Labelexpo Americas 2024 showcased all of flexo, hybrid and digital press technologies, along with a wide range of finishing solutions, combining conventional and digital equipment and sustainable materials.

Label Power is bringing its Melbourne operation Action Labels & Nameplates under its branding from next Tuesday, four years after it acquired the business.

Jet Technologies is launching its new Jet iQ range of finishing solutions for the label and packaging markets, which it will link with Screen digital label presses, for an end-to-end solution.

Gallus, which is now part of Heidelberg, had its new digital Gallus One inkjet press, and the innovative Gallus Labelmaster 440 flexo press, at the centre of the stand.

Folding carton print operation Networkpak has installed a new Screen L350UV SAI S digital printer, supplied by Jet Technologies, in a significant step forward, taking it into the labels market for the first time.

Labelexpo opens in Chicago next week, and will see eProductivity Software launch Paxis, a new ground-up full enterprise resource programme (ERP) for small and growing label converters.

Epson was showing an enhanced version of its SurePress label press range, with the L4733, which Epson says is enabling printers to localise production.

Epson has released its newest on-demand colour inkjet label printer – the ColorWorks C8010 – built for mid to high-volume batch runs in on-demand environments.

A B Graphic International (ABG) says it will be showcasing a range of innovations designed to enhance productivity and efficiency at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago next month.

During Labelexpo Americas – where Omet will be exhibiting – a free shuttle will connect to the new Omet Americas Innovation Center, for live demonstrations of the Omet KFlex 17.

HP Indigo will be one of the primary exhibitors at Labelexpo in Chicago in six weeks time, showing the full range of its digital label print capability, and promoting its ‘HP Indigo first and flexo-second’ mantra.

Mastery of a job so complicated that other label converters turned away from it, has seen MCC Albany named Supreme Award winner at this year’s 2024 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards.

Xeikon has launched what it says is next evolution Panther inkjet technology, with the PX3300HD, a new 1200 dpi digital press that will be premiered at drupa.

Label Power has brought the new AP380, the latest labelling solution from Primera, to the Australian market, offering a 30 per cent increase in production speed compared to previous models.

MCC Label printed the Blanco Wolf agave gin job, which featured a finely detailed illustration captured on uncoated material, on a custom die shape, with debossing and high build screen.

QLM Label Makers Vietnam – Hoang Ha Label Co, has opened a new $22m 6000sqm manufacturing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, in order, it says, to meet increasingly diverse demands.