EskoArtwork technology speeds up sample making for Europe Match GmbH
Europe Match GmbH, Europe’s largest producer of advertising matches, recently selected EskoArtwork’s ArtiosCAD packaging software and Kongsberg XE10 cutting table to speed up production of its product samples….more

KBA-China demonstrates creativity and competence in the small format
KBA-China is proud to present the newly designed Demo-Center including a Genius 52 UV. This waterless press with Anilox system and UV-curing is a unique system for various applications….more

New generation of packagings: no chance for pharmaceutical cheats, interpack 2011
Counterfeiting of medicines is rapidly increasing. In Germany, one in twenty medicines have been adulterated. Researchers are therefore developing authenticity seals and security codes intended to make drug packagings uniquely identifiable….more

Atlantic Zeiser to Showcase Anti-Counterfeiting Module at Emballage 2010
Pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers have a powerful weapon against counterfeiters and pirate products thanks to Atlantic Zeiser Group, a leading supplier of technology, modules and system solutions for industrial digital printing….more

7th Annual Security Printing Conference at Florida in mid November 2010
Integration of new security technology options, advanced materials and methodologies to provide layered security solutions for documents, packaging and products are major focuses of IMI's 7th Annual Security Printing Conference….more

Bobst Group reinforces its presence in China
Bobst Group and the owner of Gordon Ltd, the Hong Kong based holding company of Shanghai Eternal Machinery Co. Ltd., have signed an agreement by which Bobst Group acquires 65% of Gordon Ltd, with the option to purchase the remaining shares….more

ACS, A Xerox company, expands pharma services with acquisition of TMS Health
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), A Xerox Company became one of the largest providers of customer care services to the pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare industries with the acquisition of TMS Health from private equity firm Palm Beach Capital….more

Latest model of Performance Series line from Mark Andy debuts at Labelexpo India
The latest and fast growing Performance Series machines continue to dominate the label printing industry. Mark Andy has a strong, proven solution, having sold nearly 40 machines this past year in over 13 countries….more

Sensient Technologies Corporation opens new pant in Guangzhou, China
Sensient Technologies Corporation has announced the official opening of its new plant in Guangzhou, China. The new facility includes an office and laboratory building and production areas for both food and non-food products ….more

Clariant launches simulated foil packaging
Clariant has developed a simulated foil-laminated packaging by mixing colour and bi-layer extrusion technology. The company said the extrusion process applies a colour-saturated outer layer to a reflective plastic base layer….more

Heidelberg makes saddle stitching easier, right through to carton packing
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) presents its new case packer for the Stitchmaster ST 350 and Stitchmaster ST 450 saddle stitchers, and is the only saddle stitcher provider offering this technology….more

News Limited in Australia continues alliance with KBA
Following KBA Comet installations at The Gold Coast Bulletin in Molendinar, Queensland, in 2004 and at a new printing plant in Hobart, Tasmania, last year, Australian media major News Limited recently placed a third order for KBA's popular B/B tower press, this time for its Darwin plant….more

Goss International secures major upgrade project in Switzerland
Goss International has launched a comprehensive press controls upgrade program at Zehnder Print AG in the St. Gallen region of Switzerland….more

EskoArtwork equips NDigitec for new Flexo prepress operation in the Middle East
During their visit to Ipex 2010, Namma Int'l Digitec "NDigitec" finalized its agreements with EskoArtwork on the purchase of four CDI Spark 4835 digital flexo plate imagers, along with a range of software solutions including HD Flexo, Automation Engine 10 workflow server software, Plato imposition tools, FlexProof, Color Engine software for color management and WebCenter for web based project managemen and pre-production approval cycles….more

COMPETENCE '10: A week of exciting demonstrations at Bobst Group
Over six hundred companies from the folding carton and corrugated box industries explored the latest generation of Bobst Group equipment designed to help them towards producing "zero fault" packaging….more

Eclipse Colour Print, UK, extends web printing capabilities with Goss M-600 press
Eclipse Colour Print, based in Kettering, England, is extending its web printing capabilities by the addition of a second Goss M-600 press. It will work alongside a similar press installed in 2004 in a custom-built facility next to the sheetfed plant….more

100th KBA Rapida 106 with dedicated plate cylinder drives
At the beginning of October KBA booked its 100th order for a Rapida 106 B1 (41in) press with DriveTronic SPC dedicated plate-cylinder drives for simultaneous plate changes. Belgian playing-card printer Cartamundi is slated to take delivery in March next year….more

Over 7,000 guests celebrate 25 years of the Amstetten site of Heidelberg
Bright sunshine over Amstetten provided the perfect conditions for the successful anniversary celebrations. On Oct. 10th 2010, the Amstetten site of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG celebrated its 25th anniversary with a ceremony and family day for employees and their relatives. More than 7,000 guests flocked to the site in Amstetten, underlining their close ties with the company….more

Herold Druck installs Output Management System printnet OM
After introducing Automatic Plate Loading (APL), Herold Druck und Verlag AG commissioned ppi Media, a subsidiary of manroland, to install its output management system printnet OM to achieve even more automation in the prepress and printing stages….more

Axel Springer Russia: License agreement for NEWSWEEK will not be prolonged
Axel Springer Russia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of German Axel Springer AG, restructures its portfolio of media brands. With respect to economic reasons, the license agreement in force since 2004 with NEWSWEEK Inc. regarding the edition of the general interest magazine RUSSKY NEWSWEEK will not be extended….more

Adobe unveils new Acrobat X solutions
adobe Systems Incorporated introduced the Adobe Acrobat X software family – Acrobat X, Reader X, the Acrobat X Suite and new document exchange services – that empowers professionals to innovate and create higher quality content, driving tighter collaboration and productivity across teams in today's dynamic business environments….more

Four 32-page COLORMAN autoprint presses for DUO
erschwaben (DUO) has invested in two COLORMAN autoprint presslines for its printing centers in Ulm and Weingarten, Germany, each consisting of two presses. DUO is pushing the envelope as far as delivery time is concerned: ordered in August, the first pressline is scheduled for installation at the end of March 2011….more

Cham Paper Group adds new soap packaging paper to non-food product range
The consumer goods industry's main objectives are the ecological sustainability of packaging and the reduction of packaging weight. In developing FLEXCAR, a new packaging paper for soap wrap, the Cham Paper Group has succeeded in satisfying both those requirements….more

Agfa celebrates Japan's 250th installation of: Azura TS Printing Plates at Aoba Printing
Agfa Graphics has announced that Aoba Printing is the first printer in Hiroshima City to use :Azura TS printing plates, reducing Aoba's ecological footprint and improving platemaking efficiency. :Azura TS is based on Agfa Graphics'….more

Avery Dennison helps build Elementary School in rural China
With warm smiles, the children of Jiangshi Elementary School look forward to moving into a new schoolhouse being built with support from Avery Dennison. Avery Dennison chose to help the school in Anhui province after considering numerous rural schools to find where its US$60,000 (RMB 400,000) Project Hope donation could do the most good….more

Customers from all over the world experience small- and medium-format IPEX innovations at Heidelberg
The three Commercial Print Information Days took place at the Print Media Center (PMC) in Heidelberg. Almost 250 participants from all over the world gathered information about the entire process chain in the small and medium formats, from prepress and press to postpress. Exhibits included the Suprasetter A75, Speedmaster SM 52, SM 52 Anicolor, SM 74, Stahlfolder….more

New Heidelberg innovation for label production: Speedmaster XL 105
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has extended its product portfolio to include an innovative solution for label production. The new Speedmaster XL 105-DD was launched to an international audience at the Print Media Center (PMC) Label Days in Wiesloch-Walldorf. "DD" stands for die-cutting….more

Metso to supply defibrator system to Guilin Timber in China
Metso will supply an EVO 50 Defibrator system for MDF production to Guilin Timber in Guilin city, Yunnan province, China. The value of the order will not be disclosed….more

AkzoNobel opens sixth powder coatings plant in China
AkzoNobel has underscored its ambition to double revenue in China within the next five years by opening its sixth powder coatings facility in the country. The plant is located in the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone….more

Heidelberg invests close to £1m in centralisation project
Heidelberg is centralising all its functions and demonstration facilities at its 9,870 sq m site in Brentford. A comprehensive Customer Support Centre is being created, underlining the company's commitment to rapid and effective response….more

New KBA Rapida 142 at IGV in Burago di Molgora
When Italian packaging printer Industria Grafica Vedano (IGV) in Burago di Molgora, northeast of Milan, commemorated its 30th anniversary in September there was a second cause for celebration….more

IFRA Expo 2010: major sales success for ppi Media
Multimedia ad and editorial solutions attracted a large number of representatives from the publishing industry to ppi Media's stand during the IFRA Expo 2010. ppi Media is a subsidiary of manroland. The visitors were impressed with the high level of integration in existing workflows….more

US Pharma packaging market to grow
The pharmaceutical packaging market in the US is forecast to increase 5.5% annually to $18.4bn in 2014, according to a new study….more

TechNova installs 100 CTP systems in 18 months; and makes a dent
TechNova announced its first violet installation in the North East at Aurora Fine Arts in Guwahati. TechNova has achieved 100 violet CTP installations in 18 months which include an Alinte multi-cassette autoloader….more

The Second Asia Print Member Meeting was held successfully in Kuala Lumpur
The second member meeting of the Federation of Asia Print Exhibitions (Asia Print) was held at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur,. Among all eight member countries, six of them have attended the meeting. The six member countries are China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and Sri-Lanka. The other two member countries, Philippines and Pakistan, were unable to attend the meeting….more

Asian Pulp & Paper Indonesia honoured Gold Partner Award for IBM's Muhammad Saleem
Muhammad Saleem of International Business Management (IBM) is the first Pakistani who get the Asia Pulp & Paper, Indonesia (APP's) Gold Partner Award. He was honoured this Award in a ceremony which was held recently in Jakarta, Indonesia under the leadership of Teguh Ganda Wijaya, Chairman and CEO of APP….more

Pak firms to participate in plastic fair K-2010
More than 3,000 companies from all over the world including Pakistan are participating in the week-long international Plastic and Rubber Fair 2010 known as K-2010 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The fair starting brings together international petrochemical companies at Dusseldorf….more

New BOBST VISIONFOIL 104 H provides ultraprecise hologram application
In March 2010 BOBST has launched a version of its VISIONFOIL hot foil stamping press, specifically dedicated to security hologram application. As more and more industries look for solutions to protect the authenticity of their products, holographic materials stamped in register offer an ideal solution, helping its brand owners make a clear difference between originals and forgeries, protecting their valuable assets, and deterring counterfeiters….more

IHMA is the International Hologram Manufacturers Association
IHMA was founded in 1993 to represent and promote the interests of hologram manufacturers and the hologram industry worldwide. The IHMA is made up of more than 90 of the world's leading hologram companies who actively cooperate to maintain the highest professional, security and quality standards in support of their customers. It is a not-for-profit membership organization registered in the UK, liability limited by guarantee, with secretariat offices in Europe and North America ….more