Client News

The processing and packaging machinery industry celebrated another year of outstanding achievement and business excellence at the 2018 PPMA Industry Awards gala event at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel on 25 September.

Meech International will be presenting SmartControl – the newest addition to its Hyperion range at PACK EXPO 2018 (stand E-7407, October 14 – 17^th, McCormick Place, Chicago, USA). The range’s static control bars (971IPS-15, 971IPS-30, 929IPS, 924IPS), will also be present alongside Meech’s Hyperion 233v4 Pulsed DC Controller, the Hyperion BarMaster programmer, IML generation equipment, and the CyClean^TM non-contact web cleaning system.

Fujifilm today announces that in Hall 21a, Stand E.01, at the IFRA World Publishing Expo 2018 (9-11 October, Berlin) it will introduce two new solutions to its newspaper portfolio, both reinforcing the company’s commitment to making newspaper production more profitable as part of its Superia initiative.

Based in Albstadt, southern Germany, Ebro Color is a modern, cardboard packaging print specialist with more than 90 years of history behind it. Founded in 1925, it has continually invested in new technologies over the years and now produces cardboard packaging and display units for a huge range of customers in a variety of sectors, from cosmetics, to food, jewellery and tourism.

A leader in manufacturing equipment for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, Shanghai-based Tofflon Science and Technology Co. serves nearly 2000 pharmaceutical companies in 40 countries. At the heart of the Tofflon offering is the autoloading and barrier systems and vial and ampoule filling lines. One issue consistently raised by customers involves medicinal bottles that generate static, through friction, while travelling along the conveyor line. Aside from well-known issues around product cleanliness, these static charges can also impact sensitive electronic weighing systems where very precise measurements are needed, as well as threatening the safety of operators. Tofflon has addressed these issues by installing Meech’s 976 Mini and 915 antistatic bar.

Domino Digital Printing Solutions will be demonstrating two of its ink jet printing solutions on Stand G 152 in Hall 6 at ALL4PACK 2018, taking place at Paris-Nord Villepinte from 26^th – 29^th November. Its market leading N610i seven colour digital label press will be on display, along with a K600i ink jet printer which will be demonstrating a security printing label application.

Wexham Springs, UK – 11 September 2018. Sun Chemical will present its complete portfolio of direct glass printing and decorating solutions for both hollow and flat glass at GlassTec 2018, from 23^rd to 26^th October 2018 at Messe Düsseldorf, Germany.

Based in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, KL Druck has a proud 120-year heritage and specialises in producing point of sale and out-of-home products for a range of high-profile global brands, including Audi, Adidas, Lindt and Primark. A screen printing pioneer in the years following the Second World War, the company began investing heavily in digital print technology around 20 years ago. Its latest investment, the Fujifilm Jet Press 720S, began operation in August 2018.

Bristol – 6 September 2018 – Spandex, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, graphics and display industries is exhibiting at The Print Show from 18 to 20 September 2018, on stand B11, at the NEC Birmingham.

4 September 2018, Wexham Springs, UK – Luminescence Sun Chemical Security has become a member of the International Currency Association (ICA). A not-for-profit organisation that works to unify various suppliers within the international currency market, the ICA’s overall aim is to support and promote the role of currency worldwide. The ICA provides members with key market insight such as information on political and technical developments affecting the industry, while also supplying platforms for exchanges of knowledge, such as expert committees and industry gatherings on various topics

Bièvres, France – 4^th September 2018 – Spandex, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, graphics and display industries, has expanded its operations in France with the acquisition of SERI SERVICE, an established specialist distributor in self-adhesive and flexible materials and accessories for customers active in visual communications, décor and textile decoration.

FESPA’s next pan-Asian event will take place, under its new name of Asia Print Expo, from 21 to 23 February 2019 at the BITEC exhibition centre in Bangkok, Thailand. Asia Print Expo is the region’s leading exhibition for screen, textile and digital wide format print.