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David.PackagingSolutions
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Labels born on a steel river
The Label Makers has teamed up with Tees Valley based gin distillers, Steel River Drinks, to create an impactful, industrial looking label for a premium hand sanitiser gel product called Stainsby Gel. Made using gin ingredients and at 70% ABV spirit, the Public Health England compliant hand sanitiser was initially given away to charities and care homes amid shortages caused by Covid-19 coronavirus. The product is currently at retail and aimed at discerning consumers wanting a
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
Why blend in when you can stand out?
Berlinda Moman, Head of Marketing at the premium mixer company, The Artisan Drinks Co, needed to create a gift packaging solution in line with Artisan Drinks brand values & ethos; to reflect the premium quality of their products and to let the artwork on the bottle labels shine. She wanted a gift pack that was to be printed using the Lithographic printing process to provide the most premium HD photographic quality finishes and went to Saxon Packaging to create it. The gift pa
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Oct 3, 2020
- 1 min
Senso for all the senses
Senso is the latest perfume designed by CAIA Cosmetics, a female fronted and industry disruptive Swedish cosmetics company, set up by models Bianca Ingrosso & Vanessa Lindblad. Their new peach coloured Senso perfume box is wrapped with Munken Kristall 120gsm from Arctic Paper on the outside lid and tray, making it both beautiful and sustainable. The packaging is printed by Göteborgstryckeriet AB with white embossed foil stamping and debossing on the lid for a tactile and styl
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Oct 3, 2020
- 3 min
Pushing the possibilities
Over the last 18 months, Brentwood based label manufacturer Baker Labels has transitioned its pre-press studio department to use Hybrid’s software system, including the products Packz, Proofscope and Cloudflow. As early adopters of digital print in 2006, Bakers was one of the first companies in the UK to install HP Indigo print technology. Since then it has made continual investment in digital print capabilities, culminating in the current configuration of three HP Indigo WS6
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Oct 3, 2020
- 3 min
Balancing perfection and performance
Dantex Digital is offering short run perfection and high quality performance, as it announces its latest addition to the PicoJet range. Dantex Digital has recently announced the launch of PicoJet 254, a 10” (25 mm) print width UV digital label press. Offered as a five colour reel to reel UV system, the innovative PicoJet 254 can operate at a variety of speeds up to 75 metres per minute. The press is built for high volume printing capability offering production in excess of ei
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Sep 9, 2020
- 1 min
'Take it easy' with Grower and Favini
Grower Cosmetics, a eco-brand based out of St Petersburg in Russia, produces small batches of skin care products based on hemp oil and natural ingredients. They needed packaging that could convey the brands natural identity and be produced in short print runs. Their eco-friendly seven-sided cylinder box allows the customer to unbox and see all the products at once. This simple but stylish packaging design sticks to understated earth tones and suggest you 'start chilling'. The
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
AccurioLabel 230 creates new opportunities for Direct Labels UK
Adding to its digital capabilities, Direct Labels UK in Nottingham has installed a Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 230 toner press to work alongside an established inkjet machine. The new press will ensure that the label specialist can offer the flexibility needed in the current climate and deliver any quantity of high quality labels in just a few days. In response to changing label buying trends, Direct Labels UK has continued to invest in more printing and finishing equipment.
