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Latest News: Merit Packaging Limited publishes “Sustainability Report” for the year 2012.
Merit Packaging Limited stands among the few companies of the Country who have published “Sustainability Report” for the year 2012. The report is certified by “Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)”, a Netherland based Global Authority for Sustainability Development in Organizations, for fulfilling the requirement of Application Level “C”. The Sustainability Report of Merit Packaging Ltd (for 2012) is based on structured GRI G3 guidelines that are meant to facilitate the reporting of company’s environmental, social and economic performance and impacts.

Sheikh Khajoo Bhai International now in Sharjah
Sheikh Khajoo Bhai International based in Karachi manufacturer, exporter, importer of packing material and packing Machine, food stuff Items and plastic scraps, now established in FZE Sharjah United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)

Printing industry business booms
As the general elections are coming closer, the printing industry business continues in full swing, fulfilling the orders of contesting candidates and political parties. The political parties and candidates are using panaflex, banners and posters to publicise their slogans, flags, manifestos, feelings and sentiments. Several people have booked some of the printing presses in advance while some candidates are waiting for the party tickets to launch their formal poster campaign.

Pakistan: Global Inks & Chemicals at Gulf Print & Pack 2013
GLOBAL INKS & CHEMICALS (Pvt.) Ltd. participated in Gulf Print & Pack 2013 exhibition which was held at Dubai from 8 to 11 April. Global Inks & Chemicals (Pvt.0 Ltd. is the fastest growing and one of the paramount printing inks manufacturer of Pakistan. The company is providing complete range of solventbased ink systems for the Rotogravure & Flexographic printing industries across Pakistan. Global has also started its endeavors of ink export to Middle East.

Print2Pack participated in Sino-Corrugated 2013 exhibition at Shanghai, China
Print2Pack showcased their April issue at their booth in Sino-Corrugated 2013 exhibition which was held in Shanghai from 8-11 April, 2013. Umar Ghias was available to its booth to welcome the delegates from all over the world. SinoCorrugated said is one of the world’s leading business platforms for the global corrugated manufacturing industry. This event not only showcases the latest global corrugated equipment and consumables on the market, it also helps carton box manufacturers to make informed purchasing decisions by alerting them to new products, the latest technologies and emerging market trends.

SHC seeks details of action against tin packaging
The Sindh High Court has directed the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority to submit details of action taken against reuse of tin packaging for cooking oil, ghee and other edible products. Petitioner Muhammad Imran Shahzad submitted that despite a government ban, private cooking oil companies were using substandard packaging and reusing canisters for their products.

KCCI for early implementation of PTA between Pakistan & Indonesia
The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Haroon Agar has asked the Ambassador of Indonesia to Pakistan, Burhan Muhammad, to help expedite enforcement/ implementation of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Pakistan and Indonesia.

Potato starch paper marks curious entry into market
Curious Matter, by French manufacturer Arjowiggins, uses microscopic spheres of raw starch, a by-product of food manufacturing, to coat ordinary paper. The result is a textured product which is a curious cross between sand and silk. Antalis marketing manager Natalie Thomas said: "It looks really rough but when you touch it, it is both smooth and grainy.

Holographic designs with depth effect
The stamping foil manufacturer Kurz has expanded its holographic hot stamping and cold foil range with a new design series featuring lens motifs. These diffractive foils emulate the refraction properties of optical lenses and simulate an extraordinary spatial depth.

Metso to deliver containerboard production line for paper and pulp manufacturer in China
Metso will supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line to Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing for its Chongqing site in Sichuan Province, China. According to Metso, the production line is scheduled to be operational by 2014.

Impressions printing selects the KODAK NEXPRESS digital production color press to help accelerate growth
Impressions Printing, a commercial printer in St. Thomas, Ontario, recently added a KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Press to its growing digital portfolio. The addition of the KODAK NEXPRESS Platform enabled Impressions Printing to increase its digital capabilities even further by extending into variable-data printing and full-color applications.

with new graphics, Supercomputer "Mira" has brains and beauty
Working with Argonne National Laboratory, Signs By Tomorrow of Plainfield produced and installed a 65- foot-long, full-color graphics wrap for Mira, one of the largest and fastest supercomputers in the world. Mira has 20 times the processing power and is five times more energy efficient than its predecessor Intrepid, and was constructed by IBM for the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) with the support of the United States Department of Energy.

