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Digital Print Week US 2018 plans to line up nearly 50 presentations and 60 experts for five full days of case studies, tracked sessions, panel discussions and 12 networking opportunities including two evening receptions and

Faridabad-based Skypack India during its second participation at interpack focused on promoting its new tube laminates. Along with its tube laminates and laminated tubes, the company also promoted its flexible packaging solutions such as lidding films, 3- and 5-layer co-extruded blown films, 3-layer cast films and preformed pouches. The company offers packaging solutions to both food and pharmaceutical industries. In terms of infrastructure, Skypack has 6-, 8- and 9-color rotogravure printing machines, capable of printing a variety of substrates including, PET, BOPP, paper and LDPE. For converting packaging films, it has Nordmeccanica solventless lamination machines, slitters and pouching machines. It also has a tubing machine and a tube printing machine.

Domestic US shipment of packaging machinery is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 2.4% reaching US$ 8.5 billion in 2020, according to a report by Pack Expo owner and producer, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI).

At the recently concluded Pack Expo International in Chicago, HP announced its new worldwide customer installations of the HP Indigo 20000 digital press. According to HP, the installation base of HP Indigo 20000 has more than doubled since drupa 2016.