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Five Tips to Help Package Printers and Converters Achieve Bold Colors and Finishes

By Ray Cheydleur, X-rite

In a highly competitive marketplace, brands and packaging designers are looking for ways to differentiate their products on the shelf. This increasingly goes beyond color to include embellishment options such as foils, special varnishes, soft touch finishes, and more. Designers are also using more intense solid colors, fluorescents and iridescents, and not just with conventional print. Digital solutions allow more variation in packaging and the ability to address shorter runs and faster cycle times.

Virtual showrooms: Customer dialogue rethought

Particularly in times when it is difficult for companies and customers to talk to each other personally, digital solutions that enable simple, location-independent, and direct exchange are more in demand than ever. With its new range of virtual showrooms, Minebea Intec is offering a digital consulting point for interested parties, thus demonstrating that the company not only has decades of expertise in weighing and inspection technology but also responds to the current crisis and the challenges it poses in the interests of the customer with innovative offers.

Henkel shares its expertise with webinar week dedicated to packaging topics

Henkel launches REthink Packaging webinar series
Industry trade shows like Interpack are essential for the packaging industry value chain to exchange knowledge on innovations and meet partners. As the 2020 event has been postponed to next year, Henkel and its experts are nevertheless dedicated to doing their part to keep industry professionals informed about the latest developments. With the new REthink packaging series, Henkel is further expanding its renowned webinar series for 2020 and capitalizing on the goal of promoting knowledge transfer. Henkel’s webinar week will take place during the original Interpack 2020 timeframe from May 5th to May 12th. As several topics shape the packaging industry, Henkel continues to contribute to these fields: from consumer safety, to the circular economy, dematerialization as well as energy and CO2 emission savings.

Roto4All, the Italian webinar on rotogravure

On the 28 of April an on line event to promote this printing and packaging technology

Successful first BOBST PACKAGING MASTERCLASS provides brand owners with vital insights about the future of packaging production – 2020 edition planned

BOBST opened the doors of its headquarters near Lausanne, Switzerland last November to over 100 brand owners for its first Packaging MASTERCLASS.

X-Rite and Pantone Announce Expanded Color and Appearance Seminar Series in North America

X-Rite expands popular color theory and management seminar to include dedicated sessions for both manufacturing and print and packaging professionals.

Training course in UV Measurement for decision makers and users in the UV industry

Measurement of conventional UV and UV LED equipment is an important issue for process safety and for quality control purpose. But we can see a lot of confusion, mistakes and lack of knowledge on this essential topic. Learn why and how UV should be measured and get hands-on training with various EIT instruments.

INX discount saves on PRINT UV Conference registration

Platinum sponsor INX International Ink Co. will focus on its success in UV/EB technology and has a special offer for commercial offset, packaging, and specialty printers who will be attending the 2020 PRINT UV Conference, March 25-27 at the Encore by Wynn Resort in Las Vegas.

EGGER reveals the packaging trends for 2020

Xaver Egger, expert for high-quality packaging, reveals the eight most important packaging trends for 2020: "Daily contact with our customers from various industries shows us every year the direction in which things will go," explains Xaver Egger, Managing Director of EGGER Druck + Medien. "The packaging year 2020 will definitely be an exciting year. Minimalist, environmentally friendly and provided with a gripping story - we are already looking forward to the many different designs, colours, constructions and finishes".

BOBST & Partners to present a unique end-to-end flexo process experience

The flexible packaging industry moves faster and faster and to stay ahead it is necessary to innovate, automate and connect.

Labelexpo to present most extensive educational schedule to date

Visitors to the 40th anniversary edition of Labelexpo Europe, the world’s biggest label and package printing industry trade show, will be able to deepen their technical knowledge of flexible packaging and self-adhesive labels with the introduction of dedicated expert-led master classes and a workshop. These bring the number of in-depth technical learning programs to four - the show’s most extensive educational schedule to date.