Aldo PerettiIn 2019 the printing, packaging and converting machinery sector closes with a slight decline. 2020 is negative, but 2021 will be on the rise, An Associates meeting online, but as always with high attendance.

The trend towards ever shorter innovation cycles in the print media industry has accelerated very quickly. Data-based digital business models are emerging in very short time intervals and are constantly being modified to align with current specific customer requirements. Customers thus need to be informed about the latest trends quickly, flexibly and on an ongoing basis.

Edale have installed another flexographic press to a long standing existing customer, EVA Enterprise Co. The company have installed an 8 colour, full UV FL3 - 350 into their factory based in Bangkok, Thailand.

IMPRIMA Plates and TWP-1250 plate processor deliver waterless printing benefits for Dutch company

Inkjet manufacturer Screen Europe has expanded its Service & Support team with the appointment of Mario Offermann as service manager for its customer base in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where Screens print-on-demand (POD) business has quadrupled over the past three years. Offermann has over 20 years experience in inkjet technology.

A virus, the lockdown and the way to a new normal: COVID-19 has kept the world in suspense in the past months. The advertising industries have also been hit hard by this development. Many industries have stopped advertising and events have been canceled or postponed, including 2,500 trade fairs.

In the Spring of 2020, Spoonflower, a North Carolina-based supplier of decorated textiles serving entrepreneurs, graphic designers, and DIY artisans worldwide, installed four new Kornit Presto S systems for roll-to-roll, direct-to-fabric digital decoration. This installation, which effectively doubled Spoonflowers production capacity, was fast-tracked to answer a considerable increase in topl ine growth since the onset of COVID-19 restrictions disrupted the industry.

Striving together to accelerate administrative reforms and enhance civil services under a partnership agreement

Minister Dr. Bernd Buchholz has been visiting a fine selection of innovative companies in North Germany with national and international appeal as part of a tour organized in June by the Digital Economy of Schleswig-Holstein (DiWiSH).

Extraordinary situations require extraordinary (sales) measures: Following a successful live video demonstration of a KM 610.A transmitted from the Rahden plant to New Taipei City, Taiwan, located some 9,000 kilometers away, Zhi Sheng Bookbinding decided to purchase the 8,000-cycle perfect binder from Muller Martini.

Aditya Flexipack based in India has purchased a VISION K5 1650mm which will be installed in their state of the art green field project focused on qualitative improvements & backward integration; the facility is spread across 19 acres and will be one of the largest converting facilities under one roof. The new metallizer is equipped with BOBST AluBond for the production of high barrier and high adhesion CPPBOPP films and BOBST Hawkeye pinhole detector.

100% elegant + 100% sustainable. This is the formula of REvita Tack Puro, the revolutionary roll-up walkable support developed by Guandong for high-level applications. Parquet, granite floors, fine marble, but also smooth and dust-free walls and surfaces: REvita Tack Puro can be positioned and repositioned without leaving traces or residues even on the most precious and delicate of surfaces.

In an open letter published Saturday by major Spanish and Latin American newspapers, Fernando de Yarza Lpez-Madrazo, WAN-IFRA President, has called for short-term financing to overcome the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus.