Europe

At the beginning of November, W&H's new gravure printing press, Dynastar, was awarded with the Packaging Gravure Award 2017 by the European Rotogravure Association (ERA) in the Innovation category. The ERA Award is given out every…

C&T Channel Matrix, one of the leading manufacturers of creasing matrix, has extended its wide range of rubber profile products with the addition of open cell sheet rubber and EPDM profiles and sheets. Both new products are targeted…

Xaar, the world leader in industrial inkjet technology, is pleased to announce that its company Engineered Printing Solutions (EPS) has signed Comec Italia as European distributor for its full range of digital print products, at InPrint…

There is currently enormous growth potential for the corrugated and folding carton industry, and subsequently high demand for stand space, at Europe’s specialised exhibition for this industry sector, CCE International. A variety of new…

Due to a continuous increase in demand, EcoCortec, a producer of VpCI films and bags, is increasing its capacity by building a new plant facility. The current expansion project is being co-financed by the Croatian Ministry of Economy,…

Apex International is known in the industry for its approach to the flexographic printing process. Labelexpo Europe 2017 provided a platform to demonstrate to a global audience how it addresses major trends in the industry. The…

Alpha Packaging has announced that it has acquired a plant in Etten-Leur, the Netherlands, from Graham Packaging Company. The transaction was completed on November 2, 2017. Alpha is one of the leading blow moulders of bottles and jars…

Mondi, the global packaging and paper group, welcomed 50 PhD students from all over Europe to participate in the first Mondi Speed Data Hackathon. The Hackathon challenged the PhD students in advancing conceptual ideas for innovations…

BOBST has been presented with the FEFCO Gold Award for Best Innovation 2017 for its Premium Gap Control at this year’s European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO) Technical Seminar, on October 11-13, 2017, in Vienna.…

Smurfit Kappa, the packaging solutions company, has announced that it is now working with 70 per cent of leading European e-retail brands, and has revealed the new name for its e-retail offering: eSmart. This system aims to help e-retailers…