We are excited to announce the highly anticipated AWA International Sleeve Label Conference & Exhibition 2023, is set to take place on October 12-13 in Amsterdam. This event serves as a significant milestone in the sleeve label industry calendar, bringing together professionals from across the globe for two days of inspiration, education, and networking.

We recently launched in Curno, Italy our Converting Competence Park, a new showroom entirely dedicated to the discover of the new SEI Laser’s technologies for Digital Converting application field.

SEI Laser, the Laser Converting Specialist, presents LabelMaster: the Flagship narroweb (350mm) and medium web (600mm) Laser Die-cutting and Finishing System.
LabelMaster will support for the first time in the world, KyoJet: the new digital high-resolution inkjet UV “in-line solution” made by SEI Laser. LabelMaster & KyoJet represent the only single-pass machine from PDF to shipment in the market of labels.

The organizers of Labelexpo Global Series have announced a new exclusive forum, ‘The Dieline Forum’ taking place on 11-12 September as part of Labelexpo Europe 2023 at Brussels Expo.

Labelexpo Europe, the largest event for the label industry, will soon open its doors and visitors can look forward to experiencing a wide range of new technologies. However, at BOBST, we believe that advanced technologies alone are not enough. It takes more than a good press to be a successful label converter. So, before you come to visit BOBST at the show, we would like to share some thoughts about printing based on more than 130 years of experience and commitment to packaging production.

● New: LC30 PRO from Saga Label can laminate, cut contours, trim, slit and wind in one machine

● The SALF-350 all-in-one label printer adds four-color printing to it
● Also: roll-to-roll label cutters and vinyl sheet cutters for different requirements

AWA Alexander Watson Associates re-positions itself to better reflect what it does and how it uniquely supports its customers and the value chain it serves.

Visitors to the first edition of Labelexpo Europe since 2019, the world’s largest label and package printing trade show, will be able to deepen their technical knowledge of flexible packaging, sustainable labels and packaging, and wine labeling technology at three expert-led master classes during the four-day event.

Konica Minolta, the European market leader in digital label printing systems, will be presenting the benefits of sustainable digital label and packaging production at Labelexpo Europe in Brussels from 11 to 14 September at Stand C21/22 in Hall 8. The company will show how label producers can substantially improve the production of labels and packaging through creative ideas.

In the first of a series of articles on trends and new technology launches at Labelexpo Europe 2023, Andy Thomas-Emans looks at the exciting range of new conventional, digital and hybrid press technology.
Labelexpo Europe 2023 is shaping up into a landmark event, unleashing four years of pent-up technology development for visitors to the Brussels Expo. The key themes of the show are automation, sustainability and diversification.

Winners will be revealed at gala night at Labelexpo Europe 2023

The shortlisted nominations for the 2023 Global Label Awards have been announced by the awards judging panel, which brings together FINAT, TLMI and the editors of three leading label industry publications.

Recycling technology innovator, Polytag, is set to apply both unique-every-time QR codes and UV tags to Co-op own-label PET 2-litre spring water bottles in an industry-first, offering the convenience retailer unprecedented visibility of its packaging during the recycling process.