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Parksons Packaging, one of India’s largest monocarton printers and converters, ordered two of the latest generation Speedmaster CX 102 presses at drupa 2016. The company has developed a strong partnership with Heidelberg since its establishment in 1996, and has installed numerous Heidelberg presses over the years. “Two years ago we were looking around for a press capable of producing the increasingly short runs in packaging printing quickly and economically, and decided on the Speedmaster CX 102 after a long search,” explains Ramesh Kejriwal, founder and chairman of Parksons Packaging. “It exceeded our expectations, and we ended up installing two more CX 102 presses.”

At the K 2016 show Erema will be building on the success of its Intarema technology presented in 2013, this time with its trade fair theme of  ‘Careformance – We care about your performance’ to grow its pioneering role this year with Industry 4.0 applications. “Building on the high degree of automation of the Intarema systems we have developed a Smart Factory package which enables us to give our customers a clear competitive edge and make them fit for the future,” says Erema CEO Manfred Hackl. The company will be recycling the plastic waste of the K show on site at the Careformance Recycling Centre in the outdoor area of the trade fair, with machine, quality and process data being transferred in real time to Erema’s Stand C05 in Hall 9.

Hayssen  Flexible  Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller company, specializing  in  advanced flexible packaging technologies and services for the candy, nut, bakery, snack  food,  frozen  food,  fresh  produce  and  cheese  industries is presenting  its  range of vertical and horizontal form fill and seal packaging solutions in India. It is a US $100 million dollar company.

Tetra Pak, the world’s leading packaging and processing solutions provider, has been awarded the reputed Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award 2016 for its work in establishing a sustainable collection and recycling ecosystem for used Tetra Pak cartons. The Golden Peacock Award, a global benchmark of corporate excellence, underlines Tetra Pak’s responsible waste management and recycling practices.

Asahi Photoproducts in Treviso, Italy, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development has adopted Asahi AWPTM – water-washable flexo plates for both narrow and wide-web applications. The company is known for its unique Pinning Technology for Clean Transfer, enabling kiss touch printing that delivers improved ink transfer, reduces ink filling at the mid-tone area thus reducing dot gain, and results in fewer cleaning intervals for improved overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). Nu-Maber was looking for a way to improve the quality of plates it offers its converter customers who produce food packaging, diapers, labels, shopping bags, tissues and more, while also reducing the environmental footprint associated with flexo platemaking and the operation of flexographic presses.

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.