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Folex, a provider of specialized films, has recently launched its latest product, the Go-Ha film. The Go-Ha film is a scratch-resistant film designed to improve the readability of high-resolution screens by reducing glare. This anti-glare film is equipped with an anti-reflective layer on the front, ensuring high transparency while maintaining its scratch resistance.

Some 2,000 commercial printing companies are operating throughout Africa, with an additional 1,000 providing prepress or post-press services. Mostly described as SMMEs (small, medium and micro enterprises), their primary focus is on revenue-generating applications, such as packaging, advertising and publishing.

Asahi Photoproducts will participate at EskoWorld 2023, scheduled for May 23-25, 2023, at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando. Asahi experts will be on-site to explain its sustainability strategy and achievement of carbon-neutral certification for AWP plates.   Experts will also be available to discuss the CrystalCleanConnect platemaking technology.  

Guru Labels, a label provider in Australia, has installed Grafisk Maskinfabrik DC330Mini finisher. Nick Lowe, founder of Guru Labels, said: ‘Our motto is - when you start with zero customers, you appreciate every customer! Starting from scratch gave us the freedom to think creatively about our products and services, and to come up with new ways to serve our customers better and today we use and rely on the most advanced label finishing technology.’ 

Innovia Films is extending its RayoFloat APO product line by developing a thinner version, APO45, to accompany the APO50. This thin film not only provides yield and material savings compared to thicker films, but also results in lighter finished sleeves due to the low-density polyolefin-based film. This reduces carbon emissions for transport throughout the entire supply chain.

According to the latest AWA report, in 2021 the total amount of labels consumed across Asia-Pacific exceeded 30 billion sqm and accounted for 45 percent of the global label market. Of that, Chinese-produced labels accounted for 58 percent of the total Asian label market. This is up 5.3 percent from 2020, and higher than the wider Asian label market, which grew at 4.6 percent.

XSYS has launched the ThermoFlexX Catena-E 80 T exposure unit in the United States following successful market validation in Europe, Asia, and Canada. 

South Africa-based Avocet Scales & Labels has installed Jetsci YUV inkjet imprinting system. It is the second consecutive installation by Jetsci Global within one year.  

Huhtamaki has developed mono-material flexible packaging in paper, PE and PP Retort.   Dr Marco Hilty, president of flexible packaging at Huhtamaki, said: ‘What we’ve done, quite simply, is to redesign the future of flexible packaging by setting new industry standards in mono-material solutions.  These blueloop innovations are both unique to Huhtamaki and transformational. They simultaneously deliver recyclability, with no compromise in either product protection or affordability.  This is...

Baldwin Technology is exhibiting at Labelexpo Mexico 2023 which is taking place from April 26-28 at World Trade Center in Mexico City. The company is displaying technologies for color management and defect detection, corona surface treatment systems, and LED-UV curing at stand K30.