Adcraft Labels is proud to announce it recently earned 21 awards at the 13th Annual Regional Print Excellence Awards held by PIASC. The awards included four Best of Category, six Awards of Excellence, and 11 Certificates of Merit for ...
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Tekni-Plex is set to exhibit its flexible packaging materials for pharmaceutical applications at this year’s Interpack event in Germany. The event will take place from 4 to 10 May in Dusseldorf. At the event, Tekni-Plex companies ...
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API Group has invested more than $8.5m in a North American Center of Excellence in Lawrence, Kansas. The project will consolidate API’s decorative holographic and foil manufacturing on the existing site, with the addition of new ...
Flexible packaging and labels provider Constantia Flexibles Group has purchased a new printing technology for installation at its manufacturing site in Louvain, Belgium, in a bid to boost its pharmaceutical packaging business. The firm ...
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UK's not-for-profit company The On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) has modified its guidance for plastic pots, tubs and trays and aluminium foil to indicate that the materials are now widely recycled by councils at the kerbside. Used across a ...
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A new market study from Smithers Pira says that demand for cosmetics and personal care packaging will be worth $25.4bn by 2021, growing at 3.6% year-on-year. The Future of Packaging Design: Long-Term Strategic Forecasts to 2026 considers ...
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China based image detection and inspection solutions provider Focusight and AVT have developed a new cost-effective wide web inspection solution for printing and packaging applications. The new FA-Falcon integrates AVT’s inspection ...
Jowat has introduced a new high-performance adhesive for window profile wrapping. The new adhesive offers higher initial strength due to shorter open time, as well as quality end product even at higher line speeds and with rigid foils. ...
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Videojet Technologies has developed a new clear UV fluorescing ink for its 8610 thermal inkjet (TIJ) printer. The new ink is designed to deliver crisp codes for high end cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other consumer goods. The ...
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Verso, a producer of flexible packaging, technical, and label and converting papers, released Metallized Paper – When Performance and Sustainability Meet, Products Shine, the sixth installment in its popular PAPERWORK series. This ...
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UK-based packaging company Macfarlane Group has agreed to acquire Leicester based Nelsons for Cartons and Packaging (Nelsons) for a maximum of £6.75m. The deal, which is subject to certain trading conditions, is part of ...
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Domino continues to innovate and provide label printers even more in the world of digital printing with the announcement of a hybrid solution the MPS EF SYMJET powered by Domino. The EF SYMJET is a symbiotic combination of a flexo press ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that it is working with five partners in the HEA2D project to investigate the production, qualities and applications of 2D nanomaterials. When integrated ...
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API is taking its full range of foils and materials to Labelexpo Americas in Chicago this September. Bob Almer, VP Sales at API and members of the API team will be on hand at booth 815 to share the latest techniques and product examples, ...
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Greiner Packaging has announced the launch of the new coextrusion barrier foil facility at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz, Austria. Co-financed by Greiner Packaging, the coextrusion barrier foil facility has been launched as ...