By John Freismuth, President, Empire Screen Printing

Cutting-edge LED Curation saves time, money and mitigates health risks.
Sustainability and Screen Printing
Screen printing is a notoriously polluting industry, and there’s mixed information on how the process can be made more sustainable. As it stands, most screen printers utilize time and labor-intensive processes.

Both new and upgraded presses deliver next-level quality and speed

TimsonsCPI, the new joint venture between two of the oldest and most respected names in book press manufacture and print, is developing new, upgraded and retrofitted presses to meet the demands of a return to growth in book-publishing with the assistance of Baldwin Technology.

Empire recognized by 3M for its commitment to sustainability and innovation

Highest automation and considerably shorter makeready times
Production speeds up to 14,000 sheets per hour
Already the third flexo machine for the Model AG
Model AG placed an order with Koenig & Bauer Celmacch for a Chroma X Pro machine, with a working width of 2,100 mm and 7 printing units. The new line will be delivered in Summer 2024 and installed at the Weinfelden plant in Switzerland.

Notwithstanding the huge progress of CI flexo printing over the past 20 years or so, bouncing remains a factor that can affect the quality of a printed job and result in loss of production time and unnecessary waste. Furthermore, to avoid the occurrence of it, a printer may fail to maximize the CI flexo press capabilities by limiting production speed with some applications, hence productivity.

BOBST today announced its latest innovations in printing, converting, services and performance to help converters and brand owners to take a big step towards the digitalization of the packaging supply chain.

“The packaging industry is in the midst of a digital revolution, which is forcing every company to innovate, challenge their approach, think end to end and digital, and leverage networks and platforms to deliver new business models for their clients,” said Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO, Bobst Group.

Koseikan Co., Ltd. celebrated its 85th anniversary this year. The company formed a business alliance with the Tenmaya department store in 1969 and is currently a wholly-owned group company of Tenmaya. Koseikan's main business is planning, design production, printing, and web production. Beginning in 2021, the company started the digital transformation of printing using KP-Connect Pro and achieved great results in improving production management efficiency and changing the consciousness of employees.

Printera Group, a leading printing house in Croatia, has strengthened its market position with the acquisition of two new Komori GL40 advance printing presses. The Group produces an extensive range of commercial print including brochures and magazines, catalogues, culinary books, children’s books, novels, monographs and point-of-sale material.

RMGT, manufacturer of the leading 8-up sheetfed press in North America, delivered an RMGT 1060LX model (with single coater) to Boss Litho, a package printer in City of Industry, CA. During the first three months of operating the eight-color packaging press, CEO Jean Paul Nataf reported that the packaging press supports his company’s decision “not to participate in [economic] recessions.”

The two EF 430, 10-colour flexo presses are highly automated and customized, and feature the MPSConnect and Performance Program

ROTOCON has received two additional orders for the MPS EF next generation flexo press. Both presses feature 430mm web width, 10-colours, and MPSConnect with the Performance Program to optimize press performance.

Swiss commercial printing company Wallimann Druck & Verlag is investing in its future, and has purchased a high-end sheetfed offset press from Koenig & Bauer for its production facility in Beromünster. The five-colour Rapida 76 with inline coater and extended delivery in Koenig & Bauer’s award-winning design will lend a significant boost to production efficiency by allowing faster makeready and higher printing speeds – in combination with top print quality.

Cutting-edge LED Curation saves time, money and mitigates health risks.

By John Freismuth, President, Empire Screen Printing

Sustainability and Screen Printing
Screen printing is a notoriously polluting industry, and there’s mixed information on how the process can be made more sustainable. As it stands, most screen printers utilize time and labor-intensive processes.