On September 16, 2020, the annual industry highlight of the flexo and packaging industry will take place in a completely different style. At the ProFlex 360, the DFTA, for the first time, will not only face the current situation, but rather a future-oriented development in the events sector.
The Walstead Leykam Tiskarna d.o.o. printing company in Hoe-Maribor invests in new press automation of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The Dutch specialist in measuring and control equipment for the printing industry supplies a new mRC-3D system for cut-off control and an IDS-3D system for colour control to modernise an existing press. At the print company itself, they speak of an anti-aging programme for the press.
For its rapidly growing, state-of-the-art facility in Napa, California, Fortis Solutions Group recently installed the Gallus RCS 430 from Heidelberg in order to further expand their ability to execute intricate label designs for their customers.
Longtime Nilpeter partner, Macfarlane Labels, has invested in a 10-colour Nilpeter FA-17 to meet increasing workloads within the companys regular product offerings during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak. The new press joins a fleet of five other Nilpeter presses at Macfarlane.
Parksons Packaging is one of the biggest packaging solutions providers in India. Alongside its headquarters in Mumbai, the company, which is overseen by chairman Ramesh Kejriwal, operates five ultramodern production plants at locations all over the subcontinent. Only recently, a newly installed Rapida 76 was commissioned. This means there are now exactly 101 printing and finishing units from Koenig & Bauer in production for the Indian packaging giant.
Hampton Printing (Bristol) Limited is the first UK customer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) to take advantage of a Heidelberg Subscription Plus agreement. The award-winning printer, which serves a range of customers in the fashion, retail, automotive and lifestyle industries, expects this move to deliver significant efficiency and quality improvements at its Bristol site.
A new exclusive partnership for the Americas between BOBST and FLEXO SOLUTIONS is proving popular with clients. Since it was announced in May 2019, BOBSTs clients in the folding carton and corrugated industries have had access to a wider range of tooling storage and automated printing plate washing machinery.
