Packaging South Asia

Delhi-based Kwality Offset Printers recently installed the India’s first AB Graphic Digicon 3 finishing machine, which was sold by Vinsak.

Ranesh Bajaj, director at Vinsak, and Keith Montgomery, business development manager at ABG International will be speaking about the latest trends, new ideas,

Avery Dennison (Stand 5A31) will introduce a number of significant innovations designed to drive sustainable growth at Labelexpo Europe 2017.

According to the Italian manufacturer OMET, 'Transparent Factory' is the real key to 'Industry 4.0.' With more and more devices coming in for machine connectivity and the evolution towards the Internet of Things and Big Data,

The Danish manufacturer of digital inkjet label printing machines, TrojanLabel, and Nilpeter have established an international agreement for distribution of the Trojan2 digital label press.

With an aim to target the label industry, Domino Digital Printing Solutions has recently launched a digital front end (DFE) workflow solution designed for the N-Series range of digital color presses.

Hunkeler Systeme, a company that automates waste collection and sorting generated by book, label and packaging production processes, focussed on disposal logistics for the packaging industry at interpack.

On 26 June 2017, global labeling and packaging materials manufacturer Avery Dennison Corporation and leading supplier of labeling solutions in southern Africa, Rotolabel, announced that they would provide responsibly-sourced label materials to one of their customers – Woolworths, based in South Africa.

While 7, 8 and even 10-color gravure and flexo presses have been used in India for flexible packaging and labels, more than 6-color plus coater presses have only just started being used for carton printing. Until a couple of years ago, a 6-color plus coater was the standard monocarton press. The higher configuration presses including interdeck and end-of-press UV were imported for printing on metalized polyester laminated to paperboard and also sometimes for printing on transparent or translucent plastic substrates.

Under an agreement signed recently between All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) and Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication (BIGC) to provide training in 3D printing and print electronics, a batch of seven trainees left for China on 20 May 2017.  The highly subsidized training schedule has been specially fabricated for the members and other print entrepreneurs of the country.