February 18, 2016,  UK • The manufacturer of industrial inkjet technology launched the Xaar 1002 GS40 print-head for UV applications. This facilitates a range of high-build varnish and textured effects for labels, packaging, graphics and wood laminate. This new variant also includes TF Technology which ensures a continuous ink flow at a very high rate directly… → read more

February 17, 2016,  UK • At the Label & Print Show Birmingham 24-25 February 2016, Impression Technology Europe (ITE) will be showing that digital label printing can now properly be an in-house affair. The rise of in-house printing over the last five years and the change in the marketplace will be discussed in a LearnShops seminar that ITE are running on… → read more

February 17, 2016,  GERMANY • For the fifth year in succession Herma has posted positive recycling results. Since 2010 the company has been supplying discarded release liner to the specialist recycling company Cycle4Green. In the more distant past it was impossible to recycle this material because of its high silicone content, but since the C4G programme was… → read more

February 16, 2016,  BELGIUM • Following the launch of its industrial digital label and package printing press Neo-Mercury at recent Labelexpo Europe, Korean company Dilli announced the opening of its European development, sales, training and service subsidiary in Mons, Belgium. Purposedly located to service the EMEA region, Dilli S.A. will focus on the further… → read more

February 12, 2016,  UK • Label Traxx MIS will be promoting ways to control, grow and optimise label converting business at the Label & Print show in Birmingham on 24-25 February. The company will be exhibiting on partner Xeikon’s stand (H24) and will be demonstrating how its MIS is essential for a successful digital label business. Spring 2016 brings the… → read more

February 11, 2016,  After Sandeep Zaveri took over as the new president, LMAI (Label Manufacturers Association of India) organized the second technical workshop and networking opportunity of his tenure at Chelmsford Club, New Delhi. The first event was held in Mumbai in December 2015. It was interesting to note that almost all the LMAI printer members from Delhi NCR… → read more

February 11, 2016,  USA • Anderson & Vreeland and Screen USA have formed a joint-venture distribution agreement combining the expertise and resources of both companies to distribute the Screen Truepress L350 UV inkjet press. The press targets shorter runs due to SKU proliferation and the need to provide low volume label printing with fast turnarounds. The… → read more

February 11, 2016,  UK • The manufacturer of label-stocks and UV inks and coatings is expanding its manufacturing site at Saxmundham, Suffolk, by a further 25,000 sqft (2320 square metres) and creating space for capital equipment investments planned for 2016 and over the next three years. The planned capital equipment investments include the expansion of an… → read more

February 11, 2016,  USA • PC Industries has reached an acquisition agreement with British company Verification Systems Limited (VSL). In this context, both companies are in the process of merging resources, and technologies. With their combined expertise and longevity, they intend to provide quality control and inspection systems. The merger will also allow PC… → read more

February 11, 2016,  PRC • In its efforts to enter the Chinese market, the Italian company signed a distribution agreement with Zonten of Shanghai, a local supplier of label and packaging printing technologies. The approach between both companies dates back to Labelexpo Europe 2015, where representatives of Zonten visited the Lombardi stand. During this visit they… → read more