Heidelberg

Featured Products for the the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including EskoArtwork, Agfa Graphics, Anderson & Vreeland, Flint Group, Dupont, MacDermid, Heidelberg, Presstek and PRPflexo.

Heidelberg’s Saphira Bio Ink Series has achieved ISO 2846-1 conformance from Printing Industries of America (PIA). With this conformance, the certified inks will help printers achieve G7 Master Printer status, which requires the use of inks defined by ISO 2846-1.

Since the end of last year, French packaging printer Cartoneo has been operating not one but two new six-color presses from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg)—a Speedmaster XL 162 and a Speedmaster XL 105. Both presses have a coating unit and integrated UV equipment for printing with UV inks and coatings, and replace two competitor presses in the same formats.

In the third quarter of its financial year, Heidelberg achieved a slightly positive result in operating activities and had stable sales. Sales in the first nine months amounted to €1.811 billion, 4 percent down on the previous year’s figure for the same period.

The HP Graphic Arts Experience Center and the Heidelberg North American Print and Packaging Technology Center will host this year’s Label Printing Industries of America Technical Institute, scheduled for March 6-7, 2012. This program addresses the specific needs of the label converting, packaging, product decoration, and top-sheet industry within the production arena with an emphasis on the production process as a whole.

As announced in November 2011, the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has agreed on the "FOCUS 2012" efficiency program to achieve the company's profitability targets. The aim is to ensure that the target operating results are achieved in financial year 2013/14.

As announced in November 2011, the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has agreed on the "FOCUS 2012" efficiency program to achieve the company's profitability targets.

By investing in a variety of offset and flexo printing platforms to support its growth in folding carton converting, Bell Inc. has become one of the ten largest independent folding carton manufacturers in the United States.

Carded Graphics and Everett Graphics demonstrate that good color proofing, when combined with defined, measurable color management will enable a packaging printer to produce predictable, trustworthy, and repeatable results, while carving time, labor, and unnecessary cost from the production cycle.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on AB Graphic International and UV supplier GEW, RotoMetrics and Avery Dennison, Toray Plastics (America) and its new Matte BOPP Film, acpo, Comexi, EFI, SGS International, and Hewlett-Packard.