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The key to handling surges in e-commerce packaging demand: during COVID-19 and beyond

E-commerce was already a booming market before COVID-19, hitting sales of over 3.5 trillion US dollars in 2019 and projected to reach 6.5 trillion US dollars by 2022.
But since the pandemic hit, online spending has increased even further. There has been a 20% surge in sales worldwide (2) and in some countries, the figure is even higher. For example, in the US, online sales of consumer packaged goods (CPG) grew 56% for the one week ending April 18th, compared to the same period a year earlier (3). It’s a pattern being replicated in countries all over the world.

Goss Graphic Systems (China) Co., Ltd Announces strategic cooperation for the WISPRINT M-700 series

Beijing Zhongke Printing Co., Ltd. (herein after as Beijing Zhongke Printing) and Goss Graphic Systems (China) Co., Ltd. (herein after as GGSC) signed a strategic cooperation project with a total investment of more than CNY 100mil [EUR 13mil]. A first in China, the M-700s intelligent demonstration production line for book printing, will be located in Beijing Zhongke. Experts in the Chinese printing industry believe that the implementation of this new project will begin to challenge the local traditional book printing market.

Yellowstone Plastics invests in Fusion C press and Meridian anilox cleaner from PCMC

Purchases to help increase both quality and quantity of product offerings for customers
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced the sale of a new Fusion C printing press and 2500 T Meridian laser anilox cleaner to Yellowstone Plastics (affiliated with Volm Companies), a supplier of flexible packaging located in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The 42-inch, 10-color Fusion C and the Meridian will be installed late in 2020.

SCHIBSTED TRYKK BOOSTS ITS OSLO PRINTING PLANT WITH DCOS CLOSED-LOOP INSPECTION SYSTEM

In the middle of the blooming area of Nydalen in Oslo where new apartment buildings, stores, supermarkets, hotels and office buildings are constantly being developed, one of northern Europe’s largest printing facilities is still an impressive landmark. With twenty-two Goss Colorliner 80S towers and five Quad-Former folders, Schibsted Trykk has the largest printing press in the Nordics. Today three folders and 12 towers are in daily use, producing around 4.5 million copes every week.

Increased productivity and shorter response times: BOBST optimizes a MASTERLINE at Rondo in Budapest

BOBST helps its customers with improving the productivity of their machines. The concept of process optimization covers all areas of production, resulting in performance increases of up to 150 percent per order. This is demonstrated by the pilot project recently carried out at Rondo in Budapest. The renowned corrugated board packaging company and its customers benefit from the efficiency increases of their MASTERLINE 1.7.

A&B Printing Adds RMGT 7 Series Press

Automated 6-Up Press adds 150% More Capacity
A&B Printing is pleased to announce the addition of a full 6-UP RMGT (Ryobi MHI Graphic Technologies, LTD) five-color with coater offset press to help supplement their pressroom and allow for added capacity. The need for this new press was largely driven by much higher demand from A&B Printing's customers around the U.S.

Envases Group acquires Multi-Substrate Nilpeter FA-22 for Buenos Aires Plant

Argentinian packaging holding, Envases Group, has aquired a Nilpeter FA-22 Multi-Substrate Press to further build on their leading status in the South American region.
Envases Group has plants in Buenos Aires, San Luis and in Cartagena, Colombia, and specializes in aerosol aluminium and tinplate cans. Last year, the company launched a new pharmaceutical packaging division with the acquisition of the only roll-to-roll Hapa digital printer in Latin America.


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