Imaging Solutions AG, a Swiss manufacturer specializing in image enhancement software and modular systems for the automated production of on-demand photo prints, layflat books and canvas framing, and Ultimate TechnoGraphics, leader in imposition and finishing automation, join forces to offer a fully automated digital photo prints workflow optimised to save paper and offer maximum efficiency and flexibility.

Sixth Stahlfolder TH 82-P adds to folding machine park
Four P-Stackers relieve staff and boost productivity
Speedmaster XL 106-8-P with inline reel sheeter CutStar Gen 4 replaces identical press with CutStar Gen 3
Significant OEE increase expected
Decades-long partnership with HEIDELBERG to continue

Technology investments secure competitiveness
New Stahlfolder folding technology improves production flow and achieves much higher net output
Folding process 35 percent more productive
Increased production means jobs previously outsourced can be handled in-house

• Live demonstration of an end-of-line solution consisting of a strapping machine, automated guided vehicle system, pallet doubler and stretch wrapper
• Versatile, fully automatic application from a single source
• Joint trade show appearance with MOSCA's Movitec brand and partner GEBHARDT

Print finishing specialist Duplo has signed up to exhibit at The Print Show 2022 and revealed it will use the event to showcase a range of new and high-quality finishing equipment.
Based on Stand E20, Duplo will welcome visitors from all backgrounds to its booth, with the aim of demonstrating how its extensive range of innovative print finishing solutions can help them move ahead of the competition and grow their business.

The virtual event webinars displayed eight customers with Tecnau finishing and presses from four different print vendors.

BOBST will attend Corrugated Week 2022, taking place September 19-21 in San Antonio, Texas, to showcase its new 3-in-1 BOBST MASTERCUT 1.65 PER flatbed die-cutter.
The machine is completely unique, able to handle corrugated, carton and litho-laminated board without compromising productivity and quality, making it one machine for all jobs.
Attendees will find the BOBST team along with details about the BOBST MASTERCUT 1.65 PER at Booth 918.

BOBST, working with its partners including UPM and Michelman have developed a high barrier, recycle-ready, fibre-based solution named oneBARRIER FibreCycle.
When looking at global market trends for sustainable flexible packaging, the trends can be grouped into three pillars of sustainability: mono-material polyolefins, compostable, biodegradable & bio-based and paper/fibre-based. Within this article, the focus will be solely on the second pillar of paper/fibre-based and how oneBARRIER FibreCycle has been developed.
oneBARRIER Family

VR-500, the machine by Clear Group, is a true innovation for the die making industry, reducing the time taken to rubber a die by up to 75%.
As a result of C&T’s acquisition of Clear Group in February 2022, customers benefit greatly in terms of product sourcing and variety. The market leader in the manufacture and distribution of die supplies in Spain and Portugal, Clear Group have now invented and patented a brand-new machine, Virtual Rubber (VR-500).

Contiweb, a specialist manufacturer of web-handling equipment and provider of integrated technical solutions for web offset printing, web inkjet printing and packaging production, announced today that Canon Solutions America’s Production Print Solutions division has signed a reseller agreement to supply the Contiweb Digital Fluid Applicator (DFA-560) to the U.S. market.

A peer reviewed scientific research paper published on June 25th in Sensors, an MDPI journal, found categorically that when compared to conventional creasing performed by flatbed analog die cutting, Highcon’s patented DART creasing technology better preserves the inherent mechanical properties of corrugated boards while sustaining high packaging quality.

After more than two years without live events and face-to-face exchanges, the label and packaging industry looked forward to Labelexpo in Brussels this spring. The disappointment was all the greater when the trade fair was cancelled a few weeks before the planned start due to increasingly uncertain supply chains and the unpredictable developments in Ukraine, as the Labelexpo organisation explained.