Packaging South Asia

There were a number of new digital narrow web presses shown off at the recent Label Expo but apart from a few exceptions, these were mostly incremental updates. So where does this leave digital label printing? Nessan Cleary reports.

Skanem Interlabels India is part of the Skanem Group. With their headquarters in Norway, Skanem Group has been in business for over 110 years and has 13 production sites across 9 countries.

In a world that has become increasingly virtual and digital, safeguarding the physical integrity of some products has never been more important. The need to protect the safety of pharmaceutical products has risen in recent years, and Avery Dennison

At this year’s Labelexpo Europe, Mark Andy unveiled new technologies in both digital and flexo equipment leading to dozens of signed contracts on the show floor.

MPS had a successful Labelexpo Europe  with the launch of its innovative ‘talk to me’ connectivity platform and two signed orders for the hybrid EF SYMJET. Visitors to the MPS stand received live demonstrations of the

Mouvent is for real. What was shown at the launch in July did create a splash at its first ever Labelexpo with the display and demonstration of three innovative label printing solutions. These included two all-new, high productivity UV label presses (LB701 UV and LB702 UV)

Avery Dennison helps customers on their sustainability goals with a wider range of next generation thin labels and a clear methodology for them to better understand the environmental consequences of labeling and packaging solutions.

Konica Minolta unveiled its AccurioLabel 190 full-digital toner press for Europe, which has been developed and manufactured in cooperation with Danish company Grafisk

As far as globally established consumables suppliers such as SMI and Convertech are concerned, the show occasioned the release of new products like many of their global exhibitor counterparts.

At the recently concluded Labelexpo Europe 2017, Vinsak, one of the leading print equipment suppliers, demonstrated the USAR 330 (Universal Slitter Rewinder).