PRESSURE-SENSITIVE LABEL RELEASE LINER: the annual ‘must attend’ event for suppliers, producers, and users

Release liners for pressure-sensitive labels remain a topic of considerable interest and debate in the world of converting and packaging. The annual one-day Label Release Liner Seminar, hosted by market experts AWA Alexander Watson Associates, will once again focus on the state of the art and market status on 23 September in Brussels – as industry professionals converge on the city in preparation for Labelexpo Europe, which opens the following day.

Monday 17. June 2013

Sonoco Alloyd Unveils New Aergo 6E 100 Percent Electric Heat Sealing Machine at EastPack 2013

Robust new design delivers added safety, convenience and productivity

Wednesday 12. June 2013

ITW Agrees to Acquire Meurer Group

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) today announced that it has signed a Definitive Purchase Agreement to acquire 100% of the Meurer Group located in Furstenau Germany. Meurer is a well-known supplier of secondary packaging equipment to the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) markets worldwide.

Monday 10. June 2013

National Associations Board and FINAT

Europe’s supply chain participants in the self-adhesive label industry by Kurt Walker, FINAT President

Monday 10. June 2013

Hammer Packaging, Rochester: “Offset Offers Considerable Advantages Over Rotogravure Printing”

With the shrink sleeve market recording annual growth of between 6 and 8 percent, Hammer Packaging, located in the city of Rochester in New York State, USA, invested in a brand-new VSOP web printing press from Muller Martini with nine printing units and an additional flexo unit.

Friday 07. June 2013

Inaugural Summit lifts lid on thriving Indonesian market

Label Summit Indonesia 2013 gathered a unique audience of 255 delegates, comprising senior figures from the South East Asian and Australasian label and package printing industry, including converters, brand owners and designers. The inaugural conference and table-top exhibition, held in Bali during 29-30 May, provided an exclusive insight into the growth opportunities the ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region offers.

Friday 07. June 2013

Lateral thinking brings rewards for Al Mawrid – with inline flexo production of added value folding cartons

When Al Mawrid, the printing and converting company based in Sharjah, UAE, decided to invest in a Gallus ICS 670 press to manufacture folding cartons, it bucked a trend that previously had seen the company produce all of this type of work on a bank of Heidelberg sheet fed offset presses. But significantly, it began to expand the company’s printed packaging offering to new market sectors. Nick Coombes visited the Thomsun Group company to find out what lay behind this pioneering decision.

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