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PACKAGING NEWS

Significans Automation Canon &
Teklynx deal
launches Virtual InkBooks with Teklynx International
Canon has partnered

to develop new Teklynx
native printer drivers for
Significans Automation, a Raad. ‘At its core, this soft- Canon’s on-demand color
provider of integration and ware solution exemplifies label printer lineup. These
automation systems for the simplicity and delivers drivers are compatible with
graphic arts industries, has unprecedented value for Canon’s LX-D1300,
launched Version 1.0 of its anyone seeking to adopt LX-D5500, and LX-P1300
cloud-based ink manage- automation efficiencies into label printers.With Teklynx
ment utility, Virtual their workflows.’ barcode and label design
InkBooks.Developed for cre- According to Significans software and the new driv-
ating custom ink libraries, Automation, it first designed ers, Canon label printers
Virtual InkBooks allows Virtual InkBooks based on are designed to help pro-
users to view cataloged and the needs of its California- duce a high volume of labels
and speed up the design
custom ink libraries in real- based corrugated display process.
time, giving production Significans Automation launches Version 1.0 of its Virtual InkBooks ‘Canon’s collaboration
teams the ability to easily and packaging client, Bay with Teklynx demonstrates
Cities who recognized the
customize and record job- and augmenting color con- and costly in today’s digitally our commitment to our cus-
specific ink data in the sistency across multiple driven market. ‘We devel- benefits of automating color tomers, providing compa-
cloud. These libraries can be platforms. oped Virtual InkBooks to data management. nies with the ability to print
give our customers the abil-
used for repeat work down- According to Marc Raad, ity to control color up-front According to the company, colorful and vivid labels
stream or across multiple CEO of Significans and repeat it rather than the development of Virtual quickly and efficiently,’ said
Automation, the time and
jobs on a variety of output effort required in the past to spending valuable time InkBooks has been a natural Isao Kobayashi, senior vice
devices, reducing make- achieve accurate, consistent downstream interpreting progression for Significans president and general man-
ready costs and improving color is simply too tedious and matching,’ commented Automation. ager of Canon USA.
Faller’s IPSi launches Circularise secures 11

whitepaper automated system mn EUR investment

Faller Packaging has
published a whitepaper Epson has joined forces Neste, Brightlands Venture
answering many ques- with its reseller partner, Partners, 4 Impact VC and
tions asked by pharmaceu- Integrated Productivity Asahi Kasei have invested a
tical manufacturers Systems (IPSi), to create an combined 11 million EUR into
regarding recyclable pack- automated print-and-apply Netherlands-based startup
aging, including what labeling system leveraging Circularise. The goal of the
material is best for making the Epson ColorWorks on- investment is to accelerate the
it sustainable, how often demand color label printer transformation to more sus-
can it be reused and what and the Epson VT6L 6-Axis tainable materials within the
savings can be achieved robot to help businesses add polymers and chemicals Circularise secures investment
through its design. efficiency and cost savings to Print and apply labeling system industry by providing tracea-
According to Faller, their operations. Automation Services, a full- bility and visibility of material tion for mass balance book-
companies in Europe are Focused on helping small- flows along value chains. keeping, to support the shift
becoming increasingly to mid-size manufacturers service integrator and man- With its blockchain-based from fossil feedstocks to sus-
aware of environmental and distributors who do not ufacturer of custom digital product passports, tainable alternatives in the
protection and sustaina- have the expertise or automated machinery, IPSi Circularise enables customers plastic and chemicals indus-
bility. This includes not resources to design, develop developed a robotic print- to improve resource use, ver- try. Circularise helps suppli-
only the products they and quickly implement pro- and-apply system for ify provenance, conduct car- ers to share sensitive data, like
manufacture, but also the cess improvements in their streamlining the process of bon footprint and impact material composition, envi-
packaging these products operations, IPSi saw an getting products packaged assessments across supply ronmental footprint or LCA
come in. Faller says that opportunity to combine the chains. This is relevant in data, without risking privacy
the impact on the packag- high-quality labels of the and labeled as quickly and complex supply chains such as and confidentiality. This is
ing industry is especially ColorWorks printer with an efficiently as possible. those of polymers, chemicals, achieved with technology,
big as it must meet the Epson 6-Axis robot to bring The system is currently plastics, metals, and critical which allows suppliers to be
requirements of consum- color and automation to installed and in use with IPSi raw materials. Additionally, in control of which data they
ers. businesses. Bringing on JM customers. the company provides a solu- want to share.
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