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NEWS PACKAGING

GSE’s plans for Labelexpo Altana

acquires stake
Southeast Asia 2023 group Altana has acquired a
The specialty chemicals

GSE has confirmed it will and application needs – stake in the tech startup
be showcasing its ink dis- including label, flexible Saralon, specializing in the
pensing and management packaging, carton and cor- development of inks for
software for standardizing rugated board printing. printing electronics. It also
color quality and cutting The GSE Colorsat ink dis- offers prefabricated elec-
waste in label and packaging pensers are available for UV, tronic components that ena-
printing at the upcoming LED-UV, low-migration, ble printers to quickly build
Labelexpo Southeast Asia at water-based and solvent ink
the booth of its distributor, sets, and flexo, gravure and capacities for printing elec-
Techno Global Graphics. screen processes. tronics.
‘Good management of ink GSE equipment will be available at the booth of its distributor Saralon was founded in
and color-making processes They feature exchangea- Chemnitz, Germany, in
is vital for lessening the quality on-demand, without – cutting costs even further ble pumps and valves and 2015. Since the seed phase,
impact of rising operating wasteful remakes – dramati- and potentially shortening may optionally incorporate th e TG F S