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07 Jul 2020
CEPI Cartonboard – the European association of cartonboard manufacturers – have appointed Michele Bianchi, CEO at RDM Group, as its new President as of 30 June 2020. He succeeds Franz…
Installation of the Landa Nanographic Printing Press is under way at the K-1 site. The Landa S10 will fulfil high-end packaging needs of K-1’s leading consumer brand clients
06 Jul 2020
Kotkamills‘ easily recyclable and biodegradable ISLA® Duo barrier board has received the Seedling and DIN-Geprüft certifications for industrial compostability. The internationally recognised certificates have been issued by DIN CERTCO to…
In 2019 the printing, packaging and converting machinery sector closes with a slight decline. 2020 is negative, but 2021 will be on the rise
03 Jul 2020
The European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA) has welcomed the German government’s priorities under its Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Alliance is offering its expertise to support…
Austria-based Cardbox Packaging has a clear vision about its role in a circular economy. Since the middle of 2018, they have been developing a new, sustainable range of coatings in…
02 Jul 2020
A new report highlights the ‘huge’ threat of e-commerce counterfeiting during the coronavirus crisis, driving demand for more investment in security devices, says a global trade body. According to the…
Agfa has introduced a plate loading robot that streamlines and speeds up pre-press operations, while reducing the overall cost. The robotic plate loader frees prepress staff from heavy manual, repetitive tasks such…
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding the newly implemented U.S. – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA), which marked its entry…
01 Jul 2020
In 2019, the installed aNIR production facilities led to a reduction in CO2 emissions – from otherwise fossil-fired dryers and ovens – of 1,000,000 tons per year. The advanced NIR…
Marbach has developed a new technology for full sheet delivery. Its customer Westrock has been using the Marbach universal sheet delivery system for a few months now and is impressed…
Global chemicals company Kemira has joined the 4evergreen alliance, an initiative of Cepi, the European association representing the paper industry. The alliance aims to boost the contribution of fibre-based packaging…
30 Jun 2020
The organisers of Print4All have confirmed that the next event will be held in 2022, from 3rd to 6th May. The extraordinary situation of these past few months has impacted…
To boost packaging pre-press operational excellence
Accelerating in the global growth of its Printing & Packaging business segment
29 Jun 2020
Dr Andreas Pleßke has been appointed as the management board spokesman for Koenig & Bauer AG with effect from 1 January 2021. The company’s supervisory board appointed him to this…
