‘It makes no sense’, says Manroland as it pulls out of Drupa

  German printing press builder Manroland Sheetfed has announced it is pulling out of participation in Drupa 2021.   Although Drupa, the world’s biggest exhibition of print equipment, is now not taking place until April 20-30 next year – having been postponed from 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic – Manroland nevertheless says …

Komori puts safety first and withdraws from Drupa

  Komori Corporation has announced its withdrawal from participation in the rescheduled Drupa event due to abiding concerns over the coronavirus crisis.   Drupa, the largest equipment fair on the print industry calendar, postponed this year’s event as the pandemic grew. It will now go ahead on April 20-30, 2021, in Dusseldorf, but will do …

FrieslandCampina intends to close its facility in Rijkevoort

FrieslandCampina informed its employees today of its intention to close the production facility in Rijkevoort, the Netherlands on 1 October 2020. As a result all 86 jobs will be redundant. The production facility in Rijkevoort produces, among other things, film-ripened cheese.   The decision to definitely close the Rijkevoort site was taken because of the …

KHS presents its new modular labeling machine

KHS has systematically restructured its labeling technology towards modular systems and solutions with the addition of the modular Innoket Neo Flex machine to its tried-and-tested Innoket Neo series. With its quick-change modules this flexible system masters all standard labeling techniques. With its new labeling machine the KHS Group is consistently advancing its modular system design …

Dow tackles plastic waste in Nigeria through local partnerships

Dow has today announced Project ReflexNG, a pilot project aiming to collect and recycle plastic waste in Lagos, Nigeria. This project is aligned to Dow’s global STOP THE WASTE sustainability target, which will enable the collection, reuse or recycling of one million metric tons of plastic globally by 2030.   The project in partnership with …

Heidelberg cancels participation in Drupa and all international trade fairs in 2021

The trend towards ever-shorter innovation cycles in the print media industry has accelerated rapidly. Data-based digital business models are emerging in very short time intervals and are constantly being modified to align with current specific customer requirements. Customers thus need to be informed about the latest trends quickly, flexibly and on an ongoing basis. As …

Marbach Egypt completes 25 years

The Egyptian subsidiary of the Heilbronn-based diemaker Marbach, celebrates its 25th anniversary. The Marbach Group was founded in 1923 as a 3-man business supplying to mainly domestic advertising and packaging industry. Marbach then began a process of internationalisation in 1984. In 1995 Marbach started a joint venture in Egypt. Peter Marbach, Managing Director of the …