UPFRONT
3 Editor’s Letter: Bankruptcies, bale-outs and restructures
6 Company news and industry events
12 Letters to the editor
18 Environmental news
PRINT MATTERS
21 FTASA Awards: Who turned up trumps?
34 Flexo Forum: Comexi shows innovative flair
35 W+H print seminar gets stamp of approval
39 Show preview: drupa on the horizon
41 Security Printing: Enhanced security with API Holographics
42 Open House: Printech wows the crowds
46 Printing Consumables: Graphica’s delightful Discover shows
48 Roxcel comes to South Africa
49 Rubber Engineering’s on a roll Special supplement: PIFSA’s Cape Chamber celebrates centenary
CONVERTING MATTERS
53 Folding Cartons: Britepak’s Braille for pharma packs
56 Bobst’s Accucheck for zero-fault packaging
56 Stora Enso’s LumiLiner for first-class printing results
58 Plastics in Packaging: 3D printing for prototype design
60 Record results for Reifenhäuser
62 Barrier Film Converters raises the bar
64 Making a case for sausages
67 Flexible Packaging Update: More slitting capacity for CTP flexibles
68 Glass Packaging: Consol Glass celebrates in style
71 Labelling & Narrow Web: Changes a-foot at J Ryan
72 SArepco sells another Rotoflex
73 UPM Raflatac’s Timo heads home to Finland
76 GEW’s 100th UV curing system goes to AB Graphics
FMCG PACK
78 Clive Glover picks his packs
81 Beverage Packaging: Filling a vital role at GEA
82 Castle Milk Stout gets a makeover
83 Versus expands to boxed wine
84 Dairy Packaging: Parmalat gets a smart, new Edge
87 End-of-Line: New ink for Domino’s A-Series printers
87 Clear object detection from RET Automation Controls
88 Coding, Marking & Labelling: Packaging gets interactive
89 Filling & Packing: Cut-gate weigher for granular products
FINISHING TOUCHES
91 PACSA News: Low-key AGM
91 IPSA News: Diploma in advanced packaging
93 PIFSA’s PrinTalk
97 Yours irreverently
97 Diary
98 Index of advertisers and their web addresses
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