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At drupa 2016 Tresu Group sold a hybrid wide format Flexo Innovator printing line to the paperboard converter Dominion Packaging of Richmond, Virginia, USA. The multiple color innovator press is expected to be fully operational at the company’s Richmond plant by the end of 2016.

Bobst will present an advanced range of technology and process solutions in printing and converting for the global label industry at Labelexpo Americas in Rosemont, ILL, USA, from 13 to 15 September 2016. Star of the show on Bobst’s stand will be the digital flexo process which will be demonstrated on the Bobst M6 mid-web inline UV flexo press. The advantages of digital flexo, which is part of Bobst Digital Automation programme, are unique in making the press operation fast, flexible and reliable, allied with a consistently superior quality of the output and the lowest total cost of ownership.

Henkel Adhesive Technologies India (Henkel India), the leading solution provider for adhesives, sealants and surface treatment and a fully owned subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co., was honoured at Frost & Sullivan’s Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2016 with the ‘Challengers Award’ under the Large Business, Corporate Category for Sustainability. This award was presented to Sundar Iyer, CFO of Henkel India and other team members from the company on 27 May 2016 at Mumbai.

Kotkamills is launching its new range of consumer board products – the folding boxboard range will be covered by the AEGLE brand and the food service range by the ISLA brand. The standard board ranges will be launched in July 2016 when Kotkamills’ new board machine starts. The option of water-based dispersion coated barriers will be added in the autumn. The new machine will for the first time allow barrier coatings to be applied directly on the carton board machine as part of normal production.

This year’s ‘Olympiad’ of the printing world was a clear sign of a digital takeover and the spread of packaging across the halls marked progress towards industrializing technologies that in 2012 were in niche applications or at the concept stage. Likely industry-changers for packaging sprang from expected sources, others from lesser-known names, but one idea worth backing as a winner at drupa 2016 was the brainchild of a new player in the emerging sector of virtual 3D packaging design.

Sidel, the leading global provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, is highlighting the importance of complete line solutions in delivering optimum performance for beverage producers, along with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). “As a result of the ever-changing market, beverage producers are generally now taking a more holistic approach to the installation of new bottling lines,” explains Clive Smith, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Sidel.

At the DuPont stand at drupa there were a great number of solutions including digital inks, textile printing, flexo imaging, processing and plate materials and anti-counterfeiting technologies. We focussed on the flexo plate and security solutions in our brief time at the stand. We were on our way for a second visit to the stand on 6 June when there was a disruption that prevented access to halls 8A and 8B for a few hours.

CRON is demonstrating a new inking system for sheetfed offset presses at drupa (Hall 5 Stand B24) which will bring new levels of efficiency to offset printers. The new EZcolor system not only reduces waste and enhances quality but also brings down the point at which short-run offset becomes profitable. In this way, EZcolor is positioned to challenge digital print’s established stronghold on runs of just a few copies.