New Paperworld Office Village for brand manufacturers

With Paperworld Office Village, the paper, office supplies and stationery trade fair offers a new concept for exhibitors from the office world. In a purpose-built area, companies have the opportunity to present themselves in a high-quality environment. The brand name companies Edding International GmbH, HAN Bürogeräte GmbH & Co. KG, Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Schneider Schreibgeräte GmbH and Tesa SE are already on board.

CleanPrint: The Details

In designing next-generation flexographic plates, Asahis polymer chemists have created chemical structures that can hold precise image structures, including the smallest highlight dots, for the entire duration of a print run. While this may sound simple, it took an enormous amount of innovation to achieve and is unique in the marketplace. Marketed as CleanPrint, Asahi Photoproducts views this technology approach as the future of flexographic printing.

Thursday 18. July 2019

Kernow Coatings unveils KernowJet WallSharK

Kernow Coatings introduces WallSharK, a new self-adhesive film for wallcoverings. Kernow is at it again, taking a different approach to market with the goal of always focusing on customers needs and expectations; this new film for wallcoverings is self-adhesive, PVC-free, slightly textured, very stable and scratch resistant. It will not shrink even after longer application, and therefore enables perfectly invisible butt-joint applications. The coating offers excellent colour gamut options for all types of wide format inks.

20 years of Xaar printheads

Xaar is celebrating the 20th birthday of its ever popular Xaar 128 printhead. Initially conceptualised for use in desktop fax machines, in fact, at launch the Xaar 128 proved to be better suited to other sectors due to its combination of reliability, ease of integration, speed and quality of print. This ensured it quickly became a firm favourite in the coding and marking and wide-format graphics markets.

GEW to launch LeoLED UV Curing System at Labelexpo Europe 2019

LeoLED represents the next generation for LED UV curing and is set to have a significant impact in this highly competitive market. In LeoLED, the technology has been redesigned and refined for simplicity and offers excellent value, while at the same time delivering maximum power and dose of UV energy. The LeoLED cassette is fully compatible with GEWs ArcLED hybrid system and brings LED UV within affordable reach for all.

Metsä Boards takeaway packaging in a Finnish innovation competition

In the spring Metsä Board – part of Metsä Group – announced that its modular takeaway packaging, targeted at restaurants takeaway services, was one of the seven winning concept ideas in the Helsinki Wholesale market areas innovation competition. The winners were able to enter a pilot phase which has now come to the end.