Packaging And Print Media

According to Mansfield Board Machinery (MBM) managing director Nikki Bratherton, converters are placing greater emphasis on long-term performance than purchase price. ‘Converters are looking more closely at the true cost of ownership,’ sh...

Two years after commissioning its first BOBST VISION CI flexographic press, Pietermaritzburg-based flexible packaging converter Flowe-Pac ha...

The packaging and print industry has spent the better part of the past decade investing in smarter presses, automated workflows and digital technologies. Yet two questions continue to surface in boardrooms, training centres and factory floors alike: who will run the press, and who will design the packaging of the future?

These questions ha...

In die cutting, pressure is unavoidable. The question is where it ends up. Every converter has experienced it: a high-quality cutting die enters the machine, yet makeready stretches on, cutting pressure climbs and operators deal with inconsistencies across the sheet. Often the cause is not the die itself but an imbalance of forces acting on it.<...