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GRUPO GONDI SECURES EXPANSION AMBITIONS WITH LARGE ORDER FOR BOBST AND BHS CORRUGATED LINES

At Drupa 2016, leading Mexican paper and packaging manufacturer, Grupo Gondi, signed a very large deal with BOBST and BHS Corrugated for the supply of eleven new production lines. The order will see equipment installed at existing Grupo Gondi facilities in Mexico, as well as at green field sites, over the next two years. The purchase includes two complete 2.5m wide corrugators designed by BHS Corrugated, a BOBST pre-print press line, high accuracy flat-bed BOBST die-cutters, and five automated BOBST folding and gluing lines. The delivery of the equipment will commence during the last quarter of 2016.

HERA INSTALLS FIRST HIGHCON EUCLID IN LATIN AMERICA

Highcon announced today the first installation of a Highcon Euclid II+ digital cutting and creasing machine in Latin America at Hera Printing Corporation. Hera is a family-owned business that takes pride in its emphasis on quality and innovation - a perfect match for Highcon's capabilities. Founded in 1978, this commercial printer has a history of investing in new technology to differentiate their offering to customers and to offer rapid turnaround together with excellent quality.

The rise of flexo in a growing package printing market

The future is bright for flexo print service providers. In a sector where flexo accounts for the largest share of print revenue and volume, Pira forecasts growth in the printed packaging market of around 6% per year to $535 billion in 2019. With competition from gravure, offset litho and digital (all of which also enjoy healthy growth forecasts) flexo has stepped up its game to meet the growing demands of brand owners and is giving the other print processes more than a run for their money.

Process Free Plus VLF and Packaging: Royalpack

Process free plates are frequently thought of as being just for small- to medium-sized commercial sheetfed printers. For many process free plates, that's true, but KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates can do much more.

With Sacmi-Gaiotto, Piacenza launches the Industry 4.0 challenge

Long-standing robotics and industrial automation brand inaugurates new headquarters. Afterwards, key protagonists exchanged info and viewpoints at the “Manufacturing in Italy in the 4.0 era” convention

With the Sacmi-Gaiotto GDA80, glazing process excellence is guaranteed

Improved quality and process repeatability plus, above all, maintenance costs reduced by up to 90%. These are the key features of the new ceramic sanitaryware glazing gun, already successfully tested in over 80 companies worldwide

NBL, Heineken’s South African partner, chooses Sacmi labellers

Existing lines to be renewed with labelling solutions developed by the Group’s Packaging Division

Leading Iranian brick manufacturer goes for Sacmi Heavy Clay

New line for Azarakhsh International for the manufacture of 140,000 strip bricks a day.

Eczacıbaşı grows in Russia with Sacmi

The Vitra Santehnika plant adopts the high pressure AVM for WCs

Limitless Digital Printing with SACMI COLORA CAP

Developed by Sacmi-Intesa, this solution has now been chosen by South Africa's most important bottler to grasp fresh development and marketing opportunities in the CSD and dairy sectors

Sun Chemical to present its latest SunVetro offerings at GlassTec 2016

At Glasstec 2016, Sun Chemical will present the latest offerings from its SunVetro range of glass decoration solutions including organic inks, spray coatings, glass preparation products and cold end coating solutions. Visitors to the stand (D49-3, Hall 12) will also see how these solutions can be applied to a wide variety of glass packaging to significantly enhance product branding, aesthetic impact and functionality.