Firstan Quality Packaging procures two Komori presses
UK-based Firstan Quality Packaging invested £6m to procure two Komori 18,000sph presses.
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A six-colour Lithrone GX40 with coater was installed last December, while a multi-unit Lithrone GX40RP with reverse printing and coating press will be installed by the end of May.
The presses include the inline Komori PDF Comparator, which checks every element of the printed sheet against the proof automatically, thereby finding even the smallest discrepancies.
This is particularly beneficial as the company manufactures foreign and multilingual versions of packaging.
In addition, the presses come with non-stop feeder and delivery pile logistics systems, which convey stock to and from the press and transport pallets that are empty from feeder to delivery so that they can be reused.
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Bericap shifts production from Singapore to Malaysia to focus on ASEAN markets
Plastic closure manufacturer Bericap shifted its production from Singapore to a new advanced facility in Johor, Malaysia.
The operations at the Singapore site were stopped last December.
The new plant will focus on producing and selling closures for food and beverage sectors, as well as non-food markets in the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), which has a population of approximately 550 million.
Bericap stated that it intends to sell the closures in more than 20 countries across Asia, Australia and the EU.
Brodrene Hartmann to set up egg carton manufacturing plant at Rolla, US
Food packaging company Brodrene Hartmann intends to set up its new manufacturing centre at Rolla, Missouri, US.
The Denmark-based company will be investing nearly $30m for the new facility, which will be used to produce moulded-fibre egg cartons for the US market.
The firm will be manufacturing the sustainable cartons at the 334,000ft² centre with recycled newspaper sourced from the Midwest.
In order to ensure the scheduled start of the plant operations early next year, the firm will be initiating hiring for the facility later this year.
Printpack to invest $26m in rigid packaging unit expansion
American flexible and specialty rigid packaging manufacturer Printpack announced plans to spend nearly $26m to expand its manufacturing operations in Newport News, Virginia, US.
The expansion is expected to boost the company’s production capacity and open up 50 new jobs.
Printpack has also announced plans to complete a separate recapitalisation programme this year to enhance its manufacturing capacities using advanced technology and industry equipment.
Printpack rigid operations director Jim Stevenson said: "We decided to expand in Virginia largely because our well-established, capable workforce provides us a solid base of expertise to build upon."
API cold foils enhance Edale’s narrow web label presses
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The technology is claimed to offer new visual screen effects for labels as it combines flexo and digital print with API’s foils.
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Eticom chooses Xeikon 3300 narrow label press to expand flexo/digital production platform
Self-adhesive label provider Eticom chose Xeikon’s 3300 narrow-web label press to extend its extensive portfolio of digital and flexo presses.
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Around 30 chemicals and printing inks that can migrate into food from packaging were tested as a part of the study.
The tested chemicals included bisphenol A (BPA), epoxidised soy bean oil (ESBO), phthalates, printing inks and perfluorinated compounds.
Typically consumed 81 foods and beverages were sampled during the study over two sampling periods.
