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Tactile Decors
Tactile surfaces by means of embossing or lacquers have become a common standard for FMCG packaging, and it has moved into the focus of the furniture and floor industry as well. Alternatively to the conventional pressing plates on the decor market, Janoschka is now presenting the latest state-of-the-art solution. By means of lasered rubber rollers a tactile varnish may be applied to the decor. The given structured dimension ensures an authentic character comparable to thread more
Group News, Insight News | 22.12.2011 read moreThe future of prepress
Specialist knowledge and experience combined with the latest technology are the secret of Janoschka’s success. As leading partner within the prepress supply chain, Janoschka is keen for regular technical updates and developments. For this reason, and already keeping a lid on Drupa 2012, 19 people out of the Janoschka network (13 companies out of 6 countries) met in November in Stuttgart to get updated about the future of prepress. The 2 days meeting was hosted at the&nbsread more
Group News | 12.12.2011 read moreEcoBase
Among the recent Janoschka in-house developments is a new concept of a cylinder base of the latest generation for shaft-less cylinders. The state-of-the art solution EcoBase is a new lightweight base with many advantages for the printers, such as efficiency improvement in production flow, easy handling, reduced set-up times, reduced transport and storage cost due to its reduced weight. This is just another factor to compete in our industry and reduce costs, especially in smalread more
Group News, Insight News | 09.12.2011 read more‘Image-to-Print’ roadshow hosted in Indonesia
The roadshow “Image-to-Print” set up by Sun Chemical, Windmöller & Hölscher, Nordmeccanica and Janoschka had recently moved on to Jakarta, Indonesia. Close to 200 guests from all over South East Asia attended the event in November in the Indonesian capital. Market trends, strategies and latest technical developments in printing inks, forms and machines for rotogravure printing and laminating were presented and discussed with the experts. The visit of the local read more
Group News | 09.12.2011 read moreNew EU rules ‘to have massive impact on food labelling’
Food and drink manufacturers will have to fundamentally change the way they design their labels thanks to a new EU regulation, according to an industry figure. Lorraine Eve, head of regulatory affairs at Ashbury Labelling, said that the EU regulation on provisions of food information to consumers will have a massive impact on the way businesses develop and market their products. Eve said: “The new legislation sees a key shift from allowing the food industry to apply its own vread more
Market News | 08.12.2011 read moreJapan Tobacco completes acquisition
JT Group has completed the acquisition of Haggar Cigarette & Tobacco Factory Ltd. (HCTF) in North Sudan and Haggar Cigarette & Tobacco Factory Ltd. in South Sudan, a step that was announced on 28 July 2011. HCTF sold over 4.5 billion cigarettes in 2010, said the JT Group, which puts the nominal value of HCTF at approximately USD 450 million (EUR 337 million). This values the transaction at 9.9 times of HCTF’s 2010 underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciationread more
Market News | 02.12.2011 read moreSleever International and Heineken receive Pro Helio Prize
For the third year running Heineken renewed their confidence in Sleever International to create their “collector” bottle design for the Heineken Jammin’ live rock festival in Venice during June 2011. The prize is awarded by a jury of professionals from the roto printing industry for the best designs in the rotogravure sleeve printing category. The jury was impressed by the technical complexity of the work Sleever carried out in the creation of the sleeve. They appreciated theread more
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