Food manufacturers are avoiding printer maintenance and facing higher waste and even recall costs as a consequence, according to Martyn Lynch, managing director and chief executive at Abington auditors.
Cincinnati-based roaster La Crema Coffee Co. has installed a Kiaro color inkjet label printer from Quick Label; the new equipment has helped brighten the packaging, and sales.
Domino Amjet has launched the A420i inkjet printer for coding and marking in food processing and packaging operations, and other heavy-duty jobs and has been designed to minimise preventative maintenance.
Flexible packaging converter Infinium Printing has partnered with Velcro to create easy to use and seal pouches for the US market that can be used for a broad range of foods, including snacks.
Belmont Packaging claims to have established the UK's first on-demand digital sheet packaging plant, responding to demand for more eye-catching packs to help brands stand out from retailers' labels on shelf.
US-based firm Label Technology has installed a printing press manufactured by Dutch-firm MPS that they claim will provide ‘unbeatable turnaround times.’
A new offset printing press will ‘provide market changing products that customers have been waiting for’, said the president of a US packaging and label producer.
A newly lightweight, tear resistant liner “tailor-made” for the corrugated packaging sector has been developed after collaboration between Stora Enso and industry.
The global market for radiation cured (radcon) inks for packaging and labeling is set for huge growth over the next five years, driven by operational advances and performance benefits, combined with enhanced safety guidelines to ease potential contamination...
US company Selig Sealing Products has bought Swiss speciality packaging firm ISCO Jacques Schindler and Co as part of a strategy to gain a foothold in the European flexible packaging market.
Linx Printing Technologies has installed a new £1m ink manufacturing plant at its UK site, which it claims will provide integrated manufacture and despatch of inks and solvents to food and drink industry clients.
Solvent-free inks that offer low migration and low odour risk are suitable for a range of primary and secondary food packaging substrates and ensure cost efficiency, according to the developer.
Nano-based radio frequency ID (RFID) tags embedded in packaging could replace bar codes and make check-out queues a thing of the past, new research has said.
The global market for digitally printed packaging and labels will climb from $2.4bn by the end of this year to reach almost $6.8bn by 2014, according to a new study by consultants Pira International.
An innovative way to promote products and to differentiate primary packaging are the claims made for the new Laserprint technology from Van Der Windt UK.
A series of “unique” water-based, flexographic lamination inks for conventional and retort pouch packaging is more durable and flexible than existing makes, claims its manufacturer the Toyo Ink Group.
The new Automated Packaging Solution from Xerox prints a wide range of personalized packages from chewing gum wrappers to folding cartons used by retailers in multiple languages, claims the company.
Increased production throughput and positioning versatility to minimize changeovers are claims made by the manufacturers for a printing system for horizontal-form-fill-seal (HFFS) and IV forming machines.
As digital printing technology moves from niche into mainstream, HP launches the Indigo WS6000, a high-volume digital press to "unlock lean manufacturing benefits" and beat costs for packaged bakery and snack goods.
Increased output and greater packaging flexibility will result from the installation of a new Windmoeller & Hoelscher extrusion system at Ampac Flexibles’ Auburn, Washington site, claims the company.
A synthetic paper, approved for use as labels in direct contact
with food, offers producers and packagers quality printing while
withstanding extreme conditions, its manufacturer claims.
A new range of inks and lacquers adds texture to the surface of
packaging, giving processors an additional means of reaching out
and grabbing consumers.
Crown Packaging has developed a full-scale production system
prototype of what the company is calling the world's first
high-resolution, full-color UV inkjet for printed cans.
A variable-data barcode label printer can run at a top speed of 15
inches per second, making it one of the fastest such machines
available in the market.
A new ultraviolet (UV) ink technology dramatically improves
production speeds in label printing, saving time and money during
the packaging process, according to Sun Chemical.
In merging Xsys Print Solutions in Germany with US-based Flint to
create the world's second-largest printing ink maker, CVC Capital
Partners says it will provide its global customers, includingglobal
food processors who package...
Sherwood Technology is working with Siegwerk Group in order to
market a new range of inks produced using the coding, marking and
printing solution DataLase.
Xink Laboratories has launched a new line of silver and carbon
conductive flexographic printing inks targeted towards
manufacturers of RFID-tagged smart packaging.
Domino Printing Sciences is set to unveil its latest range of
coding and marking technologies, designed to offer food and
beverage packagers enhanced security.
Windmöller & Hölscher has launched a new gravure press range
designed to meet current demands for excellent print quality
combined with high productivity.
G3 Enterprises, a wine and beverage label producer for the E&J
Gallo Winery, recently selected Belgian pre-press software expert
Artwork Systems Group as its new workflow provider.
UK snack company Sundora Foods has relaunched its range of dried
fruit in innovative new packaging. The company chose Amcor
Flexible's patented new FlexCan as the concept offers consumers an
easy open and re-closable, stand-up...
Print specialist Sherwood Technology is pioneering the development
of contact-free printing for packaging. The company claims that the
new technology is particularly useful in helping firms fulfill
traceability requirements.
Agfa-Gevaert has reached an agreement with Barco to acquire the
assets and all staff of dotrix, a Belgian-based company which
develops, manufactures and sells digital colour printing solutions
for various packaging applications.
Branding is a vital component of food packaging. Manufacturers are
constantly striving to stay ahead of the competiton by providing
consumers with attractive-looking products. Consequently, the
market for branding technology is highly...
UK preserves manufacturer F. Duerr & Sons has launched its new
jam product "Squeezers", in Amcor TearStick, said to be the first
easy-open, easy-tear stickpack made from plastic film by Amcor
Flexibles.
