Flexo

The Gallus site at St Gallen

Heidelberg plans to grow digital label printing offering

Heidelberg has sold the Swiss site of label wing Gallus but will continue to operate from the location, where it will focus on digital label printing alongside a new customer demo centre.

Tavazzano site: move will "secure jobs in the long term"

Koenig & Bauer consolidates press assembly at Würzburg

Koenig & Bauer is moving Flexotecnica assembly operations from Italy to its main Würzburg plant in Germany as part of its P24x efficiency programme.

Constant and reliable supply of products is a priority

Xsys: 'unprecedented' rise in costs means prices have to go up

Xsys has followed fellow flexo plate supplier Miraclon in announcing a 6% price increase on its Nyloflex product range.

Xsys products are used in a wide variety of markets

Flint sells Xsys pre-press business

Flint Group has confirmed that its Xsys pre-press wing is being sold, with Steve Dryden stepping up to become CEO of Flint as a result.

Bobst will release a new cloud-based platform this year

Bobst updates on connectivity vision

Bobst CEO Jean-Pascal Bobst has hailed the firm’s 2020 results as “a major achievement” in light of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

New Xsys Nyloflex FTM Digital flexo plate for use with water-based inks

Reuters: Flint Group could spin off flexo wing

Flint Group is engaging with potential buyers for its Xsys pre-press business according to a report from Reuters.

The employee’s high vis tabard became entangled in a rotating spindle

Firm fined over HSE incident

A specialist printing firm has been fined a six-figure sum after an incident where an employee suffered asphyxiation after becoming entangled in a part of a press.

Schmidt: repositioning is more than just a new name

Flint Group creates new pre-press arm

Flint Group has created a new division combining Xeikon’s pre-press business and Flint’s flexo wing, and has revived an old brand name as its moniker.

(L-R) Les Jones and Nick Mitchell have both become directors

Contact expands board

Flexo plate manufacturer Contact Originators rounded off a challenging but still successful 2020 with the promotion of two long-serving employees to directors.

Mulcahy: "2021 holds a great deal of promise for us"

Contact Originators continues expansion with new hires

Flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators has continued its year of recovery after suffering a serious fire in January by increasing its headcount.