Koehler Paper to Increase Prices for Thermal Paper Globally by 8%, Effective April 1st

New “Disney Lorcana” trading card game enters the market
Playing card board from Koehler Paper sets quality benchmark
playing card board impresses with its ideal processing properties
From board games and cards to puzzles—tabletop games are enjoying a renais‐ sance. Family business Ravensburger sells them all over the world and relies on high‐quality playing card board from global market leader Koehler Paper for its games, including its new trading card game “Disney Lorcana”. The long‐established brand Ravensburger is connected to family‐run enterprise Koehler Paper through a partnership of more than 60 years.

The winning combination of high-quality, reliability and innovation has made Megnajet’s fluid management systems the continued choice for custom industrial inkjet systems manufacturer Engineered Printing Solutions (EPS).
The close, collaborative partnership between the two companies has seen a succession of Megnajet’s reliable and versatile fluid management systems used by EPS in the building of their bespoke high speed single pass inkjet machines.

The shimmering metallic lustre of Curious Metallics was selected for the cover of poetry book An Druideog, inspired by the iridescent feathers of the starlings of the title poem.
Antalis’ Curious Metallics White Gold, 300gsm, was chosen for the book’s cover for the way the metallic lustre of this creative paper subtly transforms when viewed from different angles.

Valmet will deliver a new digester top separator to Södra Cell’s Mönsterås Mill in Sweden.

The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the first quarter 2024. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The delivery is scheduled to take place in October 2024.
Södra Cell made the investment decision after Valmet performed a mechanical lifecycle analysis on the digester during the mill’s annual shutdown in 2022. The new digester top separator will lengthen the lifespan of the digester originally installed in 1979.

Drytac’s leading materials will feature in live product demonstrations on a series of stands throughout the FESPA Global Print Expo.
Drytac, the leading international manufacturer of self-adhesive materials for the large-format print and signage markets, is delighted to announce that its innovative adhesive solutions will feature on a number of stands at the FESPA Global Print Expo 2024.

With its "alublanker" blanking tool, the globally operating diemaker Marbach ensures efficient blanking processes with maximum precision. But that's not all – thanks to its aluminum design, the alublanker is very light. This makes handling much easier for users during packaging production.

Siegwerk partners with DG press to showcase the efficient production of mono-material food packaging with an oxygen barrier.

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, partners with DG press, a specialist of manufacturing hybrid web offset sleeve machines in flexible packaging and label printing with over 100 sleeve offset machines installed worldwide, in the production of functional mono-material packaging structures for food applications.

New training sessions in 2024 will combine pre-press workflow, platemaking, and printing training all under one roof at the Gallus Experience Center.
Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development and subsidiary of the Asahi Kasei Corporation, today reported that the company is starting a new type of operator training courses by combining pre-press workflow, platemaking and flexo printing, together with Gallus and ESKO, all under one roof.

This achievement stems from the strategic partnership between Hexcel and Arkema. The high-performance thermoplastic composite structure was designed and manufactured using HexPly® thermoplastic tapes.

The new NewV set UEL 5000 impresses with optimal reactivity and color/water stability and takes the entire performance to a new level.
hubergroup is launching the new NewV set UEL 5000, the evolution of its two Ink Series within the NewV set range for high-performance applications on coated and uncoated substrates. The improved product impresses with optimal reactivity and color/water stability, elevating the overall performance to a new level.

Pharmaceutical product packaging accounts for a large part of manufacturers’ Scope 3 emissions, which consider, for example raw material production, manufacturing, and end-of-life disposal. According to Metsä Board studies, fresh fibre paperboard can notably reduce the carbon footprint of pharmaceutical packaging by optimising the paperboard in use.