July 2016

Printer capable of handling small bar codes and images without media adjustments

Kansas City, MO – Fairbanks Scales, Inc., a leader in weighing technology, announces the release of the new PM43 Direct Thermal Label Printer. The PM43, an industrial, mid-range, direct thermal and thermal transfer label, ticket, and tag printer, is ideal for applications within distribution center, warehouse, manufacturing and transportation environments.

AMI, Bristol, 18th July 2016 - AMI Consulting, a division of Applied Market Information Ltd., has just published a new report on the collation shrink film market, analysing the latest trends in the use of these packaging films, along with developments in raw material technology, innovation and changing film formulations.

Chicago, Illinois – 19 July, 2016 – Recent developments in the beverage industry have encouraged manufacturers to find innovative ways to help drive sales. It is forecasted that global beverage sales will grow by 3.9 percent in 2016 compared to 2015. Like most industries, the beverage industry has seen an increasing trend of health and wellness products, and with varying packaging types, sizes and product requirements, staying on top of consumer preferences is becoming an ever more difficult task for beverage manufacturers and packaging designers.

• BEKUM plans to advance modularisation, programmes and synergies 
• The focus will be on expansion and progress in process engineering

Berlin (Germany), 18/07/2016: BEKUM Maschinenfabriken now have a new Technical Director. Dr. Wilfried Lehmann will take over this role with immediate effect.Dr. Wilfried Lehmann is known to BEKUM customers already, as he previously held this position from 1998 to 2002. With this foundation, he will be able to draw on his practical experience in blow-moulding technology. Dr.

Pianoro (Bologna) – The Thermoforming Hub Open House of Marchesini Group is one of the most long-awaited events of next Autumn for the Italian pharmaceutical industry. The event starts officially on 15th October when authorities, citizens and all of the employees of the Group will attend the inauguration of the biggest national thermoforming hub in Carpi (in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna).

11.7.16 Baumann Maschinenbau Solms GmbH & Co. KG networks and automates processes related to cutting. The medium-sized company with 80 members of staff focuses on research & development as well as module-based technology in order to be able to respond to changes in the market rapidly. In this interview, General Manager Volkmar Assmann explains why he sees the fully networked printing house as a chance for his company. He also talks about growth opportunities within the graphics industry offering chances for growth.

The gala dinner at the end of the World Tube Congress 2016 organised by etma (the European tube manufacturers association) to mark the 175th anniversary of the tube’s invention provided a glittering setting for the presentation of this year’s winners of the Tube of the Year competition. Some 150 participants and guests from the whole process chain of tube production had gathered in Berlin.