UPFRONT3 Editor’s Letter: Sustainable packaging: is it a mythical beast? 7 Company news and industry events 11 Environmental news and events
PRINT MATTERS 18 Printer of the Month: Trident’s three-pronged attack 20 Print Industry News: Nashua gains share of production printing market 21 GSW set for Sign Africa 2012 24 drupa Review: Even more drupa news . . . 35 Newspaper Printing: Electronic solutions for great efficiency 38 Finishing Matters: Another Polar for Collage Litho 39 Synchron’s shining work of art 41 Henkel’s powerful adhesive for perfect binding 42 Prepress: Multiprint Litho moves to process-free plates 43 Flexo Forum: CAE champions perfect ink proofing 45 India’s Dynaflex orders second Comexi 47 Flexotecnica goes to Afripack Flexibles KZN 48 Gallus Intro takes flexo to new markets
CONVERTING MATTERS 50 Labelling & Narrow Web: RotoCon takes MPS agency 53 Millian inks proves local is lekker 55 Universal employs Rexson accuracy 56 Flint Group simplifies ink management 58 Report outlines label market in Africa and Middle East 59 Price & Pack’s gearing for growth 61 The VEGAplus success story 62 The Morgancoat story continues . . . 64 Yes we can, at CSM 67 And, yes, we did it! 69 Plastics in Packaging: Marcom Plastics puts partners first 73 Maritime’s principals on show 74 Dispak moves into extrusion 77 Resin for high-quality cosmetics jars 79 German technology at attractive prices 80 Flexible Packaging: Flexibles save energy 83 Adhesive Update: Dow shapes global packaging 84 Robotech’s hot-melt application heads set new standards 85 Nortec succeeds with expanded range 87 Seal’s eco-sustainable lamination adhesives 89 Glue-More’s successful gluing solutions 90 Permoseal offers the future in hot melt 92 Paper & Board: Début for compact, powerful Breaker Flat Track
FMCG PACK 94 Clive Glover picks his packs 96 Hair Care: Meadowsweet débuts its shampoo 98 Positive outlook for HDPE bottles 99 Dispensing Products’ cream of the crop 99 Rap relates hair-raising statistics 101 Food Packaging: The greatest little food company under the sun 105 Beverage Packaging: Sacmi collaborates on a SUPER project 106 Compostable film for organic tea 107 drinktec for the dairy sector 111 Coding, Marking & Labelling: Domino helps increase production flexibility 112 Open Date demonstrates added printer features at PPMA 113 Pyrotec extends print capabilities 113 Future-proof labelling and marking solutions 115 Pyro Inspiration’s third-round winners 117 Squid Ink offers quality, versatility and low maintenance 119 Inspection Systems: Safety switches for the food sector 121 Filling & Packing: Automation for fragile confectionery 122 Talking Tubes: Tubes & Trends, first edition out now
FINISHING TOUCHES 123 Printing SA’s News: Printing SA rolls out new image 126 IPSA News: African Packaging Organisation launched 126 Mimicking nature in the Cape 127 WPO News: WPO members converge on Croatia 128 At the Cutting Edge: Brenda Neall highlights global FMCG innovation 129 Yours irreverently 129 Diary 130 Index of advertisers and their web addresses
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