The ability to produce tactile and personalised prints that bursts with colour, has led to a steady rise in demand for digital print enhancements. This has ushered in technologies with added capabilities to print a new range of colours, specifically ...

D3-AM GmbH, a subsidiary of the Durst Group, unveiled its innovative Micro Particle Jetting™ printing technology at Formnext 2023, demonstrating advancements in high-performance ceramics manufacturing. D3’s LABII printing system allows di...

Choosing the right forklift for a particular application is a tough decision that has become even tougher with the introduction of modern battery technology that allows electric machines to go toe-to-toe with the best internal combustion engine (IC) ...

By Juergen Krebs, Software Sales Manager, Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe                  The print industry is changing with efficiency being everything. The faster jobs are process...

By Katie Schomberg, Global Business Development Director, Personal Care & Home Care at Aptar How much shopping do you do online today? How has that changed in the past few years, particularly since the global pandemic? In recent years, many of ...

Regarding the personal care and cosmetics industry, standout product coding and labelling solutions can’t be overstated. Your product’s packaging plays a significant role in communicating brand values and attracting consumers’ atten...

Spherical Insights LLP, a leading market research and industry consulting firm based in the United States, has released the Global Digitally Printed Wallpaper Market, which forecasts that the global digitally printed wallpaper market size is set to g...

Today’s label production presents numerous challenges all at once: managing digital and analogue print processes, producing repeat orders of identical colour quality, maintaining consistency across different locations, ensuring predictable resu...

Rosas Maschinenbau, a German manufacturer of customised rewinder and inspection machines has introduced a new RFID label converting and serialisation line. The modular solution features Rosas’ Gazelle bi-directional rewinder with serialisation ...

Since 1873, Konica Minolta has been striving to develop new technologies and innovative solutions, and to successfully and sustainably implement these solutions for its customers. Together, it wants to continue to be a force for successful evolu...

Kyocera is excited to announce the expansion of sustainable production printing into SADC through its partnership with Central Business Equipment Ltd (CBE) in Mauritius. The company’s acquisition of the TASKAlfa Pro 15000c promises to redefine ...

Do you remember the last time you walked into a store and were drawn to a product displayed intriguingly? Chances are, that wasn’t a happy accident. Behind every successful product display in a retail store is an arsenal of effective merchandis...

By Sam Upton, Two Sides UK A number of iconic magazines, catalogues and even local newspapers are reviving their print versions to reach their audiences in more relevant and exciting ways. Whether it’s global fashion titles, luxury retail cata...

By Muhcine Kanouni PhD, Senior Technical Marketing Manager at Clariant Printing is as important today as it has ever been and it’s a segment that is changing fast. Sustainability challenges are driving the demand for Polytetrafluorethylen (PT...

Clichéd as, “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link” may be, Boksburg Print has demonstrated that taking it to heart can – and will – catapult a business to success, through walking away as a first-time entrant w...

Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, reported that French book printer Imprimerie Floch is using its certified Carbon Neutral AWP™ CleanPrint Water-Washable flexographic plates to not only improve its s...

By Simone Rossum, Executive Creative Director at Shift Why is design important? It’s because design improves the appearance and functionality of our world. Designing is easy: everything human-made around us has been designed. Very little, howe...

Commercial printers in South Africa face a number of challenges in today’s economy including the rise of all things digital, economic stress, heightened competition, rising costs and the importance of environmental concerns. Heidie-Mari Middel...

ROTOCON confirmed an order from Cape Town label printer, SA Litho, for a Pantec RHINO E 340 flatbed hotfoil embossing unit integrated with a ROTOCON CHROME RDF digital finishing machine and a Wink SmartGap Touch adjustable anvil system. The Pantec R...

A pioneering scheme using street art, theatre and song aims to reduce open dumping and burning of waste as well as increase plastic recycling in Mpumalanga, South Africa.   Uncontrolled plastic waste disposal is becoming an increasingly ...