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Esko unveils groundbreaking new AI-led label compliance innovation

01 Aug 2025
  • Esko

Esko has launched a powerful new tool that streamlines complex processes to help brands meet packaging compliance standards, dramatically reducing costly errors, reworks and regulatory risk. Esko Comply offers an intelligent, automated way to va...

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Why it is time for marketers to look beyond generational stereotypes

29 Jul 2025
  • Ricoh Europe

By Erwin Busselot, Director Business Innovation & Solutions, Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe  For too long, marketers have relied on rigid generational labels to shape their strategies, often missing the nuances of real consumer ...

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Print innovation: The often-overlooked driver of business competitiveness

24 Jul 2025
  • Konica Minolta South Africa

In an era where digital transformation dominates boardroom discussions, print and document technology rarely makes the headlines. Yet, it remains one of the most quietly effective tools in helping businesses enhance productivity, improve security and...

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Sidel’s CoboREEL™ sets new industry standard by combining labelling with cobotics

22 Jul 2025
  • Sidel

By integrating cobots to automate the reel loading process, CoboREEL’s unmatched 18-reel capacity ensures 100% accuracy, optimises efficiency, boosts productivity and increases profitability. The global demand for packaged water is forecast to...

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Understanding the total cost of ownership of a roll-to-roll printer: An African perspective

21 Jul 2025
  • Canon Central & North Africa

Roll-to-roll printing’s scalable, cost-effective outputs make it a critical technology for many of Africa’s industries in a region where increasing investments in technology are driving growth as businesses face unique challenges. Wh...

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UPM Raflatac business area renamed UPM Adhesive Materials

18 Jul 2025
  • UPM Adhesive Materials

UPM Raflatac business area and reporting segment has been renamed UPM Adhesive Materials as of 12 June 2025. The new reporting segment name will be in use from the Interim Report Q2 2025 onwards. The name change supports the business area's strategi...

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Kyocera puts people and planet into real business practice

16 Jul 2025
  • Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa

When it comes to sustainability in the workplace, it’s time to move past the posters, the policies and the platitudes. That’s the view of Greg Griffith, Product Marketing Team Lead at Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa, who believes ...

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hubergroup opens India’s first production facility for Direct Food Contact inks

14 Jul 2025
  • hubergroup

With the inauguration of India’s first dedicated production facility for Direct Food Contact (DFC) inks, hubergroup Print Solutions reached another significant milestone. The state-of-the-art facility in Silvassa is entirely separated from othe...

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Awfully Posh relaunches its premium peanuts in fully recyclable paper wrapper

09 Jul 2025
  • Awfully Posh; Aquapak

Independent premium snack brand “Awfully Posh” has relaunched its peanut range in a 100% recyclable wrapper made from paper, replacing conventional nut packaging, which is made from hard to recycle polypropylene.  The relaunched Awf...

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Metsä Group and Amcor partner to develop moulded fibre-based food packaging solutions

08 Jul 2025
  • Metsä Group; Amcor

Forestry industry company, Metsä Group and Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, have announced a collaboration to develop three-dimensional moulded fibre packaging solutions with lidding and liner f...

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ECO3 introduces Apogee v14 for print production

07 Jul 2025
  • ECO3

ECO3 has launched version 14 of its Apogee workflow software, reinforcing its commitment to helping commercial printers streamline production, reduce costs and increase efficiency. Building on its legacy of innovation, Apogee v14 delivers smarter aut...

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BOBST’s robotic solutions boost end-to-end efficiency

04 Jul 2025
  • BOBST

Automation has become a central driver for the packaging industry, enabling faster, more reliable and cost-effective solutions. Perhaps the perfect example of modern automation is robotics - state-of-the-art technology used in smart ways to improve p...

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Mondi and ZARELO fire up new paper-based packaging solution for barbecue starters

03 Jul 2025
  • Mondi; ZARELO

Mondi and ZARELO have partnered to introduce a recyclable paper-based packaging solution for fire starters used in fireplaces and barbecues. Made from Mondi’s re/cycle FunctionalBarrier Paper 95/5, the new packaging provides strength and durabi...

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Agfa charges ahead with the Jeti Tauro H3300 XUHS

02 Jul 2025
  • Agfa; Thunderbolt Solutions

Agfa’s new Jeti Tauro H3300 XUHS hybrid press is purpose-built to tackle any print job - leading the pack with raw power, intelligent automation and unmatched versatility.  Power meets precisionThe Tauro H3300 XUHS is Agfa’s fas...

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Gentlebrand creates premium wine bottle in collaboration with Argea

01 Jul 2025
  • Gentlebrand

Gentlebrand Design Agency’s latest project is the result of a creative partnership with Argea - a group of leading Italian wine producers who have come together to represent and promote the country’s outstanding wine-growing heritage. Kno...

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Groundbreaking innovation for liquid sachet packaging

30 Jun 2025
  • Futamura

In recent years, small sachet formats have received a lot of attention in the media for the environmental challenges that they present. These small plastic envelopes are widely used to dispense condiments, sauces, personal care creams and many other ...

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Mondi unveils Spectrum of Impressions: The Print Book to guide premium print projects with PERGRAPHICA®

27 Jun 2025
  • Mondi

Mondi proudly launches Spectrum of Impressions: The Print Book; the centrepiece of its new PERGRAPHICA® Full Spectrum Feels campaign. The campaign redefines the boundaries of premium print and design to create a multi-sensory experience, brought ...

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Flexopack opts for two ROTOCON CHROME RFP flexo presses

25 Jun 2025
  • ROTOCON; Flexopack

Armenian printer GINAP LLC (factory known as Flexopack) has invested in two ROTOCON CHROME RFP flexo presses, with its first press successfully installed earlier this month. After a demonstration of the ROTOCON CHROME RFP 340 flexo press during drup...

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Kornit Digital and Gooten expand access to Kornit’s Global Fulfillment Network for on-demand production

23 Jun 2025
  • Kornit Digital; Gooten

Kornit Digital LTD., a global leader in sustainable, on-demand digital fashion and textile production technologies, announced that Gooten, a leading print-on-demand fulfillment and technology company, has integrated with Kornit’s Global Fulfill...

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Summa Launches 160 x 250 cm F1625 digital flatbed cutter

20 Jun 2025
  • Summa

Digital cutting innovator, Summa, is excited to announce the official debut of its latest flatbed cutter – the F1625. Specifically engineered for wide format printing professionals, the F1625 is a 160x250 cm flatbed cutting solution that combin...

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