Industry Headlines

Diamond Packaging installed a new Speedmaster XL 106 from Heidelberg. Equipped with UV, Prinect Inpress Control 3, and FoilStar, the press is the 20,000th XL 105/106 printing unit to be installed since the model was introduced since the press model was introduced.

As the craft beer industry matures, it continues to grow and become more competitive. INX International Ink Co. has a solution that is proving to be the best way to successfully produce a new can design for the marketplace.

HP Indigo announced the expansion of its software solutions. The new HP PrintOS Software Suite simplifies HP’s application portfolio, which will now consist of four modules called Power Packs.

The Alliance’s action of identifying a catastrophic bill in Washington state that would have banned certain inks prevailed.

Sealed Air Corporation (SEE) and Koenig & Bauer have signed a non-binding letter of intent to expand a strategic partnership for digital printing machines. The partnership aims to significantly improve packaging design capabilities by developing state-of-the-art digital printing technology, equipment, and services.

It’s estimated that color accounts for 60% of consumer rejection at the shelf. If the packaging color is ‘off,’ it not only costs brands and packaging printers money, it also has sustainability impacts through wasted materials, inks, and energy.

Matik is excited to welcome Chris Baldwin to its team. Baldwin is Matik’s Midwest sales manager for SEI Laser. Baldwin has more than 30 years of experience in the label and printing industry. He started his career as a press operator and worked his way up to sales manager.

Following market validation in Europe, Asia, and Canada, XSYS brings ThermoFlexX Catena-E to the U.S. — increasing the availability of the exposure technology's benefits of precise image reproduction and high reproductivity in flexo platemaking to more label and package converters and printers.

Asahi Photoproducts will be attending EskoWorld 2023 to present sustainability strategies for flexographic operations.

Every seat was filled as more than 310 professionals convened at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort in Austin, Texas, for the Inkjet Summit.