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It’s almost impossible to believe that I first started writing and talking about labels some 50-plus years ago while working as deputy head of training at PIRA, the world-renowned Paper, Printing and Packaging Industries Research Association. At the time, I was asked to write an education and training handbook about the fast-emerging new technology of pressure-sensitive labels. Throughout these past year years, I’ve been witness to innovative ideas, new materials and technologies, problem-solving and opportunities, global growth and even challenges.

Asahi Photoproducts launched its AWP-CleanPrint line of water-washable flexographic plates, designed as a more sustainable alternative to traditional solvent-washable plates and to deliver improved quality on press with reduced cycle time. The water-wash plates have low surface energy resulting in fewer press stops for plate cleaning. Asahi also promoted a new water recycling

Parents back amendment to Duty of Care law that would require social media firms to hand over ‘relevant’ content which a dead child viewed

It has been three years since the last Labelexpo show so there was much to catch up on, and a clutch of world firsts greeted the 13,500 Americas 2022 show attendees. This Labelexpo in many ways represented a turning point in the relationship between flexo and digital printing. Up to now, digital has been seen mainly as a way for converters to offload their short-run work,

Manchester's Biorelate 'curates dark biomedical knowledge to empower drug discovery.'