Category: In the News

Xeikon America Opens New North American Headquarters Xeikon America, a developer and manufacturer of digital printing presses and related equipment, announced the opening of its new North American headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois. The new facility at 350 River Ridge Road is located within Elgin’s Prologis Business Park. Eighty percent of the […]

Inland Packaging, a La Crosse, Wisconsin-based member of the In-Mold Decorating Association, has added a new Nilpeter FA-17 to increase capacity and expand product lines in label and flexible packaging production for a variety of markets, including household, food, beverage, health and wellness, and others. Built around the modern printing operator, with an intuitive user-interface […]

Muller Technology Launches New In-Mold  | Labeling (IML) Production System at K 2022                                        CONTHEY, Switzerland, September 8, 2022 – Muller Technology, a leading global provider of molds and automation solutions for thin-wall packaging, will unveil its latest in-mold labeling […]

OULU, FINLAND/CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA, USA –Profile Plastics (www.profilemn.com) has become a TactoTek Design & Innovate licensee, with rights to design and produce in-mold structural electronics (IMSE®) solutions that use TactoTek intellectual property and creating a complete IMSE supply ecosystem in North America. Profile Plastics is an established supplier of precision film-insert-molded (FIM) parts to global automotive […]

MCC Verstraete reports that tests show its NextCycle In-Mould Label technology is fully compatible with Europe’s rigid polypropylene (PP) recycling stream. Both its sorting behavior and recycling compatibility were positively assessed by independent testing facilities. The results show that the recycled material from NextCycle IML packaging can be reused in high-end and closed-loop applications, said […]

“At the beginning, we assumed that our market entry would be positively evaluated by medical companies. However, we did not expect so much positive feedback and requests,” Ralf Ziemer, sales manager medical at Beck Automation, recalls. It was not only the reactions to the market entry in the social networks that were positive, but also […]

The European Patent Office has decided to grant yet another patent to PulPac. The new patent relates to a method and an apparatus for forming and cutting a compacted edge of a product in a forming mold system using heat and pressure. The patented technology is an important integral part of PulPac’s Dry Molded Fiber […]

It has been known for a while that Multi-Color Corporation (MCC), Batavia, Ohio, acquired the Australian in-mold label manufacturer Herrods IML. Recently, Herrods IML has started a new chapter within this acquisition. As of June 1, 2022, the Australian company has changed its name and branding. The company will continue to operate under the name […]

Distribution agreement with AN Corporation of Japan forKawahara postpress products Complete workflow for in-mold label and folding carton production available  Heidelberg presenting Kawahara TXS-1100 blanking systemduring Label Day at Wiesloch-Walldorf site In summer 2021, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) launched the Generation 4 CutStar, the Speedmaster XL 106-D rotary die cutter, and a new Performance Package for in-mold label production […]

Liplid’s uniqe lid, adapted to PulPac’s innovative Dry Molded Fiber technology, enables MAX Burgers to replace plastic coffee lids in restaurants this year.  Every year, more than 300 billion plastic lids – 1.5 million tons of plastic – are produced. Many of them end up as litter in the world’s oceans. A Swedish collaboration between […]