Finishing

Treofan installs wide web BOBST metallizer for Mexico plant

Treofan have recently installed a new BOBST K5000 3650 mm wide metallizer; the investment replaces two old and inefficient metallizers with a machine equipped with the latest innovations and technology from BOBST who are the market leaders in the field of vacuum metallizing machinery.

APL Machinery sells first Omega Roto UV 1000

Indian manufacturer APL Machinery has sold the first Omega Roto UV 1000 rotogravure UV coating machine.

First Impression Labels Grows Digital Print Production with a ROTOCONTROL DT-Series

A custom-built three-colour modular digital finishing machine was ordered through ROTOCON.

Kompac to Present New High-Speed UV/Aqueous Coating Solution at Print 17

Kompac is pleased to announce they will be showcasing their newest high-speed coating and priming system, the EZ Koat 20 Plus. Taking place September 10-14th at McCormick Place in Chicago, the team will be doing live demonstrations of this high-powered UV/Aqueous coater, which now reaches speeds up to 200 feet per minute. Also being included in the demonstrations will be the adjoining feeder and stacker for handling mid to high volume coating production.

Karlville at drinktec

For our CEFMA tape application line, we are pleased to announce the expanding partnership with 3M and the launch of 3M pre-laminated carry handles in roll format. These new tapes are available with comfort foam, film and paper label inserts in roll formats suitable for use with the range of CEFMAHANDLE machines, providing a complete solution for drink packs of cans, bottles or drink cartons as well as for larger single containers such as 5L water jugs and mini-kegs of beer.

Another Successful Daco PLD350 Installation Into The Middle East

A recently formed company Century Labels places its trust in Daco Solutions to provide a Daco PLD350 semi-automatic turret rewinder for its manufacturing plant in Dubai.

Hygienic design meets high speed: the new checkweigher from Minebea Intec

Since the launch of the checkweigher Flexus last year, the hygienic design features for the food industry have been systematically enhanced. The new Flexus Highspeed from Minebea Intec features hygienic design right down to the finest detail, and also offers faster processing speeds. The in-line checkweigher now reliably checks the weight of small packaged foods such as tinned fish, yoghurt or snacks at high speed.

Kompac Launches New High-Speed Coating and Priming System

Now offering an Anilox Coater option, the EZ Koat 20 Plus and 30 Plus makes running soft-touch and matte coatings simple and easy for users.

Industry leaders TEK I.D. and Colter & Peterson find common ground with reconditioned cutter

A leading manufacturer of signs, tags and labels for industrial safety identification, TEK I.D. (www.tekid.com) has earned the safety industry’s trust for producing reliable and long lasting products. Printed on multiple material layers - but not paper - company leaders recently turned to a trusted source to rectify a situation in their finishing area. That’s how a reconditioned 52” Lawson MPU paper cutter with Microcut®, from industry leader Colter & Peterson, was installed about two months ago. The early results are impressive.

Minebea Intec to Present New Products at the PPMA Show 2017

The leading supplier of industrial weighing and inspection technologies will present, among other things, its full product portfolio for foreign body detection including metal detection and x-ray systems.

LabelExpo: POLAR exhibits highly-automated LabelSystem

At LabelExpo Europe, POLAR will showcase its highly-automated LabelSystem DC-11plus. With a capacity of up to 1,440 label packs per hour, this die-cutting system sets the benchmark in wet-glue label production. It is the first presentation of POLAR with its cooperation partner Gallus (5C31).