Finishing

Under the theme 'EXPERTISE TO GO', Bobst Meerbusch has initiated a series of events designed to give executives from the packaging industry comprehensive knowledge of their processes with the help of in-depth sessions on specific subjects. The individual, very compact, events consist of one-day seminars with the nature of highly practice-oriented workshops.

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Material will set new standards for low temperature flexibility

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It has been a very positive start of the year for the Italian company with the installation of five Saturn OMNIA thus overcoming all odds. The latest innovation, unveiled at the open house at the end of September 2014, has beaten all forecasts.

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The term Value Added Printing (VAP) was created some years ago. Users of print products with high-end finishing needs can now access entirely new production and value-adding potential based on the techniques of print providers and technology vendors. Accordingly, the term encompasses not only the end product, but equally the associated techniques, services and produc-tion process. By Jochen Wied.

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New Karlville KSPQ Provides Specialty Packaging Technologies With Rapid Change Over Technology for Increased Efficiencies

Specialty Packaging Technologies, Inc., poised to be the leading flexible packaging manufacturer, today announced the purchase of Karlville's first and only KSPQ hybrid pouching machine that is revolutionizing the flexible packaging industry. Specialty Packaging Technologies (SPT) focuses on customized premade pouches, including spouted pouches, and the new KSPQ pouching machine allows for quicker changeover and increased efficiencies from both economic and versatility standpoints.

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Concrete producers also benefit from condensed package size

BASF today announced new packaging for its Master Builders Solutions brand MasterFiber MAC Matrix macrosynthetic fiber that allows for enhanced performance in concrete. The sophisticated packaging condenses the fibers in an aligned format, improving their dispersion in the concrete mixture compared to traditional loose fiber packaging.

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Matrix, powered by Pro Mach, now offers laser scoring and marking combined in one system on the Inever BY300 multilane stickpack machine. The BY300 is ideal for low-to-medium production of quality stickpack seals of dosing powders, granules, solids, liquids, and pastes with minimal investment required. (See the BY300 at EastPack, June 10-12, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, Booth #3025.)

A patented CO2 laser-based system, with an estimated operating life exceeding 45,000 hours, performs both scoring and marking operations.

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By Roberto Mercati

Meet José Antonio Larroy, owner of GraficaZ, a family-owned company specializing in printing self-adhesive and shrink labels in Zaragoza, Spain, and his daughter Jessica who with two assistant engineers from the Italian company Lombardi Ltd. in Brescia are carrying out the final inspection on the 8-color flexographic rotary Synchroline before shipment.

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In November, together with its Saudi Arabian representation Alkhorayef Printing Solutions, MBO organized a special event in Riyadh. Around 50 invited guests, all of them executives, decision makers or owners of large print shops and binderies from across the country were invited to the famous Hotel Rosewood for the presentation of MBO's current product range followed by a gala dinner. Frank Eckert, CEO MBO group, and Sheikh Bandar Alkhorayef, owner of the eponymous MBO representation in Saudi Arabia, guided the honoured guests through the evening.

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