Labelexpo Europe 2013, set to be the largest in the show’s 33-year history, returns to Belgium on 24–27 September with new features including an Inkjet Trail, a face-to-face showdown of rival technologies.
Rotary offset makes inroads in package printing
Offset printing and rotary technology have never seemed a perfect match for package printing – where folding cartons are dominated by sheetfed offset and flexible packaging by gravure or CI and inline flexo – but rotary offset is now grabbing a slice of the market, writes Nick Coombes.
Label converters eye expanding markets in the Middle East
Despite the Middle East’s political turbulence, label converters can expect new business opportunities and are gearing for expansion with mergers that could herald a switch to digital, reports Catherine Diamond.