HP to showcase latest large format printing technologies at FESPA Digital 2013
HP announced that it will showcase an extensive range of HP Scitex and HP Designjet printers and presses for sign and display print service providers (PSPs) and corrugated packaging converters at FESPA Digital 2013, 25th – 29th June, at ExCeL London, UK

HP to showcase latest large format printing technologies at FESPA Digital 2013
HP announced that it will showcase an extensive range of HP Scitex and HP Designjet printers and presses for sign and display print service providers (PSPs) and corrugated packaging converters at FESPA Digital 2013, 25th – 29th June, at ExCeL London, UK

Subway’s US and Canada restaurants start using recyclable catering trays
The Subway restaurant chain has started using new recyclable catering trays in almost 29,000 of its restaurants in US and Canada. Subway marketing director Elizabeth Stewart said the company is getting closer to its end goal of being able to demonstrate a significant difference in its overall footprint, with every step it is taking towards sustainability.

UPM, Aliplast sign contract for release liner recovery in France
Self-adhesive label materials supplier UPM has signed a contract with the French subsidiary of Aliplast for recovery of release liner in France. The partnership is set to expand Italy-based Aliplast's recycling services for polypropylene (PP) and paper-based release liners through RafCycle waste management concept of UPM Raflatac. As part of the contract, Aliplast will collect, sort and distribute all types of release liner to different recycling processes, escaping landfill or incineration.

First Xeikon 3030Plus installed in Asia fulfills market requirements
Xeikon, an innovator in digital color printing technology, announced that South Korean self-adhesive label converter HANA Graphic Art Co., Ltd. chose the Xeikon 3030Plus as its first digital press to meet increasing customer demand for short run jobs while ensuring maximum cost efficiencies.

Muesli mogul wraps up Heidelberg Women in Print breakfast series
Over 350 women joined in the popular Heidelberg Women in Print networking events in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to hear this year’s keynote speaker, Carolyn Creswell, founder of Carman’s Muesli. Tapping into the theme of ‘muesli’, events this year were held as pre-work breakfasts as opposed to the evening soirees of the past.

Brazil's Label Market in the Spotlight
Label & Product Decoration Markets Brazilian Country Review 2013, documents the status quo of the label and product decoration market in one of the most dynamic countries in the BRICS group of emerging economies. It provides a market overview and opportunities assessment for labelstock producers, material suppliers, and all involved in the broader labeling market.

Former Manroland AG Plauen site sold
The global engineering firm, which is headquartered around 30km north of Augsburg, specialises in flood defence systems and component manufacturing. The Plauen facility closed in December 2012 after operating in the hands of administrator Werner Schneider since Manroland AG initiated insolvency proceedings in 2011.

Research and Markets: Global Food Packaging: Mapping Opportunities to 2017
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Food Packaging: Mapping Opportunities to 2017" report to their offering. Against a backdrop of tight global economic conditions, food packaging unit volume sales performed positively again in 2012. If the outlook to 2017 boasts a mix of sweet and sour tastes, positive prospects largely prevail, with mouth-watering opportunities in emerging markets and demand for higher value packaging in more mature countries.

Precise Graphic India targets export growth
Precise Graphic India is targeting growth in its export sales, starting with a presence at Gulf Print & Pack 2013 and September’s Labelexpo Europe 2013. The company said it is India’s only manufacturer of magnetic cylinders, and also produces standard print cylinders, both intended for the narrow web label market.

Kodak launches new global certification program for FLEXCEL NX system users
The award-winning KODAK FLEXCEL NX System, launched nearly five years ago, has led a revolution in flexography by bringing a higher standard of efficiency, consistency, and quality to flexo printing.

Lewisburg Printing invests in ROLAND 900 XXL
manroland Inc. announced that the installation of the Lewisburg Printing 73” ROLAND 900 XXL 6-color machine is almost complete. The new press will complement an existing ROLAND 700 6- color that was purchased in 2008. Lewisburg Printing is a fourth generation family owned company that specializes in serving local, national and international clientele from the corrugated packaging, point of purchase, retail, manufacturing, food processing, services and educational markets.

Awarding of contracts at "3P" 2013 exhibition in Pakistan for KAMPF
The growth of Pakistan's economy during the last five years has been remarkable. The printing, plastic and packaging industries are the fastest growing economic sectors in the country. "PLAS PRINT PACK PAKISTAN 2013" took place in Pakistan offered international trade visitors a lively platform for exchange. KAMPF presented its entire slitting and winding machine product range for packaging materials, plastic foils and materials for new technologies.

