
First US presentation of Omet’s iFlex press
28 July 2016
The iFlex was demonstrated in front of over 100 clients, partners and journalists at the Omet open house The machine made its debut at an…
Flexo touches the future
25 July 2016
The Kodak store showed products printed using Kodak technology As a technology flexo may well be outnumbered by the technologies serving the commercial market, but…
Troika wins innovation award
13 July 2016
Phil Hall, managing director, Troika, receives his award from Helen Esmonde, Master of the Stationers’ Company (2015-2016). At the Stationers’ Company Innovation Excellence Awards 2016,…
Food packaging summit combines packaging supply chain
4 July 2016
The summit takes place in London on 28 September Presenters at the second UK Food Packaging Summit will explain why collaborative working, through all stages…
Reproflex 3 invests in ORIS Flex Pack System
1 July 2016
This Roland printer is part of the new mock up packaging system at R3. To grow its mock up services division, Reproflex 3 has invested…
New president of Inx Europe
28 June 2016
Peter Lockley is the new president of INX Europe. Peter Lockley, has been appointed as the new president of INX Europe and will oversee the…
BST eltromat and X-Rite collaborate on precise colour management
27 June 2016
iPQ-Spectral performs real-time, inline measurement of the colour data with a high-resolution spectrophotometer on the printing press, comparing them with given reference values. As part…