June 18, 2018,  The shortlist of this year’ Label Industry Global Awards as well as the winner of the Avery Pioneer Award were announced: Alex Knott, of the Dow Chemical Company, has been chosen as the recipient of the R. Stanton Avery Pioneer Award for the 2018 Label Industry Global Awards. The Award ceremony will take place during Labelexpo Americas in… → read more

June 18, 2018,  GERMANY / USA • Italian investor M&C, owner of Treofan Holdings GmbH, has successfully completed the sale of Treofan Group’s Americas business to Canadian label manufacturer CCL Industries. All required regulatory approvals have been granted in the US and in Mexico. (more…)

June 18, 2018,  USA • In order to expand its portfolio with additional print finishing equipment Mark Andy acquires Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc., a US manufacturer of print finishing equipment for foil stamping, die-cutting, folding and gluing, and UV coating. (more…)

June 15, 2018,  GERMANY • Once a year in Munich, the LOPEC conference provided important stimuli for application, research and development. On the occasion of the 2018’ LOPEC exhibition, NarrowWebTech talked to Dr Klaus Hecker, managing director of OE-A, about this year exhibition, about smart labels and printed electronics in general. (more…)

June 15, 2018,  ITALY • The first edition of the Innovation Alliance was attended by 150,110 attendees, including 105,770 buyers from different segments within the manufacturing industry. These reported the organiser of "The Innovation Alliance", the event that from 29 May to 1 June at Fiera Milano, saw Print4All, Plast, Ipack-Ima, Meat-Tech and Intralogistica… → read more

June 14, 2018,  IRELAND • Whilst the Irish upbeat music and the sound of tapping shoes of the dancing group still reverberates in our head, the European label association FINAT reports that the ELF2018 in Dublin was one of the most successful and memorable events ever. (more…)

June 14, 2018,  In 2018, our magazine NarrowWebTech celebrates its 20th anniversary. Since 1998 we report about the latest news, developments and market trend within the narrow web market in order to keep our readers up to date. Which articles, comments and reviews were published? Find an overview here! (more…)

June 13, 2018,  GERMANY • The imaging solutions supplier Canon is entering the label and package printing market by launching the new Océ LabelStream 4000 series (see video in this post). According to Océ the industrial-scale UV inkjet press with optional flexo printing, embellishment and finishing units has a productivity range of 950 to 1672 sqm/h.  The… → read more

June 13, 2018,  FINLAND • By adding RafMore smart label solution to its RafCycle recycling process, UPM Raflatac is able to optimize the waste collection process from its customers. The smart labels added to the recycling containers and scanned by a mobile app tell when the customers' waste is ready to be collected. This, according to the company, combines… → read more

June 13, 2018,  I have worked with G& K TechMedia for almost 24 years and in that time have seen many changes in the current magazine format and the label industry in general. NarrowWebTech’s editorial consultant Tony White takes a look back. (more…)