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Timeline: Key developments since the last Ipex

Ahead of the UK's biggest printing exhibition at Birmingham's NEC, Chloe Setter provides a month- by-month breakdown of the key product launches and developments since the 2006 show

ContiTech to showcase carbon-neutral blankets at Ipex

ContiTech Elastomer Coatings is to exhibit its Conti-Air printing blankets at Ipex next week after winning accreditation as the world's first climate-neutral blankets.

Ultrachem press room chemicals gets a thumbs up from the print industry

Ultrachem pressroom chemicals have been tested and approved by high-end printing facilities in India said S R Sharma, country head and director of AIC overseas, partner of Ultrachem in the Asian...

Pink Panther Digital invests in HP Scitex FB950

Pink Panther Digital has invested in one of the UK's first HP Scitex FB950 flatbed printers, which it said will save the company around 1,500 a month in vinyl and laminate costs.

Mitsubishi to launch environmentally friendly platemaking system at Ipex

Mitsubishi Paper Mills will target SME print companies at next month's Ipex with the worldwide launch of its next-generation polymer plate, the Polymer DigiPlate (PDP).

Mitsu Inks makes expo participation count

PrintWeek India - Digital printing ink manufacturer, Mitsu Inks announced that it has made a good start to its new financial year after it added new customers from Guwahati, West Bengal, Calicut,...

Printers in North India protest against paper manufacturers and dealers for hike in paper cost

PrintWeek India - Printers from North India went on a one-day strike to protest against the increase in paper prices by the paper manufacturers and dealers on Saturday 10 April 2010.

Print CEOs from BMPA and MMS discuss paper price hike in Mumbai

Print companies and associations like the Bombay Master Printer's Association (BMPA) and Mumbai Mudrak Sangh (MMS) have been hosting a series of closed-door confabulations.

India faces a demand supply gap, as paper consumption is 9 million tons

The Indian paper industry ranks 15th, globally. Ashok Java analyses the impact of the hike in paper prices, shortage in pulp and emerging growth in the Indian printing industry

Neschen uses sticky spots to produce repositionable PVC

Neschen has launched a repositionable digitally printable vinyl, which uses dots of adhesive to eliminate bubbles and creases during application and to make repositioning easier.