Finishing - Diecutting

Heidelberg is expanding its partnership with MK Masterwork and will be showcasing packaging postpress products at drupa 2016.

Rotoflex has released the new Security Series, a series of fully integrated modules that enable customers to configure their finishing solution to meet the requirements of pharmaceutical compliance and high security packaging.

Atlas Die has announced the recent appointment and return of Ken Smott as president and CEO of the company. Smott previously held the position for 15 years, prior to a one year departure.

Upon completion of its new 24,000 sq. ft. extension at its Lenexa, Kansas, headquarters, Kocher + Beck will combine its North American manufacturing operations under one roof at what will then be a 60,000 sq. ft. facility.

Rotoflex has released the Vericut3, the company's premier off-line finishing solution for digital and conventional printed web. It is 100 percent servo-driven for precise tension control and flexibility.

New digital label presses highlighted the event and made it clear that digital printing is going to be a seminal technology in package and label printing. But despite 2015 being the year of the digital label press, technological innovations abounded across all packaging segments and print methods, spanning presses, finishing equipment and just about every other pressroom function converters need to consider.

Southern Coating & Nameplate of North Little Rock, Arkansas, has specialized in industrial label printing for decades. A new Durst Tau 330 digital press will help the company expand into new markets and applications.

In late October, Masterwork, a leading finishing manufacturer supplier of folding carton and packaging equipment headquartered in Tianjin, China, invited customers and corporate partners to its headquarters to mark its 20th milestone anniversary.

Colbert Packaging has installed a Mark Andy Performance Series P5 for pressure-sensitive roll label applications. The press features a 13˝ web width and utilizes a four-color print process.

From dies to plates to jobs on press, there are several methods that package printers can use to improve changeover times.