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Screen has launched a new thermal platesetter for the flexo markets. The PlateRite FX1200 features Screen’s proven thermal imaging technology that enables output up to 4800 dpi for high quality production of flexible packaging, labels, cartons and corrugated packaging.

On Friday, November 18^th (4pm Central Europe Time, 3pm UK Time, 10am EST) will take place webinar organised by X-Rite. It will be a complete intro to Adobe Lightroom (3 Part Session).

Enfocus’ popular educational webinars relaunch this month with an 31 webinar-strong series on Switch and PitStop, called “Learn with Enfocus”. Practical, immediately useable “how to” content presented several times for different time zones, worldwide. Topics range from basic Switch automation to repurposing PDF files for tablets and the “Most used Switch tools uncovered”.

Bobst, the world’s leading supplier of quality machinery and services to packaging manufacturers, announced the launch of Accucheck, the world’s first built-in zero-fault quality control device for folding and gluing machines.

Tahiti in the far south pacific: the land of Gauguin, Cook, Bligh, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The isles of mystery, romance, warm waters and endless sunsets. Here the market leading printer is Imprimerie STP Multipress, based in the commercial capital Papeete. As the capital’s printer, STP’s business is built on versatility and printing quality. Brochures, magazines, books, posters, stationery and packaging are all produced at the company’s 3,000 square meters facility in the Papeete industrial zone.

The printing and packaging industry is constantly searching on new finishing processes, materials and effects. Such a new process presents Weilburger Graphics GmbH located in the franconian Gerhardshofen together with Merck KGaA and Model Kramp GmbH under the designation Chipp Off effect coating.

Kodak took home honors during the Green Printing in China 2011 Green Awards held on September 2 at the China Science and Technology Hall in Beijing. At the ceremony, the Prosper 1000 Press Platform received a “Green Equipment Award” for its impressive environmental attributes including water-based ink, long-lasting printhead, and print on-demand option

Executive Board member Dr. Markus Rall, responsible for the business sectors Sheetfed Printing Systems and Production at manroland AG, left the company of his own accord in October 2011 to seek new career challenges. His duties were taken over by CEO Gerd Finkbeiner.

Heidelberg anticipates that economic uncertainties will have a dampening effect on investment behavior in the sector during the second half of the financial year.

Numerous installations of new medium- and large-format Rapidas are evidence of Turkish packaging printers’ confidence in KBA sheetfed offset technology. One example is packaging giant Duran Dogan in Istanbul, which fired up its first KBA press – a Rapida 105 for in-mould label (IML) production – in 2003, expanded into large format with a Rapida 142 in 2006 and added a six-colour coater version of the same model early this year.