Italian print provider installs Scodix digital press
9 April 2024
Italian print provider Varigrafica, with over 50 years of printing expertise, has installed a Scodix Ultra 6000, powered by SHD, from Scodix, a provider of…
Digital printing
Kingfisher goes digital with Mark Andy
28 March 2024
Bristol-based Kingfisher Labels has installed a Mark Andy Digital Pro 3 press at its production facility in Yate, Bristol, as the company looks to adapt…
KDV expands digital capabilities with Durst
26 March 2024
KDV has installed a Durst Tau RSCi, a 17-inch UV inkjet printer designed for mid- to long-run jobs, transitioning from flexographic label printing to high-speed…
Konica Minolta appoints Mark Bladon as major accounts sales specialist
26 February 2024
Konica Minolta (UK) has announced the appointment of Mark Bladon to the role of major accounts sales specialist of industrial print.
Small Pet Select transforms its packaging with digital printing
16 February 2024
Family-owned company, Small Pet Select changes its packaging to encourage the ‘consumer to interact with all six panels of the box,’ as it aims to…
New group aims to tackle print sector’s ageing workforce issues
14 February 2024
Several UK print industry personalities have joined together to create a new group aiming to attract young people to the printing industry.
Screen, Sappi and Mercian Labels collaborate for sustainable paper packaging
8 February 2024
Screen has collaborated with Sappi, a paper packaging producer, and Mercian Labels, a digital label printing converter in the UK, introducing a recyclable barrier packaging…
Vale Labels grows digital print capabilities with Durst Tau 330 RSC-E
30 June 2023
Vale Labels has invested in a Tau 330 RSC-E UV LED single-pass press from Durst, enhancing the UK printer’s capabilities.
CGS Oris launches Real Substrate Proof
22 June 2023
Developed in partnership with Mutoh, Real Substrate Proof enables production of proofs and mock-ups on the final target production substrate. It is part of the…
UPM Specialty Papers and Koenig & Bauer partner for barrier papers
25 April 2023
UPM Speciality Papers’ heat-sealable barrier papers have achieved ‘excellent results’ in tests carried out with Koenig & Bauer’s next generation of inkjet digital printing technology.
SIG invests in RotaJet for aseptic carton packs
24 April 2023
SIG Digital Printing has invested in full-colour digital printing on its carton packs with the installation of a Koenig & Bauer RotaJet 168 Digital Printing…
OPINION: The start of a new normal
24 May 2021
Editor David Pittman is ready and raring to go as soon as the industry and the rest of the world is.
Study finds steel belts promote stability
5 May 2021
Research by Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT shows steel belts to be up to six times more stable than plastic.
Cutting costs without cutting corners
8 March 2021
Myriad systems exist as a cost-effective yet productive means to enter the market for digital printing.
A new lease of life
8 March 2021
One way a converter might look to get into digital printing is via a ‘not-new’ press, as David Pittman investigates.