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.

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.

Thursday 06. June 2013

PAYNE & CONTEGO TO RE-BRAND TO ESSENTRA PACKAGING IN H2 2013

Payne’s & Contego’s parent company, Filtrona plc (“Filtrona” or “the Company”) has indicated that, with effect from 26th June 2013, it will be renamed as Essentra plc. In addition, effective from the same date, the Company’s Coated & Security Products division, of which Payne & Contego are a part, will be renamed as Packaging & Securing Solutions, to better reflect the division’s business activities. Following this, Payne & Contego will re-brand to Essentra Packaging during the second half of this year, with a view that the roll-out is completed by the end of 2013.

Cubbison Company Acquires Drake Labels of Austin, Texas

Cubbison Company has taken a significant step to establish leadership in the graphic product identification and printed electronics fields, with the announcement of its acquisition of Drake Industries, Inc. dba Drake Labels of Austin, Texas. The addition of the central Texas facility will enable Cubbison to meet growing customer demand for their products throughout North America.

SAVE FOOD: Messe Düsseldorf and FAO define their cooperation for the coming years

Messe Düsseldorf and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have reached an agreement on their continued cooperation on the SAVE FOOD initiative for the coming years. Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, President and CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, and Daniel Gustafson, Deputy Director-General, Operations at FAO, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect in Rome at FAO’s headquarters on 9 May 2013.