Turnkey workflow solutions for fast start-up, increased automation, enhanced collaboration and more demonstrate Esko’s ongoing investment in the labels & packaging market.

Tharstern, the technology for print, packaging and labelling industries, will be showing latest world-class MIS (Management Information Systems) developments at two print shows in the UK in the coming weeks.

Konica Minolta at Labelexpo yesterday announced a “100th customer” milestone, strategic partnership in Europe with finishing specialist GM and the launch of a new product to underpin its accelerating growth path within industrial printing.

Screen announces today the landmark first purchase of its Truepress Jet L350UV+LM press by brand management, digital print and interactive media provider Springfield Solutions Ltd. The sale, signed today at Labelexpo, represents Springfield’s fourth Screen label press and sees Screen continue to strengthen its position in the digital labels sector and expand its remit in food packaging labels.

Label printers can drive greater value with comprehensive digital print workflow and ERP and innovative LED inkjet technologies featured in the EFI exhibit at Labelexpo Europe 2017. EFI's stand in hall 9, C40 at the September 25-28 tradeshow in Brussels features the new version 5 of EFI's Packaging Suite workflow software. The EFI stand also shows the enhanced EFI™Jetrion® 4950lxe LED inkjet narrow-web press with white ink, driven by advanced EFI Fiery® digital front ends (DFEs) for digital label production.

At Labelexpo 2017 in Brussels, Color-Logic will show samples with the new HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver for the HP Indigo WS6800 press. In addition, Color-Logic will demonstrate the possibilities on metallic stocks for label and folding carton applications using HP Indigo ElectroInk White and CMYK.

This week at Labelexpo Europe 2017 Sun Chemical is presenting its latest innovations and new product launches for the narrow web label and packaging markets on stand 5E45.

Fujifilm today announces that it will use its stand (9A34) at Labelexpo Europe 2017 (25th - 28th September, Brussels) to showcase a brand new ink called Sericol Flexo JDR which has been designed to offer the best possible quality and performance to flexo printers.

To mark the next milestone in the commercial roll-out of its Landa S10 Nanographic Printing® Press, Landa Digital Printing is hosting over 100 of the world’s leading print and packaging houses at its facilities in Rehovot, Israel.

Fujifilm announces that it will use Labelexpo Europe 2017 (25th - 28th September, Brussels) to showcase its new SambaTM 42000 Inkjet Printbar System. The very latest in Fujifilm SambaTM inkjet technology, combined with Fujifilm’s renowned Uvijet ink, provides imprinting of the highest standard to the label market – adding digital capability to existing flexo presses or offline label customisation.

Xaar, the leader in industrial inkjet technology, is delighted to announce its unique new High Laydown Technology, now available for printing a range of textured effects on labels, folding cartons and products. Such high-build, textured effects (also called tactile or dimensional effects) can be used to significantly enhance the shelf appeal of products and ensure that they stand out when on display.

Leading quality control solutions provider GlobalVision has launched GlobalVision Web, a completely redesigned update to its web-based Proofware inspection platform. A cloud-based solution, GlobalVision Web provides a variety of new functionalities, most notably HTML5 support.

Drytac, an international manufacturer of self-adhesive materials for the print, label and industrial markets, has announced its plans for the upcoming SGIA Expo, scheduled to take place at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. (October 10-12, 2017).

Sohn Manufacturing has purchased the Epson SurePress® L-4033AW digital label press. With over 60 years of experience in the manufacturing of flexographic printing equipment, rotary converting and die cutting, Sohn Manufacturing is a rapidly growing, reliable source for competitively priced label products, rotary cutting dies, printing, and converting machines. Sohn Quality Custom Labels, a division of Sohn Manufacturing, will be using the SurePress to expand their short-run label printing offerings to customers, helping them produce custom die-cut labels and decrease production time.

The UK’s most exclusive packaging event, Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London, returns to London Olympia next week (13 & 14 September), with over 180 exhibitors, spanning the entire packaging supply chain, 60% of whom are using the show to launch new technologies, solutions or services.

Barcelona-based Conver Autoadhesivos SA has recently taken delivery of a Domino N610i ink jet label press, marking their first step into the world of digital printing.

Mimaki’s exclusive UK and Irish distributor, Hybrid Services returns to The Print Show once again with a raft of innovations as it supports a substantial quota of its resellers who are also exhibiting at the event.

Fujifilm today announces that it will use its stand (9A34) at Labelexpo Europe 2017 (25th - 28th September, Brussels) to showcase Illumina, an LED UV retrofit curing system, to the European market. This innovative new system allows traditional UV and water-based flexo presses to be converted to LED UV curing, boosting productivity and environmental performance while reducing costs and waste.

The challenge to those in the label production supply chain is to determine, in real time, how to produce more SKUs under a faster life cycle with all the regulatory compliance requirements and conventional and digital printing processes. DALIM SOFTWARE will show how its solutions can easily empower label and packaging production—along with all marketing efforts—on booth 9A64 during Labelexpo Europe 2017, 25-28 September, in Brussels. Within DALIM SOFTWARE technology, it is easy to manage packaging and marketing in one single HTML5 web and mobile platform and maximize ROI.

Konica Minolta will showcase the full label production cycle at Labelexpo in Brussels, Belgium, from 25-29 September with a stand offering that will underpin its commitment to customers and growing importance within industrial printing. Visitors will be in for some surprises.

BOBST – one of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services to packaging and label manufacturers, and Radex – a startup company owned by multiple stakeholders with a long track record in the field of DOD inkjet digital printing, today announced the launch of Mouvent, a joint venture that will become the digital printing competence center and solutions provider of BOBST. Mouvent, which is comprised of 80 employees in Switzerland, will focus on inventing and delivering the future of digital printing.