At the recent IFCA Star Awards 2022, Miraclon India bagged the award in the Innovation-Printing category for PureFlexo Printing. The award was received by the Miraclon India team during the ceremony held at the Bombay Exhibition Center on 15 September.

PureFlexo Printing is the latest and most advanced iteration of plate surface patterning technology for the Flexcel NX System. PureFlexo…

Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will be back in the ink city in 2023. Teamwork Arts, the Festival producer, announced the dates for its 16th edition, setting them between 19 – 23 January 2023 at Hotel Clarks, Amer, Jaipur. The annual Jaipur Literature Festival will be as always bringing its magnificent line-up and a sumptuous feast of ideas to the pink city. The festival will continue to…

The SP Ultraflex team was quite upbeat about the recent 9th Speciality Films Conference organized by Elite Plus on 5th and 6th September 2022 at the Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai.

“We loved every minute of our first off-line event after three years. The energy levels were to be seen to be believed, as delegates from some of the most reputed companies in the Indian…

On 9 September, Rajoo Engineers unveiled its Pentafoil five-layer co-extruded blown film line during an open house. The one-day event, held at Rajoo’s manufacturing unit about 30 minutes from Rajkot city, was attended by more than 150 packaging converters from across the country. 

The Pentafoil can produce up to 700-750 kilograms of film per hour with a maximum…

A pioneer in digital printing, at the recent Gartex show in Delhi, Arrow Digital spoke about the Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro and EFI dye sublimation printers garment printing. The Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro is specially designed for dark polyester printing. Its specialty is ink that is specially designed for printing on dark polyester and for curing at very low temperatures. This ink…

Mimakiexhibited the CJV330, which is one of the latest models in its eco-solvent printing series, at the Media Expo in Greater Noida. It also showcased three 100 series models – the JV100, UJV100, and TS100 inkjet printers at the recent in-person Media Expo New Delhi 2022. The JV100 uses eco-solvent inks, the UJV100 uses UV cured inks and the TS100 is a dye-sublimation model using…

Herma US, a subsidiary of Herma, has named equipment sales specialist Michael Harrop as its new regional sales manager. In this role, Michael will develop and oversee sales efforts predominately within the Midwest but also support the continued growth of Herma’s many key accounts. 

Herma is a Germany-based manufacturer of labeling machinery, self-adhesive labels, and…

The 2022-23 financial year is witnessing a resurgence of print. Offset printing is enjoying increasing volumes and success in book printing and, especially, in book printing exports. This explains the high number of 8-color sheetfed offset machines being imported and installed in this financial year – which at the last count were three new such presses and at least one second-hand good condition machine. Many if not most of the two dozen commercial multicolor offset presses to be installed…

With rising consumption, increasing environmental consciousness and growth across developing Asian economies, corrugated packaging manufacturers can find maximum opportunities. In view of the projected industry growth, IndiaCorr Expo and India Folding Carton events are getting ready to bring the corrugated case manufacturing, paper packaging and folding carton industry…

Converters have new, high-quality, cost-effective options for hybrid flexo/digital production of premium labels, thanks to a new solution at Labelexpo Americas that delivers more power than ever before.

Colordyne Technologies, a leading manufacturer of efficient, high-resolution digital inkjet printers and retrofits, is partnering with Fiery, Electronics For Imaging’s industry-leading…

The Indian Printers Summit 2022, Wan-Ifra’s much-awaited annual event in India for business and technology managers, began on 14 September with an air of optimism, staying true to this year’s theme, ‘Back to business – Print for the Future.’

The two-day conference, which is being held at Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi Airport, was an in-person event that centered on the new challenges…

Starting 12 September 2022, at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) at Chicago’s McCormick Place, HPannounced the commercial availability of its Metal Jet S100 Solution. Accelerating innovative designs and products and digitally printing mass quantities of quality parts, HP’s Metal Jet S100 Solution can help scale 3D metals to mass production.

HP’s press release states…

Just in time for Drinktec, GEA – one of the world’s largest suppliers of systems and components to the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, is expanding its portfolio of filling valves with new options that allow manufacturers to fill an even wider range of beverages with one valve technology.

The new generation of magnetic valves can be used for all filling platforms with a high…

There has been a rapid shift toward automation in the packaging machinery manufacturing industry in India in the last two years as the demand for speed and efficiency has grown in the Covid-19 pandemic, Sameer Gandhi, managing director of Omron Automation India, told Packaging South Asia during the recent Automation Expo 2022 in Mumbai. 

Omron works very closely with…

As of 1 September 2022, Deepak Walia joins Manroland Sheetfed India as its new managing director based in the New Delhi. Manroland Sheetfed India is the wholly owned subsidiary of Manroland Sheetfed, the German manufacturer of offset presses based in Offenbach Germany and owned by the UK based Langley Holdings.

According to a press release, Deepak Walia takes over from "Neeraj…

The 9th Elite Conference in Mumbai on the 5th and 6th of September 2022 was another significant step in the evolutionary progress of our society and industry. For those among the 1,400 film producers, converters, recyclers, suppliers, and experts that were privileged to attend, it will be a challenge to get more from any two days of their working life. The confluence of the leading Indian…

Onyx Graphics, a leading provider of software solutions for the digital inkjet wide-format print industry, has announced the availability of new Onyx profiles for Mimaki printers, including the UCJV300, JV300-160 Plus, and the CJV300-150 Plus.

The new profiles cover four-color, eight-color, and specialty ink configurations across a lengthy list of media types, including adhesive…

DuPontCyrel will present the latest technologies and solutions, alongside hundreds of live demonstrations to improve label printing/converting and create new business goals, at Labelexpo Americas 2022, which will take place in Chicago from 13 to 14 September 2022.

“We consider the show a great opportunity to get closer to the label converters and reinforce our solutions for a more sustainable…

Apex International, a global provider of anilox, glue set, and metering solutions, will exhibit Accora Glue Sets and GTT anilox technology at Corrugated Week 2022.

The anilox and applicator rolls will be showcased at Apex Booth #919, on 20 and 21 September in San Antonio, TX. 

The Accora product line consists of stainless-steel glue rolls with precision engraving and…

From sturdiness to good aesthetics, boosting color, and drastically enhancing longevity, lamination offers many benefits for printed products and packaging. This saves you time and money in the long run and conserves paper, a crucial natural resource. Zhongke India claims that the YS SR 108 laminator is the most stable lamination machine available in the market. Its design is focused on…