Japan

The sad news from Friday that manroland has filed for insolvency in its hometown of Augsburg, Germany should also light a beacon of awareness in the global printing and converting industry. As one who worked for manroland – MAN Roland as it was then - distributor Edwards Dunlop Graphics in the 1980s (although on the prepress side), I felt a particular pang of regret that this great contributor to world literacy, information and entertainment via the printed word, should find itself in such dire straits. In those days, EDG handled the sheetfed presses while Craven Print & Pack handled

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. has developed Japan’s first film for use in packaging materials that uses biomass polyethylene (PE). Full-scale sales will be launched from August 2011. In order to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, Toppan Printing engages in the development of products that are environmentally friendly. This new product is a film that partially uses a raw material derived from sugarcane and has a biomass ratio

The worldwide economy continues to hold back press orders who are finding solace in the Chinese market to balance stagnant Europe and North America PRINTING PRESS MANUFACTURERS ARE continuing to have a tough time: Heidelberg’s first quarter orders fell below the Ipex quarter of 2010 and amount to stability in terms of the previous quarter; Komori’s sales also dipped against the equivalent quarter though it blames the strength of the Yen and weakness of the European economies; only KBA, reporting its half year results claims an increase in sales thanks to brisk business in Asia. Heidelberg continues to target

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPHC or 'the company') is a provider of packaging solutions for a wide variety of products including food, beverage and other consumer products companies. The company recorded revenues of $4,095 million during the financial year ended December 2010 (FY2010), a decrease of 0.02% as compared to FY2009. The decline in revenues was primarily due to impact of divested businesses in the flexible packaging segment

CannedWater4Kids founder and CEO, Greg Stromberg of INX International Ink Co., is asking for the industry’s help to aid children who were affected by the devastating earthquake that struck northeast Japan on March 11.

Semper International, a placement firm for skilled help in the graphic arts and printing industries, announced that, according to its research, the printing industry may finally be starting its recovery from the economic downturn.