Label Leaders, the South African converter based in George, has built its business on a long-term relationship with Mark Andy. Most recently, it has installed its sixth flexo press from the American manufacturer, delivered and commissioned by Sarepco, which has been the Mark Andy representative in southern and central Africa for more than three decades.

BOBST today announced its latest portfolio of products and services to help converters and brand owners to navigate through a new packaging environment

Back in 2020, BOBST revealed an industry vision based on four key pillars – connectivity, digitalization, automation and sustainability. Recent world events have accelerated the need for these as never before. Now, these four pillars have become the cornerstones not only of the BOBST strategy, but the entire packaging environment.

A trio of highly automated BOBST MASTER M5X 430 inline flexo presses has greatly expanded productivity at Mal-Pol’s large manufacturing plant in Olesin, near Warsaw, in Poland. Giving the company a 10% uptick in output, the investment is part of a major upgrade instigated to keep this long-time BOBST customer at the forefront of innovation and deliver added value to its customers.

Around 60 per cent increase in offset capacities

40 per cent more printing area per sheet
Production output raised by 35 per cent
Makeready times halved

Mechanical and electrical retrofit in three stages

OÖN printing centre gets fit for the future
Success continues with 175 million newspapers printed annually

Article 1: Substrate shortages

In this series of articles, we will examine some of the key issues facing the packaging industry, including the availability of component machine parts and the lack of skilled manpower. In this first article, we will focus on substrate supply, which has become an acute issue in the global supply chain.

The demand for fibre-based packaging is growing rapidly. To answer to this demand Walki has invested in a state-of-the-art printing machine in Pietarsaari, that provides high-quality prints for fibre-based packaging solutions.

Utah packaging company invests in Fusion C flexographic printing press and Ares 400-SUP stand- up pouch machines
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) and Hudson-Sharp, part of Barry-Wehmiller’s Converting Solutions platform, have made significant contributions to Aspen Press & Packaging’s new flexible packaging division.

Equipment estimated to increase uptime by 10 percent

Clays estimates more than 800 hours’ uptime saved annually

The total production area of Gebrüder Güttler GmbH in Dietzenbach is around 1800 square meters. Six employees, including the management, work there in administration and sales. Four more work in printing and four in prepress, as well as 17 other employees in highly specialized postpress.

Advanced Planning System for Print 4.0
Optimisation of costs, makeready and throughput times, deadline compliance and press utilisation through intelligent sequence planning
Maximum planning reliability and transparency
Simple and intuitive operation
Fast MIS/MES integration thanks to modern interfaces

One in January, another due in May, and a third scheduled for July – that’s the reality for Catapult Print & Packaging in Orlando, FL, USA, as they hit 7 total Nilpeter FA-Lines installed since 2018. The three new FA-17 are all 9-colour presses, like the previous four, continuing the strategy of “any job, anywhere, on any press.”