Radius MIS underpins packaging company
18 December 2012
Firstan Quality Packaging, a major independent manufacturer of pharmaceutical healthcare and specialist food packaging, said it is reaping the benefits from its installation of EFI…
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Esko appoints Christian Korte to new sales role
11 December 2012
Christian Korte. Christian Korte has been appointed to the newly created position of senior vice president sales at packaging and pre-press systems developer Esko. He…
Plantin takes Europe’s first Highcon Euclid
28 November 2012
The first Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine in Europe has been delivered to Plantin, a Staples company based in Brussels. It has gone…
RCS installs Europe’s first Screen B2 inkjet for personalised packaging
27 November 2012
Michael Todd with the Truepress JetSX in situ at RCS. Europe’s first Screen Truepress JetSX, a B2 format sheetfed inkjet press, has been installed at…
Packaging discussion on Twitter to be held every Wednesday
27 November 2012
A weekly Twitter discussion on packaging is being launched by easyFairs, organiser of the Packaging Innovations exhibition. #PACKCHAT will be hosted every Wednesday between 13:00…
Esko celebrates 20 years of ArtPro
13 November 2012
Esko is celebrating two decades of developing and supplying ArtPro, its prepress editor for the Macintosh platform. ‘It is hard to believe that ArtPro has…
Glossop Cartons chooses Fujifilm Acuity LED inkjet
30 October 2012
Printed Packaging specialist Glossop Cartons is the first UK company to install Fujifilm’s Acuity LED 1600 UV LED inkjet printer, introduced earlier this year. Established…
Centrefold: Highcon Euclid
27 October 2012
This story was updated after the print edition went to press, to include details of the new UK agent, Conversion. Digital carton packaging seems to…
Centrefold: Highcon Euclid
21 October 2012
Digital carton packaging seems to be the next big thing to impact on the industry. At drupa in May there were not only prototypes and…
Esko to integrate Chili online editing
26 September 2012
Packaging software developer Esko has entered a partnership with fellow Belgian developer Chili Publish, to integrate the Chili Publisher online editing software with the Esko…
Esko updates production software
25 September 2012
Upgrades to Esko’s ArtiosCAD packaging design and Automation Engine pre-press software have been introduced. These form part of its Suite 12 modular software family. It…
Xeikon adds laser die-cutting link
17 September 2012
At Labelexpo Americas in Chicago Xeikon introduced Vectorizor, a software add-on to its X-800 digital front end that communicates with laser die-cutters for packaging and…
Packaging Innovations learnShops announced
27 August 2012
Hewlett Packard, Brand Potential, Greenbottle and Watch Me Think are due to talk sustainability, technology, brand and design at Packaging Innovations London on 4 & 5…
Emerging tech will allow interactive packaging
27 August 2012
Emerging technologies that can be applied to packaging will be covered in a conference in London next month, organised by ‘disruptive technologies specialist’ IPI Europe.…
High interest reported in FFEI’s 3D packaging visualiser
1 August 2012
Color Confidence said it has seen ‘unprecedented demand and interest’ in FFEI’s RealVue 3D-Packager since it was appointed UK distributor. RealVue 3D-Packager is a 3D…