MPS has sold an EF multi-substrate flexo press to Hub Labels, based in Hagerstown, Maryland. On February 21st, Hub Labels welcomed the new press with a ribbon cutting ceremony that featured the press running local business; Perdue Farms linerless labels.
Bang Printing, part of the CJK Group, recently acquired an RMGT 9 Series press for their headquarters book production facility. The new press replaced an older, 29-inch UV machine, bringing with it not only a larger 8-up printing format, but also a wide range of upgrades in technology and improvements in print quality including LED-UV curing, Simultaneous Plate Changing and Insta.Color makeready technology.
Koenig & Bauer received a coveted first prize for its personnel policy at an award ceremony held in Berlin on 20th February 2018. The Würzburg press manufacturer had submitted its new concept for a company pension to this years bAV Prize competition.
BOBST machine technology and service effectiveness have allowed the Senegalese company to become a leader in its market and to play a key role in development of packaging in Africa.
According to Wikipedia, the town of Grude in Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to four large companies: an ice cream factory, one of the biggest toilet paper factories in Europe, a brewery, and a printing company. In fact, it may come as a surprise that Grafotisak incorporates a state-of-the-art print shop and warehouses for merchandise on a total area of over 26,000 m2.
All American Label, with facilities in Dublin, CA and Memphis, TN, has installed a new Nilpeter MO-4 offset combination press and is slated to install a second by December of this year.
The German Design Awards 2018 were presented at a special ceremony on 9th February, and Koenig & Bauer received the coveted award in the category Excellent Communications Design – Apps for the Rapida LiveApp. After the automation app award received in 2016, this was already the second prize for the Rapida LiveApp developed together with software design specialists Macio.
