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Ashe Converting Equipment is currently undergoing a 12,000sq ft expansion at its headquarters in Ipswich, UK. The additional floor space will lead to further capacity for the company’s various models of slitter rewinders and expand its…

Packaging Innovations, Europe’s largest series of primary and secondary packaging events, is teaming up with Pentawards, one of the most prestigious worldwide competitions exclusively devoted to packaging design, to deliver a new, intimate…

Essentra has been awarded a silver rating from EcoVadis, one of the industry’s top supply chain ratings agencies. EcoVadis was the first collaborative platform to provide sustainability ratings and performance improvement tools for global…

Toyo Ink Europe (formerly Toyo Ink Arets) and Toyo Ink, both members of the Toyo Ink Group, have announced that they will be showcasing their latest innovations for the label and packaging market at Labelexpo Europe 2017, Brussels,…

UPM Raflatac is expanding its range of transport and logistics labelling solutions for the European market with a new dissolving label material that is suitable for direct thermal printing. The new Dissolving Paper Thermal Eco and the…

In the 125th year of its existence, the German family-owned company, Bischof + Klein, with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France and Poland, is once again extending its capacities for manufacturing flexible packaging and technical…

On Tuesday September 26, during Labelexpo 2017, at approximately 17.15, UK sales director, Neil Lilly, will make an announcement at the Rotometrics Stand regarding a biennial open house event taking place in July 2018. Following its…

Primera Technology Europe, EMEA office of US-based manufacturer of speciality printers Primera Technology, is set to present the company’s latest innovations and solutions at Labelexpo Europe, Brussels, Belgium, September 25-28, 2017, Hall…

Dominion Packaging, Richmond, VA, has selected the latest technology in flexo printing to produce premium folding carton packaging for the tobacco, food and beverage markets when deciding its print direction. Its formula for success is…

Effective from September 1, 2017, Dr Jan Breitkopf will join the board of global packaging ink manufacturer, Siegwerk, to oversee the packaging business of the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) region. In this position, Dr Jan…