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Aroma Coffee shines with Invercote Metalprint Digital
When coffee company Aroma Coffee Roastery wanted to create standout packaging for its range of lightly toasted granola, it took a shine to Invercote Metalprint Digital. The paperboard, available from Antalis, has a metallic sliver PET laminate to the print side, which provides an exceptionally good printing surface that requires no pre-print treatment. The product leant itself beautifully to the Aroma Coffee Roastery’s new packaging. Using HP Mosaic to create 500 unique desig
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
The Label Makers sustainable solution reinforces Sunkissed eco friendly credentials
Bradford based label designers and printers, The Label Makers, teamed up with Rainbow Cosmetics to give its multi award winning self-tan brand, Sunkissed, an eco friendly makeover. Family run Rainbow Cosmetics was established in 1990 to wholesale top brand fragrances and cosmetics. More recently, the firm established a separate division that allowed it to focus on building its own brands, one of which is Sunkissed, a tanning brand made in the UK and sold in more than 40 count
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
‘Out of this world’ packaging for Beavertown
Since its launch in 2011, Beavertown Brewery has grown from strength to strength. What started as homebrew experimenting in owner and founder Logan Plant’s kitchen, soon matured into a 450,000 hectolitre brewery. The brewer’s relationship with Saxon Packaging started in 2013, when the packaging supplier produced Beavertown’s very first shipper case. Since then, the range of beer packaging solutions it has provided has grown substantially including various gift packs, fridge p
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 19, 2020
- 1 min
Labelstream 4000 series becomes first Fogra PSD certified digital press
Canon has announced that the LabelStream 4000 series is the first digital press to have been certified by the Fogra Research Institute for Media Technologies as meeting the specifications of its ProcessStandard Digital (PSD) Print Check. The certification confirms that the colour consistency, uniformity, detail sharpness and stability of print runs produced on the LabelStream 4000 comply with the requirements defined by Fogra PSD. Yuan Li, responsible for pre-press technology
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Dantex adds to their PicoJet digital labelling range
Dantex Digital, part of the Dantex Group, has announced the launch of PicoJet 254, a 10” (254 mm) print width UV digital label press. Offered as a five colour reel to reel UV system, the innovative PicoJet 254 can operate at a variety of speeds up to 75 metres per minute. The press is built for high volume printing capability offering production in excess of eight million linear metres per year. Thanks to the 2.5 picolitre droplet size and an effective resolution at 1200 x 12
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 6, 2020
- 2 min
Getting small brands to market
ePac Holdings Europe has announced that it is setting up its first sites in mainland Europe. The first two countries to establish digital only production plants are France and Poland, where local partners will be leveraging ePac’s successful business model, which delivers custom printed roll stock and finished pouches within 10 to 15 business days, after artwork approval. ePac Flexible Packaging was founded in the US in 2016 by Jack Knott, Carl Joachim and Virag Patel with a
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 6, 2020
- 2 min
New flexo machine with in-line hot melt coating
UK based TS Converting Equipment Ltd/Elite Cameron has partnered with Focus Label Machinery to develop a range of machines for the manufacture of labels, tapes and tamper evident security products. The HM-Flex range is said to have the ability to print on a liner, apply a release coating, flip the web over between any of the stations, hot melt coat, laminate in a face stock if required, 4C print, die cut, slit and rewind all in one pass. The modular format of the machine can
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
Baker Labels gain efficiencies with Hybrid software
Over the last 18 months, Brentwood based label manufacturer Baker Labels has transitioned its pre-press studio department to use Hybrid’s software system, including the products Packz, Proofscope and Cloudflow. As early adopters of digital print, in 2006 Bakers was one of the first companies in the UK to install HP Indigo print technology. Since then it has made continual investment in digital print capabilities, culminating in the current configuration of three HP Indigo WS6
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Jul 23, 2020
- 1 min
It's beginning to look a lot like...
It may well seem a little early in the year to be talking about Christmas, but last year's Alexir Prosecco handbag, containing the iconic Freixenet bottle and gold-wrapped chocolates, was a very successful project. It was challenging, as the contents of the handbag were heavy and fragile, making the carton engineering key from the outset. The luxury look and feel of the gift involved several premium print finishes including embossing, spot UV and foiling, and the handbag was
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Jul 23, 2020
- 2 min
Heidelberg realignment continues with sale of Gallus Group to Benpac Holding.
Heidelberg is systematically pursuing the company’s realignment. Having decided to focus on its core business of sheetfed printing, the company is selling the Gallus Group to the Swiss packaging business benpac holding ag. In the future, Heidelberg and benpac will work together closely on the Gallus Labelfire digital label press. Heidelberg will continue supplying the digital printing unit (DPU) and consumables for this press. ‘We are selling our narrow web rotary and rotary
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Growing greener and cleaner
Transcend sees the importance of environmental leadership – so much so that it has just initiated a £10 million eco packaging investment. Transcend Packaging is a relatively young company, but its environmental ideas and ethics are mature. The company was established in 2017 to provide sustainable packaging solutions to customers in the food service, food and beverage and health and beauty industries. It has a manufacturing facility in South Wales that began production in 201
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David.PackagingSolutions
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
The skull with a secret message
Oculto means hidden in Spanish and when Anheuser-Busch brought out their Mexican style lager aged in Tequila barrels they wanted a certain mystery and intrigue to their marketing. AB InBev was interested in an illuminated bottle design featuring smart label technology but this would require many complex facets to create, not to mention co-ordinating the supply chain and timeline for the product unveiling. Inland Packaging were on hand to help. Working with the AB InBev team I
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