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Equipment 14 Apr 2021 Esko has unveiled its latest print inspection innovation, AVT iCenter, which it says empowers label converters to easily manage quality and production standards across jobs, printing equipment, shifts and even sites. Read more
First manroland Goss cardboard web goes in By Wayne Robinson | 8 January 2021 In a closely watched move, a new German greenfield packaging plant will install the world’s first manrolandGoss (MGWS) Varioman c:line web offset press, to print cardboard food packaging. The as yet unnamed site, known only as Project Rosa, will use the press to print frozen food packaging, with the Varioman c:line able to print at up to 400 metres per minute, the equivalent of more than 2,500 pizza boxes every 60 seconds. The frozen food market in Europe is booming, driven in part by Covid-19. A billion frozen pi...
Manroland Goss boosts packaging offer with Thallo buy Jo Francis Friday, December 18, 2020 Manroland Goss Group has beefed up its packaging offering with the acquisition of the Thallo business from former sister company Contiweb. Thallo presses are targeted at a range of packaging and security print applications Manroland Goss Group is the worldwide business of Manroland Goss Web Systems (MGWS). Thallo web presses are targeted at runs that are too short to be profitable using flexo or gravure, but “too long to be economically viable on digital”. Its off...
MGWS gains landmark web press deals Jo Francis Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Manroland Goss Web Systems (MGWS) has scooped two major continental web press orders, including the first installation of its Varioman c:line web for cardboard food packaging. Varioman web is also available in flexible packaging and book configurations The Varioman c:line will be installed at a greenfield site in Germany for a new operation that is currently operating as ‘Project Rosa’. The highly-specified press will be used to print frozen food packaging and is expected to be re...