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Canadian Printer Creates Lunchboxes for COVID-19 Frontline Workers

June 11, 2020

I chatted with Ellis to find out about a new project the team has been working on for Canadians Care, providing lunchboxes for lunches to COVID-19 healthcare workers in Canada.

Premier Press used Komori’s Impremia IS29 press

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Innovations in Package Printing Automation

Newer technologies enable integration between press and post-press solutions to automate the entire package manufacturing process.

Doug Schardt

June 9, 2020

The discriminating eye and mechanical knowledge of a seasoned press operator have been indispensable for achieving maximum press performance. However, over the last 20 years or so, the printing industry has seen declining numbers of experienced press operators as they age and retire with too few replacements for them.

Sun Chemical and DIC Corporation Acquire Digital Inks Business

June 5, 2020

Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Sensient Imaging Technologies and certain other assets related to the production of inks.

Materials

The Importance of Flexible Packaging

Three key insights cement why flexible packaging is, and will remain, a premium packaging solution.

Jay Funderburk

May 11, 2020

As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression. In the packaging world, flexible packaging is considered by many to be the optimal way for a company to put its best foot forward.

New Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) Ink Provides 12-Month Cartridge Shelf-Life

New Thermal Inkjet Ink Provides 12-Month Cartridge Shelf-Life

May 8, 2020

Videojet Technologies has launched a Cool Black Solvent thermal inkjet (TIJ) ink to provide users with a 12-month cartridge shelf-life, excellent performance in low-temperature environments and a no-CMR (carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins) ink option.

CMD Creating Face Shields for COVID-19 Front Liners

April 15, 2020

When CMD Corporation Director of Operations, Ron Buchinger learned that companies like CMD could contribute to a growing movement to produce important protective equipment to help those on the front line in the pandemic, he jumped on board.

Market Trends

Reducing Loss in the Medical Supply Chain

Reducing inefficiencies in the supply chain has been a long-standing challenge for companies everywhere.

Bruce Gaydos

April 12, 2020

In 2020, the goal of reducing supply chain inefficiencies has become especially true for the healthcare industry, as hospitals and healthcare systems work to reduce the billions of dollars spent on unnecessary supply chain operations every year.

Komori Corporation to Acquire Stake in Germany-based MBO Group,

March 17, 2020

Komori Corporation has signed a basic agreement with the MBO Group, a global company based in Germany that specializes in the manufacture and sale of post-press equipment, regarding the acquisition of a 100% equity stake with plans to make it a Komori subsidiary.

Colbert Packaging Installs State-of-the-Art RMGT Printing Press

March 9, 2020

Colbert Packaging, a provider of paperboard packaging solutions, has installed a new Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology (RMGT) sheet-fed offset printing press in its Kenosha, Wisconsin, facility.

Addressing Coronavirus Concerns with Supply Chain Update

March 2, 2020

As the Coronavirus spreads from one region of the world to another, Sun Chemical is conducting diligent inventory analyses of key intermediates, raw materials and finished goods inventories.