OKI has launched a new range of colour printers that gives retailers the power to print a huge variety of vibrant, high-quality materials that will drive footfall into stores, boost revenue and increase average transaction value.
Label print specialist SEIC is the first company in France to invest in a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press, with inline ABG converter system, to update and expand its existing flexo and digital print service. The new press will be installed at its facility in Les Ulis, just south of Paris.
The day when you can pop into your local supermarket armed with your near field communications (NFC) enabled smart phone to make purchases based on your own personal data is coming one step closer to reality. The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is leading a specialist consortium creating a world class UK manufacturing supply chain that will enable the widespread adoption of packaging incorporating NFC based technology.
Derbyshire based Charapak is one of the UK’s market leaders in the design and manufacture of specialist corrugated packaging. The company has recently diversified into the labelling sector following an investment in Domino’s N610i digital ink jet label press. This investment has opened up new business opportunities for the company, enabling it to supply both existing and new customers with high quality, digitally printed labels with short lead times.
Reel Appeal, a Lancashire-based business specialising in the printing of self-adhesive labels and the manufacture of leaflet and booklet labels, has successfully increased its sales thanks to the installation of Domino’s N600i digital colour label press. Over an 18 month period, the N600i has opened up new business opportunities for Reel Appeal in a variety of sectors, including industrial, food, beverage and cosmetics.
A system of printing direct to PET bottles has led Belgium based brewer Martens, based in Bocholt, to produce a range of beers with an interactive augmented reality label linked to a popular Belgium TV show. The direct print technology was developed by the German company KHS implementing low-migration inks from Agfa.
A large number of inks within the Fujifilm Uvijet UV range for wide format print applications have been approved for Nordic Swan Ecolabelled printers. These include: Uvijet KI, KV, OZ, OB, OL, OW, QN, WH, WI and LL.
Mimaki says it is set to participate in Labelexpo Europe 2015 this September where the company will display a range of unique new products for the label market that can be created with the Mimaki family of printers.
Xeikon has launched two new premium silver metallic toner colours, MatteSilver and PalladiumSilver, for label and packaging printers and converters using Xeikon’s digital printing technologies.
With production sites spread over nine countries in Europe, the Telrol - Schades Group produces close to a billion square meters per annum of self-adhesive labels and paper rolls. With five Xeikon 3300s – the most recent one installed earlier this year, plus new Xeikon Cheetah technology being implemented in June; Telrol has become one of Xeikon’s largest customers worldwide.
Epson has launched ColorWorks C7500, a compact colour label printer for a wide range of in-house, on-demand, customised labelling requirements.
Bristol based label producer Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) is the first UK installation of Domino’s N610i 7-colour UV digital ink jet label press following a major investment programme at the site.
Due to a seeing a steady decline in the wet glue label market, The Bramwell Label Company has gone digital, adding an HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press alongside an A B Graphic Digicon Series 2 seven-colour narrow web digital press - considered to be one of the most flexible, productive digital press in the label market today.
CS Labels has revealed its latest ‘alternative’ label product – the wraparound peel and reveal label.
CS Labels is set to become the UK beta site for the latest Xeikon Cheetah digital label press. The arrival of the Cheetah will provide much needed extra capacity, increasing it by another third. The company can now boast five Xeikon digital presses and have celebrated yet another year of record turnover and profitability.
Mercian Labels has become the world’s first pilot site of the recently announced Xeikon Cheetah high speed labels press on the back of the company’s above-average growth in the digital part of its business.
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