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JMB Labels is one of South Africa’s leading and fastest‐growing label converters. Launched from humble beginnings in 1987, JMB Labels today occupies a 1,500 sqm office and factory site in Amalgam, Johannesburg. It is currently managed and owned by brothers Ahmed and Aslam Monia, who, just like the two generations before them, attribute the company’s success to forming long‐standing partnerships with customers who value a label converter that consistently provides a personal touch and hig...

Abbey Labels optimizes finishing capabilities with ABG equipment  UK based company invests in three machines for efficiencies, new capabilities

Rotocon has revealed two winners of its first wine label design competition in partnership with the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Department of Visual Communication, Faculty of Arts & Design. First prize of R30 000 (1523.67 USD) went to Mpho Moema, a fourth-year student, and in a surprise twist during the winning label selection, Rotocon also decided to award Jimmy Libese, a third-year student with a runner-up prize of R15 000 (761.84 USD).   

Herma InNo-Liner system has won the Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Award (PIDA), in the ‘Sustainable Packaging Design – Labeling’ category. The system also won a silver medal in the ‘Labeling & Decoration Design of the Year’ category.   The competition is organized by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) every year. The InNo-Liner system was submitted by Herma's Australian sales partner, the Result Group. Its managing director Michael Dossor presented t...

Xaar has launched a new printhead capable of jetting aqueous inks and functional fluids whilst also allowing the use of high viscosity and high pigment loaded fluids. This is expected to lead to the development of aqueous inks with more vibrant colors, superior adhesion properties and print process simplification. Xaar’s Aquinox technology, aQ Power, is built on the company’s ImagineX platform, claimed to provide a radically new approach to how water‐based fluids are jetted reliably in an ...

The international ink specialist hubergroup Print Solutions has revised and strengthened its UV offset portfolio for non-absorbent substrates. The portfolio includes printing inks, varnishes, and fountain solution additives that are optimally matched to each other and thus enable a smooth printing process.   The globally available food and non-food ink series NewV poly (MGA) and NewV tin (MGA) as well as the varnish series NewV lac (MGA) are now also formulated to be sensorially neutral and PTF...

INX International Ink has appointed Paul Edwards as the new vice president of the digital division. A longtime and successful printing industry executive, he reports to president and chief executive officer Bryce Kristo.  

Tarsus Group, organizer of the Labelexpo Global Series, has announced that Labelexpo Europe will move from its current location at Brussels Expo to Barcelona Fira for its 2025 edition.

Sandon Global, the UK-headquartered anilox manufacturer, has joined Finat, the European association for the self-adhesive label industry.  As a worldwide supplier of anilox rolls and anilox sleeves to the label and narrow web printing sector, Sandon Global was formally accepted as a Finat member at the end of April.  

Kopparberg’s annual Limited-Edition design competition has declared Ravensbourne University student, Paulina Grönlund as the 2023 winner, beating 200 other students to the post.   The partnership with Ravensbourne University, part of Kopparberg’s continued mission to celebrate and champion the UK’s independent creatives, invited students to create and submit designs for a selection of this summer’s limited-edition labels for bestselling flavors - Strawberry & Lime, Mixed Fruit, and...