Labels

Canon comes late to the digital labels market, albeit with a high-end offering

Acquisitive Label and packaging press manufacturer Mark Andy has bought post-press and packaging kit manufacturer Brandtjen & Kluge.

A boom in work from retail customers has prompted Sato UK to invest £1.1m in two new Mark Andy presses.

A new integrated workflow combining know-how from four Danaher-owned companies is promising users considerable benefits in time savings and waste reduction.

Acorn Labels has bumped up productivity and expects to increase turnover after installing a new narrow web press.

Canon has entered the crowded digital label printing market with a new inkjet press – the Océ LabelStream 4000 – that it believes offers significant USPs compared with the existing competition.

Handy Labels is looking to upgrade its digital firepower to help it cross the 100-million-labels threshold and move into new markets.

Simon is 53 and has worked in the printing industry for 19 years. He is married with two children, and in his spare time “enjoys country walks followed by a nice meal out with the wife”.

Anglia Labels has spent £500,000 to install a five-colour Domino N610i inkjet label press and adapt its operation to accommodate the new machine.

Mercian Labels is moving upwards and outwards. Two months ago the business upped sticks at its Derby operation and shifted it 40 miles to its headquarters in Burntwood, Staffordshire. This was a bold...