For the last few years, Labelexpo has mostly charted the growth of digital – mainly meaning UV inkjet – in label printing, coupled with a general move towards wider presses to accommodate some short run packaging, notably pouch making. But this year’s show revealed a much more complicated picture.

Notes from Labelexpo Barcelona

Perhaps it’s the non-stop English rain or the short dark winter days, but I find my thoughts at the end of the year returning...
Creative Graphics

Creative Graphics’ new Oman facility

Noida-based Creative Graphics, a provider of flexographic printing plates in India for over two decades, has expanded to an international facility in Oman, its...
Hora

Hora Arts’ labels, flexible, and carton packaging

Hora Arts, a Noida-headquartered packaging solutions provider of labels, flexible, and carton packaging, showcased its range of products at Bharat Pack Expo 2025 in...
Janus International

Labels specialist Janus International bets on steady growth and design-led innovation...

For Janus International owner Denver Annunciation, the Brews & Spirits Expo 2025 in Bengaluru reaffirmed why the show has become a key fixture on...
The new Gallus Five shown at Labelexpo Barcelona is a hybrid digital press built on a Labelmaster flexo chassis Photo Nessan Cleary

The revival of Gallus

One of the biggest surprises for me of this year’s Labelexpo show in Barcelona, Spain, came from Gallus. The company announced two new presses...
Inkjet

Epson’s focus on India’s industrial inkjet evolution

Over the past decade, inkjet technology has quietly but decisively moved beyond its traditional role in home, office, and commercial printing. Today, it is...
Rotatek

Rotatek Open House in Barcelona, 2026

We had an opportunity to visit the Rotatek factory in Barcelona during Labelexpo Europe in mid-September. The modern facility and head office of the...
Maharshi

Maharshi Group’s liquid filling and labelling tech at Cosmoprof India 2025

Maharshi Group (Maharshi Udyog) presented its latest liquid filling and labelling solutions at Cosmoprof India 2025, held from 4 to 6 December at the...
Screeny

New Screeny rotary screen unit from Gallus

Whether on a Gallus press or another brand, the new Screeny printing unit enables rotary screen printing to be used across all narrow-web machines,...
FIG

FIG’s successful show at Labelexpo Asia 2025

Flexo Image Graphics (FIG) successfully participated in Labelexpo Asia 2025 in Shanghai, China, with its principals Rhyguan, Luster, and IUV, which exhibited the latest...