Loftware, Inc., the global leader in enterprise labelling & artwork management solutions and NiceLabel, a leading developer of label management systems has announced plans to combine under the Loftware corporate umbrella. The companies believe the merger will “will fundamentally transform the labelling market”, as the union gives customers and partners an expanded choice of solutions, while providing enhanced labelling capabilities […]

A strategic and long-lasting partnership between Konica Minolta and United Colours Team has been further strengthened with an investment in new equipment and software. This includes the AccurioJet KM-1 UV inkjet sheetfed digital B2+ production press, known as the “Swiss army knife” of printing because it has so many uses. United Colours Team in Romania owns a fleet of Konica […]

Organisers have announced that the PulPaper event will be rescheduled to the spring of 2022. The decision is due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic situation and travel restrictions. This spring, however, a new online Virtual pre-PulPaper event is organised on Thursday 29 April 2021. PulPaper is the leading event within the forest industry. Exhibitors from 28 different countries […]

To complement its existing core business in supplying glass bottle containers, closures and decoration to international food and beverage brands, leading glass packaging firm, Croxsons, has recently launched a home & beauty division. The move builds on sustained business growth and will see Croxsons provide single-source packaging solutions for brands in this sector, including candles, reed diffusers, perfumes, cosmetics and […]

With a full order book of jobs in the offing, Norfolk-based Spectrum Digital Labels eagerly welcomed the delivery of a new Dantex PicoJet 330 UV inkjet digital press at its premises recently. Engineers from Dantex Digital, part of the Dantex Group, had the press powered up by the end of the first day, and fully operational shortly after. “The Dantex […]

Somerset-based thermoformed packaging firm, Kingsmoor Packaging, has recently launched a new lightweighting initiative known as KPL Cirrus. A year in development, the move is part of the company’s continued drive to make their plastic products as sustainable and recyclable as possible. Having made significant investments during 2020 to improve workflow and provide increased capacity, as well as making reductions to […]

Machinery manufacturer ULMA Packaging (ULMA) and compostable packaging supplier TIPA have partnered to improve efficiency for running compostable films on advanced packaging machinery. The collaboration will optimise ULMA box motion and flow-wrapping machines to run with compostable films; matching conventional plastic’s performance and machinability. The move comes as the companies gear up for an industry shift to sustainable films used […]

A B Graphic International (ABG) has reached an impressive milestone in the global supply of its market-leading finishing solutions, by recently installing its 2000th Vectra turret rewinder. The machine, a Vectra ECTR, was purchased by Cleveland, Ohio-based OMNI Systems, the largest, privately-owned label converter in the US. The company began manufacturing turret rewinders in 1995 and its entry-level ECTR 4, […]

A Nottingham-based food packaging giant swapped client gifts for community cohesion this Christmas and embarked upon a mammoth task – to hand deliver over 300 hampers to local Covid19 heroes, and to those most in need. The Wilkins Group usually creates sustainable gifts for its clients during the festive season, to demonstrate its eco-friendly approach to food packaging. However, after […]

MPS has appointed Reprograf-Grafikus as its local agent for Poland, to represent the MPS brand of high-quality printing performance solutions. The cooperation between MPS and Reprograf-Grafikus was officialised at the end of October. Reprograf-Grafikus is a supplier of in-house produced inks and polymer plates, and represents many other industry-related brands. The company is active in four main areas: wide-web and […]