Packaging South Asia

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.

Avery Dennison Corporation recently announced the appointment of Gregory S Lovins to senior vice president and chief financial officer. Lovins will be responsible for leading financial operations across Avery Dennison, and will also oversee the company's information technology group.

The Uflex cylinder engraving division has, after three years of intense R&D, been able to optimize cell structures of laser-engraved rotogravure cylinders to an extent that can actually reduce ink consumption by about 20-25% than what can be achieved using electro-mechanically engraved cylinders for similar image quality. In fact, the print quality achieved with the higher definition laser-engraved cylinders is enhanced in comparison to print using electro-mechanically engraved cylinders.

The fourth biennial conference organized by the Label Manufacturers Association of India (LMAI) will be held at Jaypee Palace Hotel and Convention Centre, Agra, from 20 to 23 July this year. LMAI, which represents label manufacturers from across the country with the common goal of promoting self-adhesive label applications, expects at least 450 printers and suppliers from the label industry to participate in the event, which has been witnessing a steady growth over the years. First held in 2011 with 240 members, the number of participants to the conference increased to 360 in 2013 and 450 in 2015.

At Labelexpo Europe 2017, TRESU Group (Stand 7D53) will highlight its comprehensive range of ancillary products for controlling ink flow in flexographic label and package printing