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Embellishing digital

16 November 2016

Gold glitter for standout packaging from Vivid Laminating Technologies   Adding value to digitally printed labels through various creative processes can make the difference between…

Keeping it small and on demand

16 November 2016

Stewart Bell, New Solution (left), and Robert Knox, KTEC, shake hands on the deal that sees KTEC appointed master dealer of the NS range of…

The digital review 2016

16 November 2016

ABG’s Fast Track Die station mounted on a finishing line   As the year draws to a close, we look back at 2016 in an…

Ideas with immediate effect

17 October 2016

The future of digital branding and packaging: how do we realise the creative potential? Jenny Cairns, technical project manager at Pearlfisher, explains. As a ‘technical…

My digital journey: the ultimate experience

17 October 2016

Chris Tonge with Ultimate’s HP 20000 press   Interview with executive director of Ultimate Group, Chris Tonge. Who says the Lincolnshire coastal town of Grimsby…

No touch please, we’re digital!

17 October 2016

Version 8 of Label Traxx MIS includes costing for the new HP Indigo 8000   There are many software tools developed especially for digital labels…

Making a date

20 September 2016

Datalase offers an inkless technology for late stage marking   Most packaging is coded and printed with batch information and best-before dates, usually carried out…

Digital on film

20 September 2016

Nim’s Fruit Crisps packaging printed by Ultimate on its HP Indigo 20000   Printing flexible packaging with digital is on the rise, but it is…

Chocolate company chooses Epson

18 August 2016

This C7500 printer from Epson’s ColorWorks range is now printing labels on demand at hf Chocolates Chocolate and confectionery importer, hf Chocolates, in Milton Keynes…

The big gamble that paid off

18 August 2016

Managing director Gary Burnley with the new WS6800  Marsh Labels is somewhat unusual in that it has never gone down the flexo route, but made…

Printhead technology explained by the expert

17 August 2016

An array of Fujifilm Dimatix Samba inkjet heads in Heidelberg’s Primefire 106 carton press Inkjet label and packaging presses contain expensive printheads, maybe hundreds in…

All about the colour

17 August 2016

Packaging colours are key metrics for customers to identify and select a product; it can be disconcerting seeing wrong ones (source SSS – apologies to…

Boxes, boxes, boxes

17 August 2016

Durst introduced the Rho 130 SPC press for corrugated printing at drupa Digital print technology has made significant inroads in the last couple of years…

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