Client News

Wexham Springs, UK – 05 September 2019 – Sun Chemical today announced that its flagship food packaging offset inkset, SunPak® FSP, which is based on renewable bio-based materials, has achieved a new standard in eco-friendliness through a combination of compliance and sustainability. Not only is the hugely popular inkset, which has achieved double digit sales growth across Europe each year since its launch, fully compliant with all existing food packaging legislation worldwide, but it has also been independently tested to prove the high level of its environmental sustainability.

BRISTOL, UK – SEPTEMBER 2019 – Spandex, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, graphics and display industries introduces six new satin metallic colours from Avery Dennison’s Supreme Wrapping Film (SWF) range of colour change wrapping vinyls.

PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – August 29, 2019 – DIC Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE).

BRISTOL, UK – AUGUST 2019 – Spandex, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, graphics and display industries is launching the 3M Wrap Film Series 2080, the next generation wrap film from 3M that introduces updated technology for colour change vehicle wraps.

Domino has daily scheduled N610i digital hybrid label converting demonstrations on its Booth No 9B50 in Hall 9 at Labelexpo 2019, claiming it has created a completely new standard in label converting productivity that will revolutionise the label supply chain. This solution is delivered in partnership with global market leader in print finishing, AB Graphic International Ltd, combining their Digicon Series 3 converting line with a Domino N610i Integration Module.

International rigid plastic media manufacturer, Brett Martin, will be presenting the latest addition to its Foamalux range for the print, display and signage sectors – Foamalux Calibre – along with its well-established range of Foamalux products at PRINTING United (October 23 – 25, 2019: Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center, Dallas, Texas. Booth 7952, Wide Graphic & Wide Format Exhibit Hall). Brett Martin’s transparent sheet ranges, Marpet FS and Marlon FS, will also be on display.

Wexham Springs, UK – 12 August 2019: On stand 5E45 at Labelexpo 2019 in Brussels, Belgium, 24 – 27 September 2019, Sun Chemical will showcase its complete portfolio of solutions for the narrow web label and packaging markets and highlight its latest product and service innovations. Through the extensive range on display, Sun Chemical will also demonstrate its commitment to sustainability, which continues to be fundamental to its innovation and product development, as the world’s largest producer of printing inks and pigments.

Meech International has been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade by Brigadier Dennis Blease PhD – one of the Lord Lieutenant’s Deputy Lieutenants. This is the third time in ten years that Meech has been awarded the UK’s most prestigious award for business achievement, having previously won the accolade in 2009 and 2012. The presentation was made to Meech’s CEO, Chris Francis and the whole of the UK team at its headquarters in Witney, Oxfordshire on July 26^th, 2019.

PPMA Total Show 2019 will open its doors at the NEC, Birmingham, from 1 – 3 October for what will be the most comprehensive production line event in the UK.

Bristol, UK – 25 JULY 2019 – Spandex, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, graphics and display industries, is launching the latest addition to the established ImagePerfect range of specialist window and glass films. Ideal for short term promotion, ImagePerfect 2926 Easy Glass is an ultra-clear printable self-adhesive polyester window film designed for ease of use even by non-professional installers, such as retail staff.

Since 1980, Hampshire-based Ashford Colour Press has been providing printing and binding services to a diverse range of publishers, including large educational and academic brands like Pearson and Oxford University Press. In response to the rapidly changing book printing industry, Ashford is developing its Gosport facilities to further improve its services to customers. It has a new factory set-up, including a revamped pre-press department which, following a successful assessment in March 2019, now includes Fujifilm’s XMF Workflow Solution, two new ZAC processors, low chemistry Superia LH-PLE plates and Fujifilm’s flagship pre-press programme, PLATESENSE.

Based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Paul Norman Plastics (PNP) is a leading provider of plastic injected moulded products that, for over thirty years, have served a wide range of industries; from aerospace and electronics to education and retail. The company recently installed a Meech energy saving air curtain to reduce waste and boost production efficiencies on one of its injection moulding machines.