Tag: Digital packaging

  • Heidelberg restructures, abandons Primefire

    Heidelberg has announced a radical restructuring plan, which is aimed at clearing its debts but also essentially rethinks its approach to digital printing of packaging.

  • HP revamps Indigo line-up

    Earlier this week I wrote about two new Indigo presses, the series 5 100K sheetfed and the series 6 V12 label press. But HP has also announced eight other new presses, though these are updates to existing models, and in most cases, relatively minor updates. I’ll cover the new machines first before turning to the…

  • HP announces Indigo series 5 and 6

    HP has announced ten new Indigo presses, including a new series 5 sheetfed and series 6 label press that raise questions as to where the future of this technology now lies.

  • Kinyosha installs Uteco Evo press

    The Kinyosha Printing company, a packaging printer with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, has installed and started production with a Uteco Sapphire Evo inkjet press.

  • Kyoshin installs first Japanese Primefire

    Kyoshin Paper and Package will be the first company to install a Heidelberg Primefire 106 in Japan when the press arrives later this summer at the company’s brand-new Kanto plant.

  • Heidelberg inkjet in web to pack solution

    Heidelberg has worked with a Chinese packaging manufacturer, Xianjunlong Colour Printing Co. Ltd, to develop a new folding carton web-to-pack solution called Boxuni, which was demonstrated this system at last week’s Print China show in Guangdong, southern China.

  • Looking ahead

    I thought it would be useful to start the year with a story looking at the ongoing themes that I’m aiming to cover in more detail on this website throughout the course of this year. 

  • New Solution develops Memjet corrugated printer

    New Solution Engineering, which appears to be the Portuguese company formerly known as Mtex, has announced that its first flatbed digital corrugated printer, the NS Multi-LG, which was first shown at last month’s Fespa show, is now available.

  • Partnership to develop digital packaging solution

    Three vendors, BDT Media Automation GmbH, a market leader for B2 format feeders in digital printing, Fujifilm Dimatix, a leading provider of inkjet printheads for commercial and industrial printing, and Phoseon Technology, a leader in UV LED curing solutions for commercial and industrial applications have teamed up to develop a complete digital printing solution for packaging…