iSys Label to Attend the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium 2014

iSys Label, Canadian developers and manufacturers of short to mid run digital label printers, has announced they will be exhibiting in booth #2008 at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium on January 29 & 30th, 2014 in Sacramento, California. Held at the Sacramento Convention Center, iSys Label will be featuring the EDGE 850, a short to mid run digital label printing solution. Developed with the user in mind, the EDGE 850 makes in-house wine label printing easy whether you need 50 labels or 50,000 labels.

Acquisition of Verallia North America by Ardagh Group

Ardagh is currently negotiating a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) of the antitrust complaint on the basis of proposals made by Ardagh on 11 December 2013. These proposals involve Ardagh divesting six former Anchor Glass plants together with the former Anchor headquarters and infrastructure at Tampa, Florida. The settlement negotiations with the FTC are progressing satisfactorily. However, it has not proven possible to conclude these settlement negotiations in time for Ardagh to complete the acquisition of Verallia North America (“VNA”) by 13 January 2014.

Packaging for confectionery and baked goods: low-cost and eco-friendly persuasion

Energy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of sweets and snacks to make difficult adjustments: their products have to stand out from the crowd without extravagant packages that drive up costs. Help is on hand from packaging producers and machine manufacturers – with material-saving packaging solutions and more efficient production lines.

Dahlia blends strength and beauty in airless glass

It is a symphony of strength and feminine beauty. Dahlia is the newest addition to the AirGlass family from cosmetic packaging provider Quadpack. This exciting range features an outer glass container, adorned by anodised aluminium accessories, surrounding a protective core of Yonwoo airless technology.

Label Summit Africa 2014 to address most critical issues facing label printers

The speakers and program for Label Summit Africa 2014 have been announced as the two-day conference and table-top exhibition prepares to return to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) between 10-11 March. Bringing together thought leaders and experts from across the label and package printing sector, the Summit will provide the perfect platform to share ideas, best practice tactics and lessons learned for optimizing your label converting business.