BOBSTs latest digital solution – TooLink – is drastically reducing changeover times by connecting tooling, machinery and processes, helping converters who are under pressure to deliver smaller runs with a quicker turnaround time.
Although print runs for daily newspapers have dropped by one-third since 2010, the volume of inserts has increased significantly during this time. With the Ferag EasySert inserting drums, VRM Druck believes it now has the best possible technology at its disposal for meeting this challenge.
ROTOCON has expanded its brand with the official registration of its subsidiary ROTOCON Asia. The new company will offer the ROTOCON ECOLINE range of finishing equipment to printers and converters throughout Asia and provide local service.
POLAR Mohr, the Hofheim (Germany) based machine building and technology company, has developed an innovation for postpress finishing. The POLAR AirGo Jog processes entire layers fully automatically. An integrated blower unit is crucial for the systems success.
Linemark Printing has expanded its LayFlat book production lines to include two Imaging Solutions fastBook Professional 1000 binders. We installed our first fastBook machine about a year ago to see if it could in fact reduce the manual processes required to make a layflat, while still producing a high-quality book said Steve Bearden, President. It did just that and we are moving more production to the format with a second machine.
Delcotex is specialised in the production of all kinds of technical textiles. With almost 300 years of textile experience, Delcotex has focused on the production of prepregs for the automotive and other transport sectors in recent years. When its composite materials have to be cut, Delcotex recommends laser cutting systems from the Lüneburg-based company eurolaser.
ACTEGA Metal Print GmbH today announces that GERMARK, one of Spains leading high-quality label printers, has installed an EcoLeaf metallization unit at its Barcelona facility. As part of the EcoLeaf beta program, GERMARK will utilize the technology to produce sustainable metalized decorative effect labels, for the first time, at a price point to attract the European spirit market – an industry looking for new ways to achieve product differentiation and reduce its carbon footprint.
