Registration for the 2012 digital printing master class is still open, but places are filling quickly. Aimed at label and package printing converters who are considering investing in digital printing for the first time, the master class is taking place at Labelexpo Americas on 13 September 2012.
Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), has decided to increase its production capacity for aluminum laminated films used for packaging lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Specifically, Showa Denko Packaging will expand the production facility at its Hikone Plant in Shiga Prefecture, doubling annual production capacity versus the 2010 level. Construction work will start next month, and the expanded facility will start up in the second half of 2013.
Highlights Record profit after tax before significant items of $634.9 million, up 11.3%; Earnings per share before significant items 52.3 cents, up 12.5%; Profit after tax and significant items of $412.6 million, up 15.7%;
Following the recent installation of a 510mm wide servo-driven Edale Sigma at Afripack Labels based in Pinetown, South Africa; Edale, the UK manufacturer of flexographic printing presses and converting equipment, have confirmed the sale of a 430mm web width fully servo-driven flexo press to a second South African company in the form of an Edale Gamma.
Petainer, specialist in the development, design and manufacture of PET plastic containers, is strengthening its cutting-edge PET production systems in the production plant in Lidköping, Sweden.
Innovia Films, the leading international producer of speciality substrates, will be exhibiting at FachPack in Nuremberg, Germany.
Companies can now brand as carbon neutral their clear or translucent packaging and promotional items produced by Seufert Transparente Verpackungen GmbH.
