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SHANGHAI, China—Labelexpo Asia, the largest label industry exhibition in this region, will take place from November 28-30, 2007 in Shanghai. Exhibitor space has expanded significantly on the 2005 event, with more than 75 percent of the exhibition sold. Building on the success of Labelexpo Asia 2005, the show will feature a large presence of local Chinese machinery and materials’ manufacturers as well as many leading international suppliers who will be launching and unveiling their latest products on this important stage. Labelexpo Asia 2007 is expected to welcome more than 12,000 visitors and 350 exhibitors to the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre. Visitors will see

NEW DEHLI, India—Label Summit India 2007, which took place this month in New Delhi was a great success with 492 delegates attending the high-level conference to learn about the key factors stimulating growth in the Indian label industry both in the short and the long term. With the current retail market in India worth $300 billion and the demand for consumer products and luxury goods increasing by 15 percent every year, the Summit provided the ideal gathering for label industry professionals from India and beyond to gain in-depth insights into these developments. A panel of senior representatives from brand owner organizations such as GlaxoSmithKline,

BRUSSELS, Berlin—Labelexpo Europe 2007, taking place on 26-29, is expected to attract more than 23,000 visitors to Brussels from all over the world. With the ongoing growth of the label industry, more companies are exhibiting this year and an additional hall will make the show even larger than in 2005. With 90 percent sold, of exhibitor space sold, six halls will be packed with international suppliers unveiling their new machinery and innovations on this special global stage. With the global label industry continuing to grow steadily at a rate of 5-7 percent each year, Labelexpo Europe provides the opportunity for manufacturers to showcase their

FRANKFURT, Germany—Spurred on by the success of its ‘Industrial Manufacturing’ seminar focusing on the offset printing workflow in October last year, Gallus has added a seminar on flexo sleeve work flows, to be held between March 21 and 22 in its German manufacturing site close to Frankfurt. The seminar is entitled ‘Flexo Sleeve - The Gallus S-class embedded in an efficient production workflow’, and in addition to talks by industry experts there will be a live demonstration of a packaging decoration workflow based around a Gallus EM 410/510 S press. The press demonstration will focus on the incorporation of sleeve technology for printing cylinders

Shorter print runs, green technology, the emergence of flexible packaging and UV inks, shorter makeready times, globalization—we’ve heard them all of late. Talk to almost any converter or print industry manufacturer and these buzz terms are likely to come up. Whether you’re a high- or low-volume converter, these issues impact the packaging industry in a variety of ways. Perhaps the most important result is that they push press manufacturers to continually evolve their products to keep up with the rapidly changing package-printing market. The challenges are the same for narrow- or wide-web press users. Shorter print runs are converters’ new realities, making shorter makeready

St. Gallen, Switzerland—The Gallus Group, a global supplier of narrow-web printing presses, has acquired BHS Druck- und Veredelungstechnik GmbH (Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany). Following Gallus’ initial purchase of a 30 percent stake in BHS in October 2005, the takeover will result in expansion of the folding carton range through mid- and wide-web printing presses and flatbed diecutters. A highly innovative narrow web folding carton reel machine including a flatbed diecutter, unveiled at Drupa 2004, marked the first step towards entry into the folding carton business. Gallus is to apply the multiprocess expertise developed in the narrow-web printing press business, namely the modular linking

St. Gallen, Switzerland—The Gallus Group, a global supplier of narrow-web printing presses, has acquired BHS Druck- und Veredelungstechnik GmbH (Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany). Following Gallus’ initial purchase of a 30 percent stake in BHS in October 2005, the takeover will result in expansion of the folding carton range through mid- and wide-web printing presses and flatbed diecutters. A highly innovative narrow web folding carton reel machine including a flatbed diecutter, unveiled at Drupa 2004, marked the first step towards entry into the folding carton business. Gallus is to apply the multiprocess expertise developed in the narrow-web printing press business, namely the modular linking

ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND—The Gallus Group has entered negotiations with the shareholders of BHS Druck und Veredelungstechnik (BHS) to acquire its entire equity interest. Gallus acquired 30 percent of the company’s shares in October 2005. The acquisition of BHS would allow Gallus to expand its current product portfolio into the folding carton market with wide-web machines. In addition, the company would acquire high-quality diecutting technology for roll-fed solutions, thus enabling it to reach a broader customer base. Gallus will create an integrated and autonomous business unit for this newly acquired folding carton business. The new business unit will complement the Heidelberg range of technologies designed for

Candlelight, Chateaubriand for two, gypsy violins, a bottle of your favorite wine on ice. The sommelier presents the bottle for your inspection. Very nice; very nice indeed. But wait, look at that label! What exquisite detail. Those colors, that texture! Honey, look! The recipe for a perfect evening? Doubtful, but there’s no denying the power of a perfectly crafted wine label to lift an ordinary experience to the realm of the sublime. “We built our business on the mythology behind people buying wine based on the label,” says Doug Sage, wine market manager for Tapp Technologies. He adds that studies have shown that

Download the 2007 packagePRINTING Excellence Awards nomination form. As a unanimous vote among packagePRINTING’s 2006 Excellence Awards judges, Hayward, Calif.-based Rotocolor’s “Marilyn Merlot” wine label is this year’s Best of Show honoree for its superior flexographic printing. “It really shows where flexo can go,” said Roy Webb, national sales manager, Mark Andy. “It has fantastic quality and could sit side-by-side with the lithographic print.” This entry was also a first place winner in the Wine Labels - Flexo (Process) category. “The piece is exceptional and shows how far along flexo has come,” said Bob Waddington, general manager, UVitec Printing Ink. “The skin tones are