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Digital printing technology, software, label presses and web converting equipment, featuring MACtac, Color-Logic, HP Indigo, Xeikon, and GraphixOne.

MACtac Printing Products has enhanced its digital label offering with a series of qualified paper and synthetic film labelstocks for the Xeikon 3000 Series of digital label presses.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including EFI, EskoArtwork, Bunting Magnetics, Pulse Roll Label Products, DuPont Packaging Graphics, and Ral Print Etiquetas e Rótulos Adesivos.

Labelexpo Americas 2010 provided an active platform for companies to introduce new products and product enhancements. The following is a snapshot of just some of the products on display at the show.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including Masterpiece Graphix, Bobst, Radius Solutions, Flint and more.

The trend toward ‘going green’ has affected everything from large corporations to personal households as entire countries, governments and industries continue to adjust their practices in an effort to decrease their environmental impact. This change has not gone unnoticed in the labels and labeling industry where manufacturers are faced with not only meeting their own sustainability goals, but providing customers and end users with products that will help them achieve their green initiatives as well.

The Application Development Team was assembled to work collaboratively with customers to provide product and process solutions for the industries MACtac serves, including the labels and labeling industry, which often presents extremely tough challenges. MACtac’s Application Development Team will work toward developing innovative solutions for all of MACtac’s areas of expertise, including Graphics, Roll Label and Sheets, Medical and Technical.

It seems as though labels are everywhere. In an office, many items like White Out, hand lotion, and water bottles all have labels adorning the exterior of the package. At restaurants, one can’t help but notice the labels. They appear on bottles of almost every condiment: ketchup, mustard, Tabasco sauce, soy sauce, and even some salt and pepper shakers. Where one can see a decent amount of labels is at the bar or at a social gathering. It is truly amazing what the “turnaround” time is on beverage labels. It’s not that long after seeing someone twist off a bottle cap that you can

ROSEMONT, Ill.—Despite the current unstable economic situation, Labelexpo Americas—which took place in Rosemont, Ill., Sept. 9-11—still saw a good turnout, with numbers exceeding 12,000. By the end of the show, more than 80 percent of the exhibition space had already been rebooked for Labelexpo Americas 2010. The show saw 420 national and international suppliers bringing their latest developments in technology and materials to demonstrate to the North American market. There were many new presses launched by market leaders: Nilpeter introduced its new FG-line of UV flexo presses; Mark Andy unveiled the Comco C1 ProGlide and demonstrated its updated XP5000 shaftless press. EFI Jetrion

Last month, the staff at packagePRINTING packed its bags and flew to Chicago for Labelexpo -Americas. This was my second time attending this show. My first go at it was two years ago. I had just started with packagePRINTING and had only gotten a taste of the package-printing industry for about two months, before I stepped on the showroom floor for the first time. Needless to say, I was completely overwhelmed and felt as if I had stepped into another world. I knew very little about tradeshows and knew even less about the printing presses and equipment I would see on the floor. And,