Longtime Nilpeter partner, Macfarlane Labels, has invested in a 10-colour Nilpeter FA-17 to meet increasing workloads within the companys regular product offerings during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak. The new press joins a fleet of five other Nilpeter presses at Macfarlane.
Parksons Packaging is one of the biggest packaging solutions providers in India. Alongside its headquarters in Mumbai, the company, which is overseen by chairman Ramesh Kejriwal, operates five ultramodern production plants at locations all over the subcontinent. Only recently, a newly installed Rapida 76 was commissioned. This means there are now exactly 101 printing and finishing units from Koenig & Bauer in production for the Indian packaging giant.
Hampton Printing (Bristol) Limited is the first UK customer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) to take advantage of a Heidelberg Subscription Plus agreement. The award-winning printer, which serves a range of customers in the fashion, retail, automotive and lifestyle industries, expects this move to deliver significant efficiency and quality improvements at its Bristol site.
A new exclusive partnership for the Americas between BOBST and FLEXO SOLUTIONS is proving popular with clients. Since it was announced in May 2019, BOBSTs clients in the folding carton and corrugated industries have had access to a wider range of tooling storage and automated printing plate washing machinery.
In reaction to the good results achieved with the existing press automation solution of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the printing company Gmähle Scheel Print Medien has now upgraded to mRC-3D. Gmähle Scheel Print Media is part of the Wurzel Medien Gruppe, a full service provider that delivers solutions for all media. The upgrade is for their web offset division in Schwabisch Hall.
In March of this year, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) launched a transformation program designed to boost profitability, enhance competitiveness, and secure the companys future. Thanks to the consistent and prompt implementation of key measures in this program, the company already generated positive results in the recently concluded first quarter of financial year 20202021 (April 1 to June 30, 2020). As a result, it was able to successfully counter the huge operational pressures brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lagos-based Bhojraj Industries Ltd supplies flexible packaging to the food industry, printed on a top of the range MASTER RS 6003 gravure press from BOBST. The Nigerian company is now adding a BOBST NOVA RS 5003 to the lineup, as it looks to extend capacity and continue its successful expansion in high-quality printed packaging. As a full-service provider, Bhojraj Industries offers film extrusion lamination, gravure printing, slitting and converting. A recent increase in demand for flexible packaging coincided with the need to upgrade its older printing equipment and improve on output.
