“We’re just trying to make flexo a little better every day,” says Roberto Dolinsky, managing director of Lorytex. There’s modesty in the comment, but there’s no doubting his pride in what the company has just achieved — a Gold Award in the inaugural Kodak Global Flexo Innovation Awards. Lorytex was also one of just four “Highest Honors” winners, singled out for creative use of graphic design, production workflow efficiency and a commitment to sustainable print.

Supporting Personal Care products that comply with European Cosmetics Regulation No. 1223/2009: liquid and bar soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, and selected color cosmetic products
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To offer our customers a full portfolio of packaging papers, UPM Specialty Papers has launched UPM SolideTM, a family of kraft papers that feature a versatile combination of strength as well as converting properties. All grades in the portfolio offer excellent printability to maximise the shelf impact of packaging. All papers in the UPM SolideTM family are recyclable in regular paper recycling stream.

The current situation remains critical due to the ongoing global Covid 19 pandemic. As a result, many trade fairs and photo festivals are cancelled and cultural institutions and exhibitions are closed.

Once removed from the packaging, the storage of rolls is often a problem: weight, space and lack of protection often make them difficult to handle. Stock & Roll offers suitable solutions

Henkel Adhesive Technologies offers a broad material expertise, market know-how and partner network to support the commercialization process for smart printed electronics product solutions across various markets. As of mid-October, the business unit has launched a brand-new online shop for a variety of ink and coating material samples. This user-friendly platform, operated by e-commerce partner wolffstore GmbH, aims to simplify and accelerate the access to high-performance materials for business customers in this fast-growing sector.

The fourth sheeting line at the UPM Kymi paper mill started full production at the end of October, strengthening UPM’s position on the market for graphic fine paper sheets.
“Investing in new equipment shows that fine paper production remains an important part of UPM’s operations. The sheeter will help us strengthen our position on the market and step up our production of graphic paper sheets. It will also help us optimise production between UPM Kymi in Finland and UPM Nordland Papier in Germany,” says Matti Laaksonen, General Manager, UPM Kymi and Kaukas Paper Mills.

Packaging and graphics professionals are constantly looking for new ways to attract consumers. Often there is an artistic vision and a tactile feeling that the printed product should convey. This can be achieved through modern printing techniques, which allow for different tactile and tactile properties. But the cardboard used must also have excellent technical properties. To help professionals looking for inspiring special effects for their packaging or graphic work, Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre board and a member of the Metsä Group, has now created its own masterpiece.

User-friendly system offers self-learning algorithms and higher resolution for detecting low-contrast defects

Business summit brings a new concept next year

Quality control: Eislingen lubricant experts convert former company laboratory into high-tech quality control laboratory

Image printing needs a strong base - a paper that combines quality with mileage and high standards with reliability. Inapa Germany is now launching "arto - the picture printing paper", a new service provider for picture printing.