Category: Labelling
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Mark Andy announces Digital Pro Plus
The American narrow web press manufacturer Mark Andy has introduced a new hybrid option, the Digital Pro Plus, which builds on its existing Digital Pro platform.
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Fujifilm introduces 46kUV printbar
Fujifilm has expanded its portfolio of integrated printbar systems with a new model, the 46kUV, which is primarily aimed at the labels and packaging markets.
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Label Expo part 4: from Flexo to finishing
It’s easy to forget that a decade ago journalists like myself would have mainly gone to Label Expo to see the latest flexo presses. In the years since the focus has shifted more and more to the digital presses, where the technical improvements have moved at a faster pace. However, there were still plenty of…
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Label Expo part 3: How wide is narrow?
Most of the different segments that make up the print industry have seen growth in packaging and this also applies to the labelling market, with a lot of packaging applications on show at Label Expo.
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Label Expo part 2: the sweet spot for inkjet presses
In the first part of this story we looked at some of the hybrid label solutions. These also happened to be amongst the fastest, leading to the obvious question of what is the sweet spot in terms of speed and resolution. So for this story I’m going to look at some of the other inkjet…
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Canon teases aqueous label and production presses
Canon is planning to use its upcoming Canon Expo in Yokohama, Japan this month to show off two new inkjet presses: a new label press, the LabelStream LS2000; and a production printer, the VarioPrint iX1700.
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Gallus gambles on inkjet
I took the opportunity at last month’s European Label Expo to catch up with Gallus, having not met anyone from Gallus since before the pandemic. In previous years Gallus would have had a large stand and shown off several of its flexo presses but for this show Gallus opted to just bring the one press,…
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New flexo ink and curing from Fujifilm
Fujifilm introduced a brace of new products for the flexo market at this month’s European Label Expo.
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Bobst announces Digital Expert 340
Bobst used last week’s Label Expo show to announce a new digital label press, the Digital Expert 340, but chose not to show it, opting instead to demonstrate the larger Digital Master 340 that was announced last year.
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Xeikon launches Lion label press
Xeikon has shown off a new dry toner label press at this year’s Label Expo, the LX3000 Lion, which is effectively the third generation of its Cheetah press platform.
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Domino upgrades ink factory
Domino Printing Sciences has invested £6.6 million to upgrade its existing 16,000m2 ink manufacturing plant in Liverpool, UK. This facility makes solvent-, oil-, and water-based ink but this investment only applies to the UV inkjet inks for the K-Series and N-Series label presses.
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New linerless labels from Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison, which has pledged to eliminate the release liners from its entire range of label stocks, has introduced two new linerless stocks, AD LinrSave and AD LinrConvert.