FORTUNE magazine honors Canon as one of World’s Most Admired Companies
Canon Inc. has received the #5 Industry Ranking in the computers category on FORTUNE Magazine’s “World Most Admired Companies” 2020 list. Key attributes of Canon’s reputation that stood out to FORTUNE Magazine’s surveyed executive director and analysts, .....more

Flint increasesink prices in India
Flint Group Packaging has announced a price increase on all inks and coatings in India. According to Flint, the increase in oil prices is due to recent events in Middle East which is having a cascading effect on the price of solvent raw materials used in the manufacture of inks and coatings. .....more

Henkel introduces new Technomelt GA 3980 Ultra
Henkel is expanding its portfolio of high-performance hot melt adhesives for bookbinding applications with the introduction of Technomelt GA 3980 Ultra. ......more

Autoprint launches Checkmate 25
Checkmate 25, carton inspection machine, was launched by Autoprint at Pamex 2020. A smaller version of the Chekmate 50 the machine can inspect print defects and foil errors. The machine segregates the good and defective sheets neatly into different stacks ......more

Avery Dennison develops recycled polypropylene label stock
Avery Dennison announced it will develop the first recycled polypropylene label stock (rPP), which could potentially replace widely used standard PP film. .....more

Komori Corporation to Acquire Equity Stake in MBO Group
Komori Corporation announced it has signed a basic agreement with the MBO Group, a global company based in Germany that specializes in the manufacture and sale of post-press equipment, regarding the acquisition of a 100% equity stake in the latter with the aim of making it a Komori subsidiary. ......more

Amar Ujala and Concord Printing win Sonora Green Leaf Award 2019 from India
Kodak awarded 52 printers from around the world, a record number, the 2019 SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award. The program, now in its seventh year, celebrates printers who are leaders in adopting sustainable practices that benefit the environment, their business and their customers.. ......more

Konica Minolta launches high-speed digital press
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Konica Minolta) announced the official launch of its new AccurioPress C14000 series of high-speed toner-based digital presses. ......more

Dagmar Schmidt appointed President Flint Group Flexographic
Flint Group announced the appointment of Dagmar Schmidt to President, Flexographic, with immediate effect. This appointment will ensure strategic consistency as the organisation continues on its journey to fully commercialise their innovative and market leading offering to print and packaging converters worldwide. . .....more

Elantas acquires wire enamel business of Hubergroup India
ELANTAS, a division of thespecialty chemicals group ALTANA, is acquiring the wire enamels activities ofHubergroup India and thus growing its business in India. The products taken overwill be manufactured at the Ankleshwar production site of ELANTAS Beck IndiaLtd.......more

Sai Printo Pack installs RMGT press
Delhi based Sai Printo Pack installed a RMGT 4-colour press at its new facility at Noida. The new four-colour RMGT 920 ST printing press is equipped with programme inking with AI function, automatic nip checking mode, maintenance mode, automatic blanket cleaning device, automatic ink roller cleaning device. ......more

Henkel opens new manufacturing facility near Pune
Henkel Adhesives Technologies inaugurated its new production facility in Kurkumbh, near Pune. The state-of-the-art facility has a built-up area of 51,000 square meters which makes it India’s largest adhesive manufacturing site......more

Smithers forecasts global printing market to reach $874 billion in 2024
There will be a moderate increase in growth in the global print market across the next 5 years, as the industry adjusts to new product demands, more flexible business models, and a shift in geographic emphasis. ......more

Second Brotech installed at Sonic Labels Mumbai
Vasai based Sonic Labels installed the secondBrotech DL-330 slitter rewinder finishing line for their IML (In-Mold Label) finishing. “We found Brotech a very efficient equipment” says Kapil Vaidya.....more

ALTANA acquires overprint varnish specialist Schmid Rhyner AG
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA is taking over the Swiss overprint varnish specialist Schmid Rhyner AG, thereby strategically expanding its ACTEGA division. ......more