Label community salutes industry’s finest

Door Rob van den Braak | 14/09/2016

The winners of the 2016 Label Industry Global Awards were announced last night at a gala ceremony which took place after the opening day of Labelexpo Americas. Held at the Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, the awards recognize the notable achievements and commercial creativity of label industry manufacturers, suppliers and converters over the last twelve months. Outstanding…

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Xanté reports doubling of digitally printed envelopes

Door Rob van den Braak | 13/09/2016

Xanté proudly reports that the number of envelopes printed on its Impressia printers has doubled to 107 million. This was a surprise also for Xanté. According to CEO Robert Ross the growth is mainly from the non-business market. Envelopes for party, graduation or wedding invitations is a growth market for personalisation. Ross expects an extra…

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My Firefly, design your own label

Door Rob van den Braak | 02/09/2016

Juice brand Firefly developed a new campaign called My Firefly. Consumers get the chance to design their own label. The bottle follows the trend of the focus on digital printing. The campaign will be rolled out across the UK. At festivals, such as the UK Festival, consumers can have their photo taken in the Firefly…

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World´s first LED curing flexo press powered by solar

Door Rob van den Braak | 15/08/2016

South African GM Graphix has the world´s first solar powered flexo press. LED curing is not energy intensive and the new six colour MPS 340 can be solar powered completely. This unique solution saves nearly 50 percent on GM Graphix´energy bill and it has reduced their footprint by 17 percent. The solar panels generate, now…

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KBA RotaJET L-Series passes deinking test with flying colours

Door Rob van den Braak | 04/07/2016

The world’s first inkjet web printing system with a web width of over 30in (76.2cm), the RotaJET L-Series from Koenig & Bauer (KBA), has been officially certified by the International Association of the Deinking Industry (INGEDE). Test prints with newly developed inks which were used to print on coated stock at this year’s Drupa and…

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Canon Voyager: seven colour B2+ format inkjet press

Door Rob van den Braak | 01/07/2016

The presentation of the Canon Voyager can be described as a sleeping giant. A gigantic inkjet printer which proves that Canon can, if they want, build an large format inkjet sheet press. The Voyager is a prototype of a 3,000 sheets an hour press which is targeted to the print service provider market for small…

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Hugo Beck: automation system for post-print processing

Door Rob van den Braak | 19/06/2016

Hugo Beck gives a positive account of the company’s appearance at this year’s drupa 2016 trade fair. From May 31 to June 10, the high-speed robotic system for film packaging applications in post-print processing proved a highlight on the company’s trade fair stand. This was the first time the company had presented its robot-assisted fully-automated feeder system…

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Blog: Maya Staels

Door Marco den Engelsman | 15/06/2016 |

It’s the inkjet drupa! It’s the nano drupa! Isn’t drupa what you make of it? For me, it’s about inspiration, application and commercialisation. If I were a printer, I’d like to find a solution that either optimises my current business model (but don’t get me started on automation just yet) or opens up new money-making…

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