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interpack 2020: Trade fair and parallel ‘components’ event fully booked

interpack 2020 is fully booked, meaning that around 3,000 exhibitors from approximately 60 countries will present their solutions at the most significant event for the packaging and associated processing industries from 7 to 13 May 2020. The parallel event for the supplier industry, “components – special trade fair by interpack“ in Hall 18 is also fully booked.

It’s time to go beyond mass personalisation…

Digital printing opened up the avenues for personalisation of printed products. But, marketers or brand owners are still relying on basic personalisation. But, it is time to go beyond the mass personalisation.

5 New Year’s resolution for business

With New Year comes new beginnings and new resolutions. While most of us make our personal resolutions every year, this year, here are five resolutions for your business:

Anti-dumping duty stays for now!

An update on the Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Digital Offset Printing Plates originating in or exported from China PR, Japan, Korea RP, Taiwan and Vietnam. In the wake of the proceedings initiated by Ministry of Finance, Govt of India

Meeting Global Standards & Barcode Compliance for Pharma Serialisation

AS Arun Kumar of Sandilyam Automation Systems shares global standards and compliance on ISO/IEC barcode verification for pharma as per serialisation. Major pharma companies have been working on the needs for marking their products and labelling them with appropriately selected

Packaging in an e-commerce world

Digital pre-print opens a new era for brand protection and brand activation in e-commerce. Smart, digitally printed corrugated cardboard packaging solutions inform, entertain and network the shopper. They warn of product counterfeiting and guarantee transparency in shipment and traceability. All

Are we on the road to achieving truly sustainable packaging?

While the sustainability of packaging has been an important topic for Brand Owners for several years, the need to implement meaningful solutions has significantly gathered pace in the last year or two. The key challenge for Brand Owners – particularly

WorldSkills Kazan: Heidelberg promotes up-and-coming international talent in the print industry

In the “Print Media Technology” skill, 15 participants from 15 countries put their talents to the test. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) supported the skill with manpower and machines.It featured gold medals for Russia and Austria, bronze for Switzerland, and Medallion for Excellence for Germany in the “Print Media Technology” skill.

New printing facility of S. Chand Group

S. Chand Group, one of the leading Indian education content company, has recently commenced a new printing facility at Sahibabad, about 3-4 km from its existing plant. With a working area of 50000 sq ft, the plant houses one 2HI

The myth of the global print network

Deborah Corn addresses the concept of global print networks which she sees as both a myth and a visionary concept. I travel to many events as your self-appointed Intergalactic Ambassador! I have started to discern a pattern in the talk-tracks

Canon India launches ‘Made in India’ print shop management software

Built exclusively for the Canon production printer with EFI Fiery, the solution is designed to optimize resources and increase profits of copy shops. Keeping up with the pace of the fast-moving digital printing industry and to match the evolving needs

World premieres at the Heidelberg Label Day

FoilStar Cure and new Performance Package offer innovative solutions for in-mold labels with cold foil. Almost 200 participants attended Heidelberg’s International Label Day. Visitors to Label Day also experienced the production of wet-glue labels on a Speedmaster XL 75 eight-color

SAP implementation transforming plastic packaging industry

Companies have achieved business excellence and showcased consistent innovation by using technology as the key competitive differentiator. As companies gears up to the process of business transformation in the evolving and expanding markets, futuristic technologies like SAP Enterprises Cloud are helping them achieve operational excellence and standout in market. Jagdip Kumar, CIO, Cosmo Films, shares how SAP implementation has transformed their business for good.

Hybrid finishing technology: make the right move

Print shops shy away from investing in finishing equipment due to lack of space and budget. But, hybrid finishing technology not only saves floorspace but also makes finishing easy, besides giving an option to diversify. With this, even sign-makers can diversify into packaging.

Personalise your garments with ease!

Direct-to-garment printing has been catching up fast as there is a need for not only customisation but also personalisation of garments as well. It offers a new avenue for small print shops.

Enhancing value: innovative print and packaging solutions from Valence Electrons

Thanks to the explosive growth of consumption and the advent of e-commerce, print and packaging is one of the fastest growing industries today. A.T.E. has played a role in this through its range of novel products and integrated solutions designed to improve quality, raise productivity, reduce waste, and hence enhance competitiveness.

Monotech celebrates 20 years!

Tej Prakash Jain, Managing Director, Monotech Systems Ltd, gives a message to the printing industry on the occasion. 20 years and it looks like yesterday – exciting, eventful, and wonderful!! A happy journey which brought us in contact with many

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