Category: Conventional packaging

  • Miraclon raises prices

    Miraclon, which is now the custodian for the Kodak Flexcel system, has announced a price increase of 6% on all products, effective from February 7th, 2022. The company has also introduced temporary freight surcharges.

  • Koenig and Bauer announces MetalStar 4

    Koenig and Bauer has updated its MetalStar metal decorating press with the release of the latest version 4 model, which promises shorter make-readies and is said to be faster and more efficient than the MetalStar 3 that it replaces. It’s suitable food and chemical packaging as well as general commercial and closure applications.

  • Asahi introduces CleanFlat flexo plate

    Asahi Photoproducts, which mostly develops flexo plate and processing solutions, has shown a new water-washable flexo plate, the AWP CleanFlat FlatTop, at the SinoFlex show in Shanghai last week. 

  • Hybrid develops cloud-based RIP Farm

    Hybrid Software has launched a new online RIP offering – the Cloudflow RIP Farm – essentially a centralised RIP management for label and packaging printers running several different types of platesetter. 

  • Actega launches new silver coatings

    Actega has introduced several new Wessco Polar UV silver coatings that it says are an alternative to traditional hot or cold foil stamping and metallized board. These coatings can be used for a range of paper-based print and packaging applications including food as they boast low migration and comply with Swiss Ordinance and Nestlé requirements. 

  • VPK adopts Sun Chemical inks

    Packaging print group VPK Packaging France has put its faith in Sun Chemical’s SunVisto AquaGreen water-based flexo inks, committing to use this ink in all ten of its French plants. 

  • Xsys introduces FTM flexo plate

    Xsys, a division of Flint Group that includes Xeikon Prepress, has announced a new flexo plate, the Nyloflex FTM Digital, a flat top dot plate for printing with water-based inks on coated and uncoated paper for aseptic food packaging and corrugated preprint liner. This is in response to consumer demand for more sustainable substrates.

  • 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. 

  • Omet announces Nova App

    Omet has released a new remote service app, called Nova, for use with its range of flexo label and packaging presses.

  • Baldwin announces Defender inspection system

    Baldwin Vision Systems has introduced a new 100 percent inspection system, called Defender, for wide web flexo presses that can find and remove print defects.

  • Bobst unveils new vision and kit

    Bobst unveils new vision and kit

    Bobst has set out its stall for the packaging industry with a new vision based around its Bobst Connect concept, an open architecture cloud-based platform that’s meant to close the loop between digital files going into prepress and final production. 

  • Edale launches new FL1 label press

    Edale has announced a new entry level narrow web flexo press, the FL1 Prime, which is aimed at label printers with older mechanical presses looking for a cheap way to upgrade to a more automated press but without too much cost.