Articles

SCREEN Europe strengthens commitment to innovation and growth with launch of new web platform

15 Dec 2025
  • SCREEN Europe

SCREEN Europe has launched its new, completely redesigned website, offering visitors a fresh, intuitive and information-rich experience, which highlights the company’s latest technologies, growing market presence and long-standing commitment to...

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Why vehicle branding is Southern Africa's top advertising space

11 Dec 2025

How fleet branding and vehicle graphics are transforming everyday movement into one of the region’s most powerful storytelling and marketing platforms. Across South Africa’s highways and industrial corridors, the roads are increasingly t...

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Old ideas, new impact: Rethinking innovation

09 Dec 2025
  • Packaging Innovations 2026; Empack 2026

Innovation isn’t always born from the new. Sometimes it emerges quietly, not from invention, but from rediscovery. From the fragments of long-held knowledge, time-tested techniques and ideas that once seemed ordinary, now seen through the sharp...

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Fotograbados Longo increases its prepress “magic” with FLEXCEL NX Technology from Miraclon

08 Dec 2025
  • Miraclon; Fotograbados Longo S.A.

Sebastian Longo, Owner and Managing Director of leading Argentinian trade shop Fotograbados Longo S.A., has a distinctive definition of quality. ‘For us, it isn’t just about offering print quality. It’s also about the quality &ndash...

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Sacchital installs world’s first SCREEN Truepress PAC 520P

05 Dec 2025
  • SCREEN; Sacchital Group

In a bold move towards reshaping the future of sustainable packaging, Sacchital Group, a leading Italian flexible packaging converter, has become the first company globally to install SCREEN’s SCREEN’s Truepress PAC 520P. This revolutiona...

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Books: The new fashion for brands

04 Dec 2025
  • Two Sides UK

By Sam Upton, Two Sides UK In an age dominated by screens and constant connectivity, fashion brands are tapping into a growing desire for quiet contemplation by encouraging people to pick up a print book. From pop-up libraries to curated in-store bo...

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Koenig & Bauer unlocks new opportunities through co-operation With Bosch

03 Dec 2025
  • Koenig & Bauer

Koenig & Bauer Vision & Protection, a leading provider of inspection and security technologies in the printing industry, is co-operating with Bosch Secure Authentication to decisively optimise technologies in the field of brand protection and...

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Reprotronics elevates plate production with Esko CDI Crystal 4260 XPS investment

02 Dec 2025
  • Esko; Reprotronics

Reprotronics, a leading Dubai-based prepress and visual graphics solutions provider, has invested in a fully automated Esko CDI Crystal 4260 XPS flexo platemaking line to advance its capabilities in delivering exceptional quality and consistency for ...

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Award win for Ishida’s AI-powered production monitoring software

01 Dec 2025
  • Ishida

Ishida’s revolutionary AI-driven remote production monitoring software, Sentinel 5.0, has been awarded the Innovative Processing System accolade at the 2025 PPMA Total Show Awards, which recognise excellence in the processing and packaging mach...

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RotoFlexoPress sees rapid benefits from new BOBST NOVALAM S 550

27 Nov 2025
  • BOBST

In a fast-changing and unpredictable packaging environment, a willingness to adapt and invest can help companies stay ahead. That’s certainly true of RotoFlexoPress (RFP), a converter based in Lebanon specialising in the manufacturing, printing...

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Speed to shelf and consumer engagement – The rise of digital corrugated packaging printing

26 Nov 2025
  • Domino Printing Sciences

By Michael Strehlow, Account Manager – Corrugated EMEA at Domino Printing Sciences Shifts in consumer habits continue to have a considerable impact on FMCG brands and their supply chains. From the continuing rise of ecommerce and personalisati...

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The critical importance of skills development in modern industry

24 Nov 2025
  • Konica Minolta South Africa

According to Stats SA, South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025. In light of national efforts to reduce youth unemployment and address the persistent skills gap in South Africa, Konica Minolta South A...

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Fiberdom and Kiefel form partnership to accelerate fibre-based packaging innovation

21 Nov 2025
  • Fiberdom; Kiefel Technologies

Fiberdom, a pioneer in wood fibre material innovation, is entering a strategic partnership with Kiefel, a global leader in packaging machinery and moulding technology, to accelerate the development and commercialisation of fibre-based, fully recyclab...

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Clariant’s reliable bio-based wax for resilient printing inks and premium applications

19 Nov 2025
  • Clariant

How can you achieve flawless aesthetics and high-performance functionality in inks and coatings while meeting the world's demands for greater sustainability, transparency and supply chain resilience? For decades, carnauba wax and its blends, often c...

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Miraclon and SGX collaboration validates Shine LED Lamp Kit performance on LAMS flexo plates

17 Nov 2025
  • Miraclon; SGX

Miraclon, in partnership with US-based trade shop, SGX, has concluded a recent study that confirms the Shine LED Lamp Kit, innovated by Miraclon, produces high-quality plates that provide measurable benefits for a full range of LAMS flexo plates over...

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Award-winning peel-and-reveal beer label printed on Domino N610i showcases creativity and technology in harmony

14 Nov 2025
  • Domino Printing Sciences; Labelnet; Hackney Church Brewery

UK-based label converter, Labelnet, and Hackney Church Brewery have joined forces to produce a peel-and-reveal label on a Domino N610i label press. The “Noah Knows Best” beer label has not only captivated consumers but also been recognise...

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Scancode unlocks new possibilities with Domino hybrid label press

13 Nov 2025
  • Domino; Scancode Auto ID Technology

Scancode Auto ID Technology Pvt. Ltd., a leading force in packaging innovation, has announced a major strategic investment in the Domino N610i-H hybrid digital label press to drive its newly launched digital printing division, IMPRENTA. Finalised at...

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Mondi ramps up FunctionalBarrier Paper Ultimate to meet growing demand for sustainable high-barrier paper-based packaging

10 Nov 2025
  • Mondi

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is expanding its range of high-performance barrier papers with the rollout of FunctionalBarrier Paper Ultimate, a paper-based solution that meets even the most demanding packaging requirement...

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Koenig & Bauer strengthens printing companies with new “protected at print” initiative

06 Nov 2025
  • Koenig & Bauer

With the strategic “protected at print” initiative, Koenig & Bauer Vision & Protection is giving the printing industry a boost and helping its customers expand their value chain. The initiative aims to enable printing companies to...

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Colour: Where every shade narrates its own tale

03 Nov 2025
  • James Cropper

By Mickael Minot, Brand Owner Director at James Cropper As you cross the River Kent in Burneside, the old schoolhouse comes into view. Once a place of traditional learning, it is now home to a new kind of education. Just upstream, the mill ...

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