Industry expert Peter Wahsner takes over management of the Sihl Group

The Sihl Group, a leading international producer of printable media in the fast-growing global digital printing market with locations in Switzerland, Germany and the USA, has a new CEO: On May 18, 2020, Peter K. Wahsner will take up his position at the helm of Sihl. He has extensive industry and management experience and is expected to drive the further development of the company.

Inks for Liyu printers: Simply being safe

This is what the market has been waiting for: easy inks gmbh now offers its EcoFast quality inks Made in Germany for the models Liyu Solvent Pro, Liyu Platinum PCT, PZR and PZ. The eco-solvent printers of the Chinese manufacturer are characterized by good print quality, reliability and productivity. So its no wonder that the brand has also been able to establish itself well on the European market in recent years.

Siegwerk and APK AG succeed at de-inking of plastic film-recyclate

Siegwerk, one of the worlds leading providers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, and APK AG, a specialist in the production of high-quality plastic recyclate from packaging waste, successfully completed de-inking trials of twofold printed LDPE-films. The strategic cooperation of the two companies, which started in October 2019, contributes its first ground breaking insights to facilitating the efficient recycling of flexible packaging applications.

Friday 22. May 2020

Flint Group Flexographic Introduces new nyloflex FTL Digital Flat Top Dot Plate for the Corrugated Post-print Market

With nyloflex FTL Digital Flint Group announced the launch of a very low durometer flat top dot flexographic printing plate for printing on sustainable substrates with a higher content of recycled fibers and other paper and board applications in combination with water based inks. The core advantage of this new plate is the out-of-the-box reliable performance in fluting re-duction in corrugated post-print e.g. delivering a very appealing print performance on sub-strates like uncoated test liners or kraft liners in combination with a B flute.

Gmund Papier sets new impulses

Gmund Papier presents a system for paper professionals for individual paper design. Creative System is the name of the program and offers the possibility to have your own Gmund paper made to measure, in an extremely short delivery time. In concrete terms, this means: 50 paper colours, each in matt and metallic, can be combined with 77 embossings in different paper weights. This makes over 30,000 creations possible.

technotrans starts the year as expected despite initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The technotrans Group has started the new financial year in line with expectations. Consolidated revenue in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to EUR 52.2 million, which was 1.7 percent slightly below the previous year. The Groups EBIT declined by 47 percent to EUR 1.8 million compared to the first quarter of 2019. This includes announced extraordinary expenses for structural and personnel adjustments of EUR 1.3 million as well as a positive one-off income of EUR 0.6 million from the release of a provision for a concluded fine proceeding.

Gulf News Waterless Offset Printing to Conserve Water, Expand Product Offerings

Toray, the leader in innovative solutions for waterless offset printing, today reported that Gulf News, the largest circulated English-language newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, has been using now for a couple of years the Koenig & Bauer Cortina waterless offset press with 12 towers, of which four are heatset, and is using the Toray IMPRIMA WA waterless offset plates.