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Xaar, one of the world leaders in industrial inkjet technology, has announced the Xaar 5501, a new addition to its portfolio of aqueous printheads. Previewing on Xaar’s stand at Ceramics China and available later this year, the…

Scodix, one of the leading providers of digital enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, has appointed Mauro Luini in a newly created role - regional manager for Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.…

Chuck Pemble is a speaker at next month’s Digital Print for Packaging (DPP) US 2017 event in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference, organised by Smithers Pira, runs from June 7-8, 2017. “I believe packaging is a fully interactive tool of…

At this year’s European Label Forum - organised by the international label industry association FINAT, and taking place in Berlin, June 7-9 - management across the value chain will come together to review and debate the past year’s…

GM Packaging at Tyne Tunnel Industrial Estate, North Shields started off selling printed carrier bags to a range of customers. Now, due to years of diversification and growth, the company has achieved a £2m turnover and a wide…

The organisers of TCL2017, the International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating, have announced that discounted early-bird rates are now available for delegates to the event. The event will take place in Berlin, Germany,…

Online visitor registration is now open as Labelexpo Europe 2017 gears up for its biggest edition to date. The four-day trade show returns to Brussels Expo September 25–28, with over 650 exhibitors lining-up to showcase the latest in…

Prior to the event, IST METZ announced itself as the world’s largest in-house exhibition for UV and LED UV technology. It has now been reported that 45 exhibitors and 920 guests from 33 countries took part in the UV DAYS 2017,…

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) recognises the benefits that corrugated packaging brings to delivering food in optimum condition and supports the European Parliament’s resolution on 'Resource efficiency: reducing food waste,…

Global demand for functional and barrier coatings in paper and paperboard applications, is forecast to grow by 4.9 per cent year-on-year to $5.18bn by 2022. Exclusive data from the new Smithers Pira report, ‘The Future of Functional and…