Category: Narrow Web Flexo
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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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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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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.
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New wine label finishing line from GM
The Danish company Grafisk Maskinfabrik, better known as GM, has introduced a new 350mm wide finishing line…
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Heidelberg sells off Gallus site
Heidelberg has announced that it is strengthening the sites for its Gallus narrow web flexo division, though strangely the first move involves selling off its main St Gallen headquarters in Switzerland.
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MPS updates EF label press
MPS Systems has updated its EF narrow web flexo press, now into its seventh generation, with a new version that promises better connectivity as well as a number of overall improvements.
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GEW launches air-cooled LED
GEW has announced a fully air-cooled, high power UV LED system, called AeroLED, for full cure, printing, coating and converting applications up to 60cm wide.
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Labelling without the labels
Everyone involved in label printing will be familiar with the ‘no-label’ concept where a graphic is printed onto a transparent label stock, which is particularly effective on clear glass and plastic bottles as the graphic seems to float on the bottle’s surface. Actega has now gone a step further with its new Signite solution by…
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Retriever takes first UK Mark Andy E5
Retriever Sports, which makes darts and associated accessories, has installed a six colour Mark Andy Evolution Series E5 flexo press, the first of this type in the UK.
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Pulse Roll launches soft touch varnish
Pulse Roll Label Products Ltd has added to its range of special effects finishes with a new PureFX Soft Touch Varnish, designed to offer a unique UV tactile coating for narrow web labels in response to market demands.
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Pulse Roll develops anti-microbial label coatings
Pulse Roll Label Products, which develops inks for label printing, has partnered with Addmaster, a chemical company that develops additives, including Biomaster, which can release silver ions on demand to inhibit bacterial growth by up to 99.99 percent.
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Flint introduces food-safe Ancora ink
Flint Group has announced a new addition to its EkoCure range of UV-curable flexo inks, Ancora, a dual cure ink for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic label and flexible packaging applications that cures with both UV LED and mercury UV lamps.