Flexo

New Xsys Nyloflex FTM Digital flexo plate for use with water-based inks

Reuters: Flint Group could spin off flexo wing

Flint Group is engaging with potential buyers for its Xsys pre-press business according to a report from Reuters.

The employee’s high vis tabard became entangled in a rotating spindle

Firm fined over HSE incident

A specialist printing firm has been fined a six-figure sum after an incident where an employee suffered asphyxiation after becoming entangled in a part of a press.

Schmidt: repositioning is more than just a new name

Flint Group creates new pre-press arm

Flint Group has created a new division combining Xeikon’s pre-press business and Flint’s flexo wing, and has revived an old brand name as its moniker.

(L-R) Les Jones and Nick Mitchell have both become directors

Contact expands board

Flexo plate manufacturer Contact Originators rounded off a challenging but still successful 2020 with the promotion of two long-serving employees to directors.

Mulcahy: "2021 holds a great deal of promise for us"

Contact Originators continues expansion with new hires

Flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators has continued its year of recovery after suffering a serious fire in January by increasing its headcount.

Burbidge (L) with Vergopoulos: "It's a brilliant move"

Fortoak merges with Ticketmedia and Purple Paper

The Fortoak Group has merged with Ticketmedia and Purple Paper after acquiring 49% of both businesses as it looks to bring smart technology to printed ticket rolls.

The new Dukinfield site is around five miles from the existing Bredbury facility

Contact Originators unveils new site as part of £5m investment

Flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators has kicked off a £5m investment in a new site and equipment less than a year after it suffered a serious fire at its Bredbury, Stockport facility.

HSE: Scapa failed to take action to ensure the necessary guarding of the machinery

Firm fined after workplace fatality

A manufacturer of industrial tape products, including social distancing and plate mounting tapes, has been fined more than £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death in a slitter-rewinder.

Anilox rolls can be cleaned, checked and returned for use on press within eight minutes

Parkside invests in Troika kit, develops sustainable food pack

Flexible packaging specialist Parkside Flexibles has installed a Troika AniCAM system for measuring its flexographic plates and anilox rolls at its Normanton manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire....

First product rolls off new production line

Heidelberg moves into printed sensors

Heidelberg has set up a new business unit focused on printed and organic electronics, with an initial €5m (£4.5m) investment in a production line to make printed sensors.