Digital Labels & Packaging

Smithers forecasts 5% rise in demand for retail-ready packaging

13 March 2025

Smithers' "Retail-Ready Packaging" report shows there will be growth over the next four years.

Arden Software is due to launch the next release of its Impact software

Arden updates packaging design software with AI features

12 March 2025

Arden Software will unveil the "first-ever AI-powered features" within Impact (packaging design software).

OPRL’s Karen Graley appointed as head of EPR organisation

10 March 2025

OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) has announced the appointment of its non-executive director Karen Graley as head of the UK’s, soon to be set up, EPR…

Printing Charity’s Rising Star Awards open for 2025

5 March 2025

Running for the 16th year, The Printing Charity’s Rising Star Awards are now open for applications.

HP makes thermal inkjet printing ‘breakthrough’

4 March 2025

HP has made what it says is a ‘major breakthrough’ with HP ThermaCore, a ‘next generation’ thermal inkjet (TIJ) technology, that the company believes redefines…

AVT finalises split from Esko as an independent business

3 March 2025

Provider of print inspection solutions AVT (Advanced Vision Technology) has announced its transformation into an independent company.

Fedrigoni invests in plastic-free barrier coating for fibre-based packaging

28 February 2025

Fedrigoni is targeting sustainable packaging through the acquisition of a minority stake in Papkot, a start-up company that develops large-scale coating technology that its claimed…

Packaging Innovations show reports ‘record-breaking’ numbers

27 February 2025

Organiser Easyfairs has reported record attendance at the Packaging Innovations & Empack show, which took place in early February, with 7424 visitors making their way…

Print’it! box-lid printer opens news personalisation opportunities

27 February 2025

Ranpak has launched the Print’it! in-line printing solution.

Appetite survey reveals industry confidence in connected packaging

27 February 2025

Almost 90% of 678 executives believe that connected packaging will be increasingly important to the packaging industry in the next 12 months and beyond, according…

Second PicoJet joins Spectrum

26 February 2025

Spectrum Digital Labels has added a second PicoJet to its press roster

Gelato report highlights AI and automation as key essentials

21 February 2025

Software company Gelato has released its 2025 ‘State of Print Production Report’, revealing key insights into the evolving print production landscape.

There are many critical financial and technological considerations printers must consider when investing in a digital labels or packaging press, simultaneously balancing innovation, operational needs,…

Click and connect

3 March 2025

E-commerce solutions that enable businesses to offer customisable packaging and label products online are essential to eliminate traditional bottlenecks by allowing customers to design, preview,…

Covering all bases

27 February 2025

Combining the best of flexo and digital hybrid printing technologies into one production press, doesn’t fit with everyone’s business model, but with recent improvements to…

Making an impression, one way or another

3 December 2024

Embossing adds a tactile and visual dimension, debossing offers an understated and refined look, and hot and cold foiling adds an eye-catching metallic sheen. Labels…