Attendees flocked to the Pulse Roll Label Products (Pulse) booth at Labelexpo Europe last week to learn how Monolox® Fixed Anilox Printing and the PureTone® ink range are revolutionising flexo label printing.

Visitors got a jolt of 80’s nostalgia with a colourful exhibit split into ‘past’ and ‘present’ – decked out with arcade games, BMXs, Connect 4, and of course, information about how Pulse’s technology can bring their operations up to date.

High impact and quality in screen-printed products for highly competitive consumer markets
Empire Screen Printing, a leading manufacturer of screen-printed
products, crafts high-impact, high-quality decorative and functional labels for the highly
competitive sporting goods, leisure, and health and fitness industries.

New partner agreement creates better service and support for customers
Maxcess International and Valley Grinding announce preferred partner relationship
New partner agreement creates better service and support for customers
Oak Brook, IL – Maxcess International, a global leader in automated web handling solutions, and Valley Grinding & Manufacturing, an industry leader in the manufacture, sales and service of industrial knives and cutting blades, are pleased to announce a new agreement to leverage their complementary strengths to bring exceptional benefits to their customers in the manufacturing and converting industries.

By John Freismuth, President, Empire Screen Printing

Cutting-edge LED Curation saves time, money and mitigates health risks.
Sustainability and Screen Printing
Screen printing is a notoriously polluting industry, and there’s mixed information on how the process can be made more sustainable. As it stands, most screen printers utilize time and labor-intensive processes.

Both new and upgraded presses deliver next-level quality and speed

TimsonsCPI, the new joint venture between two of the oldest and most respected names in book press manufacture and print, is developing new, upgraded and retrofitted presses to meet the demands of a return to growth in book-publishing with the assistance of Baldwin Technology.

Empire recognized by 3M for its commitment to sustainability and innovation

Highest automation and considerably shorter makeready times
Production speeds up to 14,000 sheets per hour
Already the third flexo machine for the Model AG
Model AG placed an order with Koenig & Bauer Celmacch for a Chroma X Pro machine, with a working width of 2,100 mm and 7 printing units. The new line will be delivered in Summer 2024 and installed at the Weinfelden plant in Switzerland.

Notwithstanding the huge progress of CI flexo printing over the past 20 years or so, bouncing remains a factor that can affect the quality of a printed job and result in loss of production time and unnecessary waste. Furthermore, to avoid the occurrence of it, a printer may fail to maximize the CI flexo press capabilities by limiting production speed with some applications, hence productivity.

BOBST today announced its latest innovations in printing, converting, services and performance to help converters and brand owners to take a big step towards the digitalization of the packaging supply chain.

“The packaging industry is in the midst of a digital revolution, which is forcing every company to innovate, challenge their approach, think end to end and digital, and leverage networks and platforms to deliver new business models for their clients,” said Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO, Bobst Group.

Koseikan Co., Ltd. celebrated its 85th anniversary this year. The company formed a business alliance with the Tenmaya department store in 1969 and is currently a wholly-owned group company of Tenmaya. Koseikan's main business is planning, design production, printing, and web production. Beginning in 2021, the company started the digital transformation of printing using KP-Connect Pro and achieved great results in improving production management efficiency and changing the consciousness of employees.

Printera Group, a leading printing house in Croatia, has strengthened its market position with the acquisition of two new Komori GL40 advance printing presses. The Group produces an extensive range of commercial print including brochures and magazines, catalogues, culinary books, children’s books, novels, monographs and point-of-sale material.

RMGT, manufacturer of the leading 8-up sheetfed press in North America, delivered an RMGT 1060LX model (with single coater) to Boss Litho, a package printer in City of Industry, CA. During the first three months of operating the eight-color packaging press, CEO Jean Paul Nataf reported that the packaging press supports his company’s decision “not to participate in [economic] recessions.”