Labels

Scottish smart sensor firm Insignia Technologies has secured an £865,000 investment to begin commercial trials with supermarkets on freshness indicator food labels.

But for the judges' comments, the Proteus label did all the talking. The product showed "beautiful print and stunning attention to details combined with elegant application of appropriate processes...

Crown Van Gelder has re-branded its high-speed inkjet papers as the papermaker gears up for growth in colour inkjet printing.

Self-adhesive label industry association Finat has warned label printers that they could be struck off supplier rosters if they fail to comply with the latest EU food safety regulations.

EFI has gone all-LED on the latest version of its Jetrion inkjet label press.

John Watson & Co has been bought by Cincinnati, Ohio-based Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) less than a year after the collapse of its proposed sale to Canadian labels group CCL Industries.

HP Indigo has moved to reassert its market dominance in the face of a slew of fresh competitors in the digital label printing space.

Dantex has been appointed as European distributor for Screen's Truepress Jet L350UV label press, which had its official European launch at Labelexpo this week.

Nilpeter will launch what it claims is one of the fastest label presses on the market, at Labelexpo in Brussels on 24 to 27 September.

Specialist web manufacturer Edale and post-press kit supplier AB Graphics have unveiled a jointly developed converting system for the HP Indigo 20000 digital press, the Digicon 3000.