Esko, a global developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for the packaging and label sectors, has confirmed the successful closing of the sale of its Kongsberg digital finishing business to OpenGate Capital on April 1st 2021.
Operators within the die-cutting department at WestRocks Dublin site, undertook training over a period of twelve months as WestRock sought to upskill its workforce and ensure performance targets were accomplished.
Printfinish direktwerbung GmbH in the Austrian capital Vienna is expanding its capacity for inserting advertising supplements and will be installing a FlexLiner inserting system from Muller Martini for this purpose next month.
To compensate for lost sales in perfect binding and saddle stitching, Richard Wenig Buchbinderei GmbH in the German capital Berlin recently made a new entry into thread sewing. In addition to a Ventura MC 200 book sewing machine, the family-owned business also invested in the VFN 700 fold down press launched by Muller Martini a few weeks ago.
Additional production orders require more capacity – especially when it comes to processing inserts in the mailroom. Thanks to the expansion of the Ferag technology with additional hoppers on the precollecting line and improvements in loading newspaper bundles, GN is able to cope with its new tasks with ease.
Nowadays, short runs are becoming more and more common in day-to-day business – so fully automatic folding machines that support fast changeovers between different jobs are in corresponding demand. Especially in the pharmaceutical sector, makeready times are particularly high due to sometimes very complex folds.
Eurographic Group will be installing a KM 610.M at its plant in Szczecin (Poland) in mid-2021. The management of the Danish company is particularly impressed by the attractive priceperformance ratio of the new perfect binder line from Muller Martini.
