Category: Conventional packaging
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.