The R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Avery Dennison, recognizes the values and vision of Stan Avery and his pioneering efforts. The recipient of the 2013 award was Tomas Rink, president Ritrama Group.
Digital print has taken hold in several areas in commercial print and book publishing, driven by the need to maximize the return on the investment (ROI) in print. However, packaging print, book printing, and commercial printing are all very different.
An informal knowledge exchange for label and packaging printers and converters, Xeikon Café will be held in Toronto, Canada, on June 12th. Attendees will be able to share ideas on digital print production with industry experts and peers.
Promotional printing firm Creative Labels of Vermont has chosen a Xeikon ThermoFlexX solution to meet the needs of its diverse customer base. The company has purchased a Xeikon ThermoFlexX 30 digital imager for flexographic platemaking.
Set to be the largest in the show’s 33 year history, Labelexpo Europe 2013 returns to Belgium between September 24-27. "There is nowhere better to see the latest product launches, compare technologies, network and do business," said Lisa Milburn, managing director of the Labelexpo Global Series.
This year's Annual Technical Meeting for the International Packaging Group (IPG) was sponsored by Zumbiel Packaging, an independent paperboard packaging company with a 170-year history in the Cincinnati area. Representatives from HP, Fujifilm, Xeikon and Stork Print shared their latest technologies and led group workshops on digital packaging printing.
Labels in Motion has acquired a Xeikon 3500 digital label press to handle production of customized labels for the nutraceutical market. Labels in Motion is a subsidiary of XYMOGEN, an independent health sciences company with more than 25 years of experience providing quality vitamin supplements to healthcare practitioners. XYMOGEN had been outsourcing label production to other companies, but the management team decided to bring the digital label operations in-house, and Labels in Motion was founded.
Smithers Pira is pleased to announce that X-Rite Incorporated, SCHAWK!, HP Scitex Industrial Printing, Xeikon, Esko and many others will present at the 2nd annual U.S. version of Digital Print for Packaging 2013.
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on Avery Dennison Corp., Creative Labels Inc. and Epson, Lotus Labels and Xeikon, Grafix Equipment and Mark Andy.
PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, announced today that Xeikon, an innovator in digital printing technology, has become a member and joins the ranks of industry leaders focused on the adoption of digital technology applied to labels & packaging.