KBA Rapida 162a in the opera city Verona
“We print the impossible” is the slogan which is translated into daily practice by high-class printers Artegrafica Srl in Verona. Artegrafica was founded in 1976 and has been a member of the Graphicom group since 1998. Artegrafica president Antonio Faccin appears surprisingly relaxed when he sums up the business year 2012. No signs of Euro crisis or stagnating sales.

Toray group to expand food packaging film production in Asia
Japan's Toray Industries, through some of its regional supervisory divisions, is set to expand the production of food packaging films in Asia with a series of investments totalling about JPY3bn ($32m). The investments are aimed at improving the ability of the group's vapour deposition facilities for food packaging films.

Manroland Web claims high volume digital finishing solution
The FoldLine, designed for newspaper production, and FormerLine, a book block collator for book printing, were unveiled at an open house at Manroland Web’s Augsburg facility. FoldLine can fold up to 300m/min on all common broadsheet and tabloid formats of up to 96- pages as well as cylinderstitched booklets or inserts.

NGR establishes a representative office in Taipei
The Austrian based “Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen Gmb” manufactures Plastic Recycling Machines for the postindustrial and post-consumer markets. As part of their global expansion plans, NGR has opened a representative office in Taipei/Taiwan.

Merck opens new pharma packaging facility in China
Merck's has opened its new $120m pharmaceutical packaging facility in Hangzhou, China. The capacity to hold up to 16 high speed lines to pack company's pharmaceutical tablets and sterile medicines that are used to manage diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular, infectious, respiratory and bone.

Xerox’s new production printer helps customers bring in more jobs
Transactional color variable-print volumes are expected to achieve unprecedented growth at an annual rate of 25 percent between 2011 and 2016, according to InfoTrends. 1Print service providers can capture more variable-data print jobs with the new Xerox Color 8250 Production Printer, an economical choice that is versatile enough to meet the demanding needs of this marketplace.

Latin American printers on KBA tour in Germany
The packaging printers were first invited to press demonstrations in the KBA customer and training centre, where they were introduced to a five-colour Rapida 105 with inline coater, a Rapida 106 with double coating and cold foil module, and a large-format Rapida 145. They were subsequently able to experience both mediumand large-format Rapida presses in a variety of configurations for inline finishing in actual production at the rlc packaging group in Rüdersdorf near Berlin and at Kroha in Barleben.

Marzek receives third World Label Award
For the third time the international jury of the World Label Association has honored leading European converter Marzek with a best in class printing award. The winning label (pictured) was GmeinerPatritus, produced for the Norbert Gmeiner winery in Donnerskirchen, Austria.

iF communication design award 2013 for the new Rapida console
Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA), the world's secondlargest printing press manufacturer, presented a raft of spectacular innovations for digital and offset print. The new generation of highly automated Rapida sheetfed offset presses. engineered for ultrafast makeready, and with maximum production speeds of 20,000 sph in medium format or 17,000 sph in large format, the KBA Rapidas are the most productive sheetfed offset presses on the world market.

Esko’s solutions showcased at China Print
Esko’s array of solutions, designed to help print and packaging operations maximize the opportunities generated by the fast growing Chinese market, will be the highlight of its presence at China Print 2013 at Beijing.

Finest Hour: Churchill to be on UK bank note
This computer generated image provided by the Bank of England shows the concept design for the reverse of the new 5-pound note, with a picture of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Agfa Graphics' :Fortuna 7 security printing software features for thwarting counterfeiters
Agfa Graphics announced the availability of the newest version of :Fortuna (version 7) security printing software. :Fortuna 7, used in securing and preventing counterfeiting and theft around the world, is designed for use in the highest security printing applications, such as banknotes, ID-cards, brand protection, documents, tax labelling and packaging.

M&R to challenge world record at FESPA 2013
M&R announced that it will attempt to set a new world record for shirts printed in one hour by a single operator at FESPA 2013 in London, England The attempt will take place on 28 June 2013. The attempt will be made on a high-performance Challenger III D concept press and an M&R Passport automatic unloader. While the concept press will start as a standard Model 55 12-color Challenger III D, it will be specially equipped with M&R’s newest technological advances. The press will be used to print an image of five colors using a print stroke of at least 30 cm (12”).

Konica Minolta launches cloud-based document management service
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. (Konica Minolta) announces the launch of a cloud-based document management solution that integrates with Konica Minolta's bizhub MFPs. KM Document Genius is designed to simplify document management for small to medium business or corporate departments that need to scan and manage paper-based documents alongside electronic information in a seamless fashion.

