China was hit by the Corona virus at the same time as their biggest holiday was coming up, the Chinese New Year. The last days before the holidays is a time when companies make their utmost to deliver on their promises and everyone wants to go back to their families to celebrate the New Year.
GWS Printing Systems (GWS), the manroland Goss subsidiary for press relocations and used equipment, just finished a successful relocation project of a commercial LITHOMAN press in the Netherlands in record time.
Trioplast Nyborg is investing in an Evo XG 8 LR from Koenig & Bauer for printing polyethylene films for industrial packaging. The tailor-made flexo printing machine with a maximum repeat length of up to 1400mm and print width of max. 1650mm prints in high quality on wide web. It is designed for large print jobs for industrial packaging applications and scheduled to start production Q2 2021.
Perfection in logistics: Model AG is a Swiss folding carton and corrugated board manufacturer serving international markets. They have recently moved their BOBST MASTERFLEX, a five-color flexo printing machine, from Moudon near Lake Geneva to their plant in Croatia. The machine was successfully dismantled and overhauled before installed and recommissioned in Croatia.
ROTOCON has successfully upgraded three older MPS 8-colour flexo presses in Johannesburg with the installation of three UV Ray Atom systems. The newly installed UV Ray systems at JMB Labels and another label printer provide significant lamp cooling savings plus improvements in curing quality and productivity.
The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic is impacting every aspect of society and business. To protect health and livelihoods, much activity has been paused, but shutting shop isnt an option for many manufacturers – food and pharma packaging converters, for instance. For these key industries, keeping machines running without in-person maintenance operations is crucial, and the answer is to get connected with remote assistance.
The shareholders of Bobst Group SA have approved all proposals of the Board of Directors, including the annual report and the accounts, the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors, the appropriation of the available earnings, the composition of the Board of Directors and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, the remuneration for the Board of Directors (AGM 2020-AGM 2021) and the Group Executive Committee (fiscal year 2021), the external auditors, and the independent representative.
