Epson’s latest UV inkjet digital label press is now offered as a complete end-to-end label printing solution, thanks to a collaboration with GM unwinder and finishing.

Registrations are open for the Durst 6pm webinar running in a fortnight, which will give label printers an insight into how a European labels outfit has switched medium and long run production from flexo to digital.

Label standards at this year’s Pride In Print Awards are some of the best the industry has ever produced, according to judges, who spent two days assessing work submitted for gold medals, and category and process winners.

The Xeikon Café-TV Label Events are back in ANZ, with the first of four Xeikon TV events taking place next Tuesday.

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.

Leading Australian provider of in-mould label solutions, Herrods, is being aquired by global label printing giant Multi-Color Corporation, which is buying the 58-year-old operation for an undisclosed sum.

Epson has taken delivery of and installed Australia’s first high productivity SurePress L-6534VW industrial UV digital label press, at its new Experience Centre in Yennora, Sydney.

Jet Technologies had the long awaited in-person launch of the Screen LV350 UV SAI digital label press at its national HQ, and used the event to promote the flexibility of the new printer.

Marking the biggest acquisition in its history, Labelmakers Group is buying Melbourne-based Rapid Labels, with the deal set to go through next month. It will significantly boost the Labelmakers' presence in the nutraceuticals market.

Jet Technologies has revealed three key trends developing as a result of Covid-19, which it says are having an impact on, and changing the shape of, the printing industry into this year.

Labelmakers Group has secured the rights for the worldwide patented RecuLiner technology for Australia and New Zealand, creating a local circular solution for recycling glassine liner from pressure-sensitive labels that would otherwise go to landfill.

Xeikon has launched two new digital label presses – the Xeikon CX30 and Xeikon CX50 – describing them as scalable entry-level presses to sit between its Rex range and its CX300 and CX500.

Jet Technologies in Sydney is hosting a technology demonstration of the latest Screen Truepress Jet L350UV SAI S digital label press, which with longer-run capability is targeting flexo jobs.

Major players in the European label industry have set up a new organisation, Celab-Europe, to develop a circular economy business model for labels, and has set itself a tough target for 2025.

The $190m sale of label press manufacturer Gallus from Heidelberg to little known Benpac has collapsed at the 11th hour, with the buyer failing to come up with the cash.

Domino has launched its high-speed dual bar K600i digital inkjet printer for variable data onto labels – linear barcodes, QR codes and data matrix codes – at a million different codes every hour.