First print shop in Japan opts for Heidelberg Subscription

Kabushiki Kaisha Hokuriku Sunrise (K. K. Hokuriku Sunrise) is the first Japanese customer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) to opt for the Heidelberg Subscription digital business model. The company was founded in 1975 and employs 34 people. Its core business includes marketing services and a broad portfolio in commercial printing. The subscription agreement with Heidelberg includes a Speedmaster CD 102-4, which replaces two competitor presses in A1 format, all consumables, service, including service parts, workflow, training and consulting services.

H2 Equity Partner acquires Contiweb

H2 Equity Partners is pleased to announce that, subject to further advice and approvals, it has agreed to acquire Contiweb from American Industrial Partners, the New York-based private equity firm. Contiweb is the global market leader in the manufacturing of auxiliary equipment for offset printing. Also, Contiweb provides aftermarket sales and services for a large number of installed, proprietary machines across a global customer base of commercial printers.

Thursday 24. October 2019

Toray and Codimag Collaboration Delivers Cost, Productivity Benefits

For more than two decades, waterless offset printing pioneer Toray and narrow web press manufacturer Codimag have sustained a deep partnership that has helped extend the environmental, quality and productivity advantages of waterless offset printing to a growing number of narrow web applications, including labels, cardboard, film, in-mould labeling, shrink sleeves, security printing and more. At Labelexpo Europe 2019, the two companies displayed the latest results of this collaboration, providing label printersconverters with proof that by migrating all or some of their production from flexography to waterless offset printing, they can substantially improve both quality and bottom line.

Berkshire Labels Installs First Mark Andy P9E in Europe

Leading UK converter of high-quality labels and shrink sleeves, Berkshire Labels, has installed the first 17 (430mm) Mark Andy Performance Series P9E at its manufacturing facility in Hungerford, some 100km west of London. The P9E is the latest model in Mark Andys range of Performance Series flexo presses and is designed for specialist film applications as well as traditional label converting. It joins a 17 Mark Andy P7 installed in 2017 and three other 13 Mark Andy presses at Hungerford.

Rapida 76 for security printing

For 20 years now, Note Printing Australia (NPA), as a close partner of KBA-NotaSys, has been using one of its security presses to produce not only banknotes, but also the inner pages of passports. To date, they have been printed in a combination of conventional and waterless offset. With the desire for greater design freedom and the ability to test new ideas on short-turnaround times, the company has switched to an exclusively wet offset process with a half-format sheetfed offset press. The project was completed right on schedule and to the full satisfaction of the customer.