InkLine becomes InkStar Ink cartridges made from recycled materials Two-stage system for cutting and shredding cartridges cuts waste volumes by up to 70 percent
The ULTIMATE cell engraving system is the first on the market combining excellent engraving quality with the possibility of engraving halftones featuring a simultaneous engraving of cells and line elements.
At Royal Dutch Printing Ink Factories Van Son the “Natural Colours of Quickson” mark the introduction of the re-structured range of Quickson offset inks. The Quickson PRO process colours, recently introduced on the European market, are complemented with Quickson PLUS and Quickson FRESH process colours and the Quickson Series PANTONE basic colours. The Quickson inks can be used on virtually all kinds of presses and substrates.
The trend for finishing and refining print products by coating them continues unabated and will undoubtedly play an even greater role in future. Apart from the quality refining aspect involved, protection of the print products is equally as important. The hubergroup, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of printing inks, has a range of coatings that leaves nothing to be desired in respect of both aspects: ACRYLAC.
Sappi has introduced two new products to its Parade range of speciality labelling papers at Drupa – Parade Prima High Gloss, suitable for prestige chocolate wrappers, cigarette soft packs, banderols, board lamination and dry goods labelling, and Parade Prima FS for face stock applications for self adhesive labelling such as VIP (Variable Information Printing) and point of sale/purchase labels. Both products are suitable for food applications.
M-real will curtail its production of coated fine papers between June and August to align production with expected market demand in Europe during the summer months, limit export volumes and control capital tied to inventories. Weak US dollar does not allow big volume increases in overseas market to compensate seasonally decreasing demand in Europe.
In February this year, IFRA, NAA and PANPA determined again the 50 best newspaper printers of the world which received thus the membership in the Int’l Newspaper Color quality Club 2008 to 2010.
