Flexo
![Burbidge (L) with Vergopoulos: "It's a brilliant move"](/media/mt2dh3yw/ticketmedia-fortoak-1.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133391893270900000)
Fortoak merges with Ticketmedia and Purple Paper
The Fortoak Group has merged with Ticketmedia and Purple Paper after acquiring 49% of both businesses as it looks to bring smart technology to printed ticket rolls.
![The new Dukinfield site is around five miles from the existing Bredbury facility](/media/5ahmq000/new-site-dukinfield.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133391893185600000)
Contact Originators unveils new site as part of £5m investment
Flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators has kicked off a £5m investment in a new site and equipment less than a year after it suffered a serious fire at its Bredbury, Stockport facility.
![HSE: Scapa failed to take action to ensure the necessary guarding of the machinery](/media/4b4kbexw/hse.png?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133391891271030000)
Firm fined after workplace fatality
A manufacturer of industrial tape products, including social distancing and plate mounting tapes, has been fined more than £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death in a slitter-rewinder.
![Anilox rolls can be cleaned, checked and returned for use on press within eight minutes](/media/xqild0g4/anicam-2.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133391890934370000)
Parkside invests in Troika kit, develops sustainable food pack
Flexible packaging specialist Parkside Flexibles has installed a Troika AniCAM system for measuring its flexographic plates and anilox rolls at its Normanton manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire....
![First product rolls off new production line](/media/0vof4jgi/heidelberg-printed-electronics.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133391888473700000)
Heidelberg moves into printed sensors
Heidelberg has set up a new business unit focused on printed and organic electronics, with an initial €5m (£4.5m) investment in a production line to make printed sensors.
![Latest ColorServer incarnation targets three defined applications](/media/lrdbgq34/gmg-colorserver-5-2-release-02-scaled.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133394688855300000)
GMG revamps ColorServer with bespoke offerings
Colour management software specialist GMG has revamped its ColorServer profiling suite to create a triumvirate of products with each fine-tuned to specific processes and applications.
![Nyloflex FTL Digital Flat Top Dot plate offers a hardness of 28](/media/maejsgx0/nyloflex_ftl_digital.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133394685522770000)
Flint unveils new corrugated plate
Flint Group has launched a new flexo plate that it claims offers the holy trinity of faster makereadies, improved quality and reduced costs.
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Star Product: Bobst Master DM5
Bobst’s Master DM5 adds an inkjet module to the M5 flexo press to create a hybrid that can run flexo, digital or a combination of both.
![Allum (left): "This particular option is a real game-changer not only for us, but for the flexo industry"](/media/xyoamrpy/abbey-labels-mps-ab.jpeg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133394679056500000)
Abbey Labels in flexo first with MPS/AB combo
Abbey Labels has become the first company in the world to integrate an AB Graphic high-speed die-cutting module onto an MPS EFS 340 flexo press in a bid to increase efficiencies.
![Watts (left) and production director Karl Jackson with the newest Edales](/media/bcgjbtmn/kingfisher-edale.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&rnd=133394671232130000)
Me & my: Edale FL3
In 1996, Martin Jackson purchased a Mark Andy three-colour flexo press for his fledgling Bristol-based self-adhesive labels business Kingfisher Labels. Fast forward 24 years and today the business...