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Relative to digital printing for packaging, drupa 2008 was a time for investigation and generalized discussion regarding product concepts and market requirements.

True to its history of introducing new technology to the printing world, drupa 2012 offered plenty of new things, including a great deal of packaging specific offerings in printing and finishing technologies.

I just got back from drupa and was very impressed with all the digital solutions companies like Landa, HP, FujiFilm, Heidelberg, Komori, Bobst, EFI, MGI, Screen, Myakashi and many others who are showing systems for the packaging sector.

After our third day at drupa we are getting more convinced that drupa 2012 is the “we think we have a digital solution for packaging” show.

Our first stop on Day 2 was a visit to Fujifilm booth where we met fellow Tweeter, Tony Karg. It was good to put a face to the tweets and have Tony show us the very interesting new B2 inkjet digital folding carton press.

Since the last drupa held in 2008 the suppliers of digital solutions have become even more important and reflect the mega-trend of digitization. In six halls, drupa 2012, held at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany, will show everything concerning digital printing, workflow, or Web-to-print applications, just to name some important examples.

The sad news from Friday that manroland has filed for insolvency in its hometown of Augsburg, Germany should also light a beacon of awareness in the global printing and converting industry. As one who worked for manroland – MAN Roland as it was then - distributor Edwards Dunlop Graphics in the 1980s (although on the prepress side), I felt a particular pang of regret that this great contributor to world literacy, information and entertainment via the printed word, should find itself in such dire straits. In those days, EDG handled the sheetfed presses while Craven Print & Pack handled

Kocher + Beck, well known for its solid and flexible dies and tooling, showed its new UR Precision rewind/unwind system at Labelexpo Europe, along with several new products in its flexible die portfolio and its new rotary screen printing product range. The company announced that Jerry Wynia, of Northern Graphic Solutions, has been named K+B’s representative in Canada. Wynia’s background includes more than two decades in the flexographic industry, with expertise in printing and prepress. The UR Precision winding system features a servo driven integrated isolation dancer on the unwind that compensates for the time of acceleration required for

By commissioning a Gallus EM 410 S, Obchodní tiskárni Kolín (OTK), one of the leading packaging and label manufacturers on the Czech market, is boosting productivity and expanding its range of applications many times over. Obchodní tiskárni Kolín (OTK), a print shop based 60 km east of Prague, has always been one of the most important packaging and label manufacturers on the Czech market and remains so to this day. OTK's product portfolio ranges from flexible packaging and forms to graphic and adhesive labels. The company extensively updated its production facilities for self-adhesive labels at the start of June

EFI has concluded a successful “trifecta” of industry tradeshows—SGIA, GRAPH EXPO and Labelexpo Americas—with record visitor attendance, strong sales on the show floor and hundreds of qualified leads.