Contiweb, a specialist in advanced printing technologies, advanced drying and web handling, today announced that Dutch book printer Printforce has installed a Contiweb Digital Fluid Applicator (DFA). This is a remoistening applicator designed to significantly improve the quality of digital print products.

Mediahaus Ahaus invests in a complete package totaling 4.5 million euros

New Speedmaster XL 106 2020 generation delivers double-digit improvement in performance through intelligent assistance systems and navigated printing
Field test customer for Hycolor Pro – customer calls it a quantum leap in dampening unit optimization– 50 per cent reduction in paper waste at Mediahaus compared with previous press
Ability to process substrate up to 1.6 mm thick enables a wide range of jobs

Another 99 trainees start at Heidelberg sites in Germany
Increasingly digital content makes training portfolio more attractive
Training places to rise in the years ahead
Applications open for 2021 training year

Output expected to increase by 30 per cent
Consistently high print quality thanks to QualiTronic PDFCheck
Production space continues to grow
High degree of social responsibility

A combination of new BOBST visionary technologies will bring unparalleled levels of automation and digital transformation to folding carton converters seeking greater agility and efficiency in die-cutting operations.

RAP Spiderweb has taken on a new Komori GL29 four-colour plus coater, a purchase funded by Close Brothers Asset Finance using the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

Longtime Nilpeter partner, Macfarlane Labels, has invested in a 10-colour Nilpeter FA-17 to meet increasing workloads within the company’s regular product offerings. The new press joins a fleet of five other Nilpeter presses at Macfarlane.

The Titan-Polymer plant based in the Pskov region of Russia has purchased two EXPERT K5 2900 mm vacuum metallizers which will be installed at their BOPET production facility. Both machines incorporate the latest BOBST technologies namely high speed metallization and a large 700 mm diameter coating drum. One of the machines is equipped with the BOBST AlOx process for production of transparent high barrier films.

The judges for this year’s Global Flexo Innovation Awards, hosted by Miraclon, have been announced. The panel comprises eight flexo industry influencers and technical experts who bring vast experience from every segment of the flexographic value chain. Each judge’s area of expertise offers a unique take on the judging criteria, which will mark each entrant against their show-stopping creativity, transition to flexo from another print process, print production workflow efficiency and commitment to sustainable print.

The Walstead Leykam Tiskarna d.o.o. printing company in Hoče-Maribor invests in new press automation of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The Dutch specialist in measuring and control equipment for the printing industry supplies a new mRC-3D system for cut-off control and an IDS-3D system for colour control to modernise an existing press. At the print company itself, they speak of an 'anti-aging programme' for the press.

Rapida 76 boosts sheetfed offset press fleet

Rapida sheetfed offset technology valued for ist high productivity
Production focus: folding box production

Customer receives machine, software, consumables, service and consulting from a single source
Challenging market environment in the UK increases attractiveness of the subscription offer additionally