HB Fuller launches laminating adhesives for food packaging
Global adhesives provider HB Fuller has launched two new adhesives, 'SFA8605 Solvent Free Laminating Adhesive' and 'SB7200/XAS2283 SolventBased Laminating Adhesive' for food packaging applications.

Messe Dusseldorf and PEIAC to launch annual China print conference
Drupa organiser Messe Dusseldorf and Chinese print association PEIAC will hold the first of a new annual 'functional printing' one-day conference at the China Print 2013 trade fair. The new event, Functional Printing China, is being organised by Messe Dusseldorf along with the Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC) and will focus on current and future trends and applications particularly within the printed electronics market.

Gallus extends screen plate partnership with Schreiner Group
Gallus has extended its long-standing partnership with Oberschleissheim-based Schreiner Group for Gallus Screeny screen printing plates. The programme for optimizing usage and boosting efficiency in rotary screen printing has been agreed for the next two years and is then to be continued as part of ongooing process improvement.

Amcor supplies PET bottles to US food company
Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied new lightweight polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to US-based Goya Foods. The Hispanicowned food company selected Amcor's bottles as part of a major redesign of its marinade product line from glass to PET.

LEYKAM Let’s Print invests in a 64-page LITHOMAN
LEYKAM Let’s Print has ordered a 64-page LITHOMAN for its Břeclav site in the Czech Republic. Based in Graz, the Austrian concern currently numbers among the top commercial printers in Europe. With its latest investment, the LEYKAM Group has further strengthened its position in the East European printing market.

Goss Sunday web press technology Turns 20
The biggest revolution in offset printing technology history began twenty years ago . That is when crews at a commercial printing company in the United States brought the first-ever Sunday web press with its gaplessblanket technology into commercial production.

Instant Cocoa moves to plastic with RPC Superfos
Spanish Chocolates Santa María has switched the packaging of its high quality instant cocoa from cardboard to a plastic container from RPC Superfos. The family-owned company has successfully sold instant cocoa for decades in Spain but felt the time was ripe for a change. To keep attracting customers and distributors and to offer a fresh, user-friendly packaging, Chocolates Santa María decided to move to RPC Superfos’s UniPak 1580 ml/133 mm plastic pot. “Our product sold well before, but with UniPak we hope to increase the number of distributors and thereby get an increased market share,” explains General Manager Javier Morales. “The former packaging was a cardboard box with a metal bag inside with 1 kg of our instant cocoa.

Kodak: Brother to provide stalking horse bid
Eastman Kodak Company has reached agreement with Brother Industries, Ltd., for the proposed sale of certain assets of its Document Imaging business for a cash purchase price of approximately $210 million, subject to certain price adjustments at closing.

Polar and Heidelberg to present High-Speed Cutters at China Print 2013
POLAR and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG will be presenting high speed cutters and cutting systems at the China Print 2013 trade fair in Beijing. China Print, will be held for the 8th time. Over the past few years, this event has developed into the most important trade fair, not just for China, but also for the whole of Asia.

Middle East to get digital education
Printers and converters across the Middle East need to give thought to the benefits of digital printing and how it can help them tackle the challenges of the future, according to Ali Mohammad Lou, director of EFI’s agent in the region, Sarah Manufacturing. Sarah Manufacturing was established in 1998 as the first ink manufacturing company in the UAE. It has since supplied offset inks to the UAE, and the greater Middle East and Africa markets.

MPS makes move in China market
MPS is to make a major move into the Chinese market, with the announcement of a stand with distributor Jebsen Industrial at the China Print 2013 to be held in Beijing. Jebsen Industrial specializes in paper processing technology, printing and converting, with an extensive network of offices across the Greater China region.

Kodak launches global Flexcel certification program
Kodak has launched a certification program for users of its Flexcel NX plate system. To earn the right to use the certification mark, companies must demonstrate that the plates they produce, or print with, are consistently made to a standard Kodak global specification.

Experts share their views on packaging and can coatings
Speakers of the European Coatings Conference "Packaging and can coatings” reveal what they consider the most important challenge in this field of application. According to Dr Maria Gröndahl, Xylophane, Sweden “The packaging industry has to contend with a number of issues, ranging from pricing pressure and chemicals shortages to legislation and sustainability.

Wacker starts up new production plant for dispersions in China
Wacker Chemie AG officially ramped up its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province, China).

RTape and CET Films acquired by Nekoosa Coated Products
The combination of Nekoosa Coated Products and IGI Corp. enhances the ability of both organizations to deliver innovative products and programs to their valued global channel partners.

Konica Minolta breaks ground on New R&D Labs in Tokyo
Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced that the company breaks ground on its new R&D building (SKT) in Hachioji, Tokyo. Since 1963 Konica Minolta Tokyo Site Hachioji (Tokyo Site) has played an important role as an epicenter of cutting-edge laboratories, fostering a number of proprietary core technologies.

Paperworld China 2013, a trading platform
The Paperworld China, a trading platform for the stationery and office supplies industry that connects the Chinese market with international markets, will be held from 25-27 September 2013 at Shanghai.

Innovia Films and Sappi collaborate to create compostable laminate packs
Innovia Films and Sappi Fine Paper Europe have combined their respective compostable substrates NatureFlex and Algro Nature, in order to offer an alternative that combines traditional technical properties and equivalent packaging performance. The companies have collaborated in response to a new EU Packaging Directive.

Ahlstrom completes plant investment
Ahlstrom has completed a seven million euro investments at its plant in Stenay, France, expanding its product portfolio of one-side coated papers for metalized labels and flexible packaging.

Atlas to present 'Next Generation' CW series slitter rewinder technology at Chinaplas
Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd. (UK) will present the latest Atlas CW Series and Titan SR9 Series slitter rewinders for film and flexible materials at Chinaplas 2013, to be held in Guangzhou, China, from 20th - 23rd May.

Flexible Packaging Assn. releases industry segment analysis
The Flexible Packaging Assn. released the FPA Flexible Packaging Industry Segment Profile Analysis prepared by PTIS. The Analysis provides a look at the U.S. flexible packaging industry by volume (in lb) and revenue, and composition by materials for 11 key flexible packaging formats including subsegments of bags, pouches, lidding, shrink and stretch films.

China Print 2013: Chinese print shops trust in Heidelberg
China Print is this year's biggest industry event for the print media industry. Customers predominantly from China but also from other countries in Asia will use to find out about the latest industry trends. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be presenting its products and services, including a large number of innovations, on the growing Asian market under the banner Discover HEI.

KBA Roadshow in Taiwan
The KBA Roadshow is already a well-established tradition for the print branch in China, the Asia-Pacific region and India. The successful series extended its list of venues to include also Taiwan

Fespa Fabric 2013 calls for t-shirt competition entries
The competition, which also ran last year, will see t-shirt design entries published online so the Fespa community can vote for its favourite.

BASF reduces 500 positions worldwide by the end of 2015
inesses with pigments, plastic additives, water, leather and textile chemicals. The European product and quality management and product safety will be pooled in Ludwigshafen.

Moving towards zero fault packaging : Bobst
Printing and Publishing Group (PPG) in association with Bobst Group hosted a seminar for the printing industry. The topic of discussion was “Moving to/or Improving Your Packaging Skills.” The seminar was held in Dubai on 25th March and attended by printing professionals from across the Emirates. It enlightened commercial printing companies about packaging and how to diversify their capabilities.

A pair of Sundays: Metrocolor adding new Goss web presses in Peru and Mexico
One of the leading and most versatile commercial printing companies in Latin America has ordered a pair of new Goss Sunday 2000 web presses for facilities in Peru and Mexico. Metrocolor, which delivers catalogs, magazines, commercial products and books as well as packaging to 14 countries, will install the Goss systems. A four-unit press will be the first gapless-blanket Sunday press at the company's facility in Mexico. A four-unit Sunday 2000 system with a wide 24- page format (57-inch web width) will join a similarly configured Sunday 2000 press already in production at the Metrocolor headquarters in Lima, Peru.

Agfa Graphics Customers Honored in America East Print Quality Contest
Agfa Graphics announced that several Agfa Graphics newspaper customers were declared winners in the America East Print Quality Contest. Judges examined ten different copies of each entrant’s newspapers and evaluated each in a variety of categories, including: black ink and color ink laydown, color registration, halftone quality, page alignment, overall print alignment and overall print appearance.

Norske Skog: Challenging markets
Lower margins in the quarter were due to lower selling prices and seasonal fluctuations in demand. Norske Skog is meeting this challenge through the closure and conversion of paper machines. Price increases are expected during the second half as a result of the considerable capacity closures.

Comexi Group reaffirms its presence in Asian market
Comexi Group, a specialist in solutions for the flexible package convertible industry, will be at the CHINAPRINT Fair. This 8th edition underscores the Fair as the most relevant business meeting point for the printing industry in Asia.

5 new colour MFPs from Konica Minolta to redefine industry standards in UAE
Konica Minolta the leading Business Printing Solutions in the region is continuously enhancing its systems in order to offer optimal solutions to its customers in UAE.

BASF targets knock-off photoinitiator distributors
The product triggers chemical reactions when exposed to UV light which help speed up the drying process for coatings and adhesives. It is protected by several patents covering the synthesis process, which are meant to prevent other companies from using this process to produce Irgacure 819 and certain product formulations.

Clariant expands capacities in Asia
Clariant will build a new pigment preparations plant in Indonesia in a series of investments to strengthen onthe-ground support for customers in China, India and Indonesia.

INX to launch Trio of new ink systems at Cannex
At Cannex & Fillex de las Americas, INX will feature three new ink systems and a complete line of ink and coating solutions for the metal decorating market.

2nd Biennial ICE USA establishes several new North American records
A total of 2,820 converting professionals from 45 states and 44 countries filled the aisles at ICE USA 2013 in Orlando to see the latest equipment and technologies on display from 345 exhibiting companies.

Ilford expands Omnijet range with canvas
The new canvases are robust and stretchable with solid dimensional stability, designed for a number of uses, from gallery wraps for décor, to POS display and signage for trade shows.

Konica Minolta bizhub 4700P Series Offers Maximum Power in Minimum Space
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. announces the launch of the bizhub 4700P/4000P/3300P series of Monochrome Printers that combine maximum power with a compact design. Going beyond conventional desktop printers, the bizhub series is ideal for executive suites and small businesses with growing workloads as well as healthcare practices of all sizes.

Inca Digital wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
Inca Digital, manufactures the innovative Inca Onset series of UV flatbed inkjet printers, has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade in recognition of its substantial success in overseas earnings and outstanding performance in international trading.

ErgoSoft and Epson have their finger on the pulse of sublimation printing
Release of the new Epson SureColor SC-F7000. With this product Epson has officially entered the textile printing market and has done so with a product that is getting attention for this unique feature: All components of the printer are designed and manufactured by Epson.

Goss International announces transformation of company
Rick Nichols, President and CEO of Goss International, today announced a transformation of Goss’ business and a reorganization of the company.

Flint Group announces ninth annual narrow web print competition
For the ninth consecutive year, the winners will be announced during a live event on the Flint Group stand at Labelexpo Europe – Brussels, September 2013. The criteria for judging follows the standard guidelines set by the industry associations FINAT and TLMI and include: registration, smoothness of dot/vignette, overall print quality, and degree of difficulty.

James V. Continenza elected to Kodak Board of Directors
James V. Continenza, who has extensive executive and board experience with high-tech companies, has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors.

FESPA’s JetSet conference landsat FESPA2013
A first class line-up of speakers and content has been confirmed for the Jet Set conference, set to land at FESPA 2013 London for the first time in June 2013.

Konica Minolta launches bizhub newest color MFPs feature enhancements
Konica Minolta, a leading business printing solutions provider, is releasing five new colour multifunctional printers (MFPs) in the UAE, each offering a number of improvements over their predecessors.

KODAK FLEXCEL Plate Technology helps Miller Graphics to improve quality
Kodak underlined its commitment to its Middle Eastern, African, Russian and East European partners at its annual Kick-Off event in Dubai. More than 38 partners from 30 countries attended the two-day event. Kodak’s senior management team detailed its strategy for growing its partners’ businesses, while Kodak’s product experts explained the company’s latest print solutions

First Pakistani firm, Spring Inks & Chemicals announces its presence in China print 2013
Spring Ink and Chemicals first Pakistani firm is participating in China Print 2013 exhibition. Spring Inks is a leading manufacturers of offset, UV inks, water-base coating and UV coating. The firm is also producing room consumable of all sorts.

Xerox’s new iGen4 delivers more automation, production efficiencies
Technology that keeps print operations profitable is in high demand. Xerox is answering that call with the next generation of its award-winning iGen4 platform, the Xerox iGen4 Diamond Edition.

KBA at China Print 2013 in Beijing
Koenig & Bauer (KBA) will present a newgeneration sheetfed offset press at China Print 2013 from 14-18 May in Beijing. Following its launch at Drupa 2012, the large-format Rapida 145 (max. sheet format 1,060 x 1,450mm / 41.7 x 57in; max. output of 17,000sph) will be showcased to an Asian audience on the 1,000m²- large (10,765ft²) KBA stand.