Labels

AJS Labels boosts digital capacity by 200% with HP spend

AJS Labels unveiled the largest chunk of its 1m 2011 digital spend last week, part of the Littlehampton firm's strategy to boost its short to medium-run adhesive label firepower.

PLC Labels goes into admin for the second time in 18 months

Rivers (Midlands), which trades as PLC Labels has gone into administration citing a period of tough trading as the reason for the company's collapse.

AVT to unveil new inline inspection modules at Labelexpo

Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) has targeted the UK packaging sector with a series of new tools and modules for its PrintVision/Helios II automatic inspection system.

Sessions staff in consultation as Paragon proposes Lincolnshire move

Paragon Print & Packaging has entered into a 30-day consultation with the 35 staff employed at its Sessions of York business as a result of plans to relocate the company to Lincolnshire.

Edale to launch new flexo press and print head

Printer manufacturer Edale is to launch a new flexo press for label, film and ticket printing and a gearless, flexo print head at the Label Expo in September.

Braille labelling campaign wins support from MEPs

A campaign calling for Braille labelling to be featured on retail products has won support from 447 MEPs, including 39 from the UK, and is to be discussed by the European Commission.

Labelsprint seals UK first with Xeikon 3500 investment

Labelsprint has invested in the UK's first Xeikon 3500 digital colour label press in a bid to take a "larger bite" out of the long-run flexographic market.

Label conference to be held in Goa in July

Print and technology will come together for the conference organised by the Label Manufacturing Association of India (LMAI) from 29-31 July 2011 at the Hotel Park Hyatt in Goa.

Links Labels & Tapes invests in HP Indigo ws4050 and Digicon Lite converter

Links Labels & Tapes has taken delivery of an HP Indigo ws4050 press coupled with a Digicon Lite converter to cope with an increasing demand for fast turnaround four- and six-colour work.

John Watson & Co invests 3m on Gallus label press

John Watson & Co has invested 3m in a 10-colour Gallus Pressure Sensitive Label press as the company moves into self-adhesive label print production.