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Bischof and Klein UK is expanding with focus on consumer packaging. In recent years, the company (with an annual turnover of approx. £22 million), has invested a total of over five million pounds in modernising a plant in Telford,…

Codimag will present the new, energy-saving IST MBS UV LEDcure solution for its label presses at UV Days 2017, organised and hosted by its partner, IST METZ, 15-18 May, in Nürtingen, Germany. At the event, a Codimag Viva 340 press will…

IQDEMY Holding will showcase its Maglev 1228 UV-LED printer at Fespa 2017 (May 8-12, 2017), at the Congress Centre in Hamburg (hall A4, booth D35). Visitors will be able to see the potential that UV-LED printing brings to the industry.…

Esko shared its flexo technological know-how and market insights - driven by trends such as shorter print runs, design versioning and shorter time to market - during a well-attended and informative Flexo Innovation Day. It also presented…

A record number of visitors attended the 3rd edition of the Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations 2017. The four-day event, which took place March 28-31 in Belgium, attracted more than 800 unique international visitors. It featured well…

Parkside’s design for a compostable pack for an energy bar made from powdered cricket flour has won a global World Food Innovation Award 2017. Parkside created a natural, sustainable pack, with both the packaging and contents being…

hubergroup, USA, and Alden & Ott Printing Inks Company announced today that hubergroup has acquired substantially all of the assets of Alden & Ott in a private deal. hubergroup expects to retain virtually all employees and…

More than 100 delegates from all areas of the recycling supply chain were asked what posed the biggest threat to the UK’s recycling industry, and the results were conclusive, poor material quality proved to be the first choice for more than…

Organisers of one of the world’s leading exhibitions for the paper, film, and foil converting industry Mack Brooks Exhibitions, will bring the ICE exhibition to South East Asia September 5-7, 2018. The first exhibition of its kind for…

The search is on to find high flyers and innovators in the label industry! Now in its 14th year, there are four gongs up for grabs as the Label Industry Global Awards honour those organisations and individuals who have excelled in the label…