Rave Scans has announced the installation of the country’s first Speedmaster CD 102-6+LX with Foilstar from Heidelberg – the 59th installation in the world. The new Foilstar is installed at Rave’s Manesar plant which is on a 2 acre plus land with work area of 150,000 square feet.

The 9-color Gallus ECS 340 installed at the Monarch Graphics plant in Noida has been commissioned and is fully operational since mid-March 2015. With the addition of the new ECS label press to the existing Orthotec and with the imminent installation of a TechNova digital label press, Monarch Graphics is focussing on the food and beverages segment along with pharma and speciality opthalmic product labels.

Monotech Systems has recently added the Amsky Flexo CtP to their portfolio in India. The Amsky Aura 800 Flexo CtP offers various features and can improve the traditional platemaking technology of a printing enterprise, and greatly increase the production efficiency of flexo printing enterprises.

Uflex has purchased the first direct laser engraver (DLE) system in India for flexo elastomers. The imager has already been shipped to the Uflex Cylinder Division in Noida in the Delhi NCR.

The 3rd edition of InnoPack Pharma Confex 2015 will take place on 18 and 19 June 2015 in Mumbai. InnoPack Pharma Confex provides a platform for companies to showcase their new products and services in front of India’s leading pharma companies.

Taking advantage of the recent completion of a production line which is currently in the Bobst Italia production plant in San Giorgio Monferrato, Bobst has organized a Symposium and Open House dedicated to coating technology.

Gidue has won the 2015 FTA Technical Innovation Awards. On 3 May 2015, the Flexographic Technical Association Awards (FTA) gathered together some of the sector’s leading companies and individuals to honour those companies and individuals who have made significant contributions to the flexographic industry in terms of printing excellence, technical innovation, leadership and more.

Flint Group Narrow Web is calling for entries for the 11th annual Narrow Web Print Awards competition encouraging label converters from around the globe to submit samples of their labels for evaluation by a panel of industry judges. The winners of this prestigious award will be announced during a live event at the Flint Group stand at Labelexpo Europe in Brussels on 30 September.

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