Help and Learning

By Ben Dodson

When you move into a new house there are always a few surprises – some good and some not so great. For the latter, it’s often in the form of dirty cupboards, tools in the shed, damp patches on the walls or those handy curtains you didn’t expect to be left.

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By Gerry Mulvaney, Senior Copywriter, landanano

It’s said that the last thing a printer does to a job is the first thing his customer sees. And never is this statement more true than in the world of folding carton printing. In most print jobs, a lot of work goes into the prepress and printing, but when it comes to folding carton printing, a whole lot more goes into the design and finishing of the box.

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Each year, students of Graphic and Digital Media complete their training at the Arteveldehogeschool with a bachelor thesis. Ken Wittebrood received high marks for his bachelor thesis "Exploration of the potential application of pdfChip for crossmedia production".

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Food packaging will grow at a faster rate than the overall packaging market from 2016 to 2021, at 3.0% CAGR in real value and print area. Food-safe inks will also grow at a fast rate in the coming years, as pressure from brand owners and regulators sees them adopted in larger amounts of food packaging, according to Smithers Pira.

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RadTech Europe evaluates UV/EB ink curing today and tomorrow

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An interview with Rolf Montag, Product Manager Business Unit Narrow Web at Siegwerk.

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Since the supermarket shelf today represents the prime source of wines for consumer purchase, the same rules of shelf ‘stand out’ apply as for other retail products. It is of paramount importance to ‘make the brand speak, and, while wine packaging as a whole -- from glass bottle to bag-in-box, carton, and pouch -- is a highly-active field of endeavor today, the prime contributor to high-visibility shelf appeal remains… the simple wine label.

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One of the highlights of the release liner and label industry’s year is the AWA Label Release Liner Industry Seminar, held annually in conjunction with Labelexpo in both Europe and North America. The 2016 seminar in Chicago brought together nearly 100 delegates from across the value chain to discuss and update their knowledge, and to network with peers and industry experts.

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Trends shaping the North American plastics industry include growing use of advanced digital design and manufacturing software and increased automation of production. Recent developments give companies throughout the product chain more ways to optimize operations, speed products to market and increase competitiveness.

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By Helmut Schneider

Pharmaceutical serialization for China: The QR code that becomes obligatory for all veterinary medicines in China from June 30, 2016 is presenting most pharmaceutical producers and flat carton manufacturers with significant printing challenges.

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