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Curing system gets upgrade
30 December, 2013
An improved version of the Dymax BlueWave 200 high intensity spot curing system is now available from Intertronics.

Improved proofing from GMG
27 December, 2013
New features in GMG’s OpenColor 1.1 extend its functionality and include extended import of measurement data and further adjustment capabilities to the OpenColor profiles.

Packaging Innovations reveals learnShops seminar highlights for 2014 NEC event
26 December, 2013
Exhibition organiser easyFairs has announced key highlights of the learnShops programme at the upcoming Packaging Innovations show at the Birmingham NEC, UK, on 26-27 February 2014.

FINAT Young Managers Club Summit
24 December, 2013
The FINAT Young Managers Club held its second Summit in Warsaw in November 2013 with the theme ‘Great ideas with limited resources’ – chosen to reflect the challenges the industry faces in terms of rising costs and competitive technologies.

New board “better than B-flute”
24 December, 2013
UK-based Weedon Corrugated Products has invested in a state-of-the-art corrugator for its plant in Audenshaw that will enable it to introduce a new range of “environmentally friendly, economical” board grades for Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) applications.

Xaar invests and increases R&D space
23 December, 2013
Leading supplier of industrial inkjet printheads Xaar has leased a third facility on the UK’s Cambridge Science Park to increase R&D floor space by 50%, to 48,000ft2. In the past 12 months, the company's R&D staff has grown by 60%, to 130 employees.

Cosmo commissions ninth line and two Atlas slitters
20 December, 2013
India’s Cosmo Films recently inaugurated its ninth BOPP film production line on a new greenfield site in Shendra, India, including two slitter rewinders from Atlas Converting Equipment.

Monitoring promises perfect corrugated boxes
20 December, 2013
Baumer hhs says its Xcam Box Monitoring offers “every possibility for automated quality assurance” in the production of corrugated boxes with inliners on flexo folder gluers (FFG).

Bunting Magnetics - Rod Henricks
20 December, 2013
Rod Henricks has been named director of sales for Bunting Magnetics. He issucceeded as product manager-metal detection by Robert Bunting, Jr.

Smurfit Kappa Group - John Moloney
19 December, 2013
At Smurfit Kappa Group, John Moloney is now an independent, non-executive director.

Flexotecnica hat trick at Alfaplas
19 December, 2013
Following the success of its existing Flexotecnica presses (an 8-colour F8G gearless and an 8-colour Chronos sleeved gearless machine), UK based Alfaplas has now installed a further 8-colour EVO XG sleeved gearless model from the Italian manufacturer.

Cartonboard partnership targets French market
18 December, 2013
Sappi Fine Paper Europe and Swiss Karton + Papier (KAPAG) have joined forces to launch Sappi's Algro Design bright white cellulose and KAPAG's Algro Duo carton brands to the French premium printing and packaging sectors.

Edale - Mike Donovan
18 December, 2013
Edale has appointed Mike Donovan customer service manager at its UK head office. Caroline Williams has joined the purchasing department, Ollie Falconer is new to the expanding design team, and Jemma Mansfield is now part of the sales and marketing division.

Spanish agent for Pulse
17 December, 2013
UK-based ink manufacturer Pulse Roll Label Products has appointed Tipolit, a member of the Huber Group, as its official partner in Spain.

Canadean forecasts lightweight packaging trend to boost US plastics consumption
17 December, 2013
A new report from Canadean says continued growth in demand for lightweight plastic packaging will be a key trend in the US retail market leading up to 2017.

Herma expands seawater-resistant adhesives range
16 December, 2013
Self-adhesives technology specialist Herma has extended its portfolio of seawater-resistant self-adhesive materials, with the launch of four new products.

New plate processors from Flint
13 December, 2013
Flint Group Flexographic Products has introduced the nyloflex Dryer FIII and the nyloflex Light Finisher FIII to provide “perfect results” for processing flexo plates – particularly when used in combination with the nyloflex NExT Exposure FIII.

Compostable resin for transparent film and bags
11 December, 2013
US manufacturer Metabolix has launched a new film grade resin that allows for production of compostable, and highly transparent, film and bags.

Packaging Innovations 2014 offers new features for visitors
09 December, 2013
Visitors to the 26-27 February 2014 Packaging Innovations and co-located events at the UK’s Birmingham NEC venue will be able to experience business innovations at three new features.

Tasmania aims for 100 per cent renewables
06 December, 2013
The government of Tasmania has released a new energy strategy which includes a target of achieving 100 per cent renewable power usage by 2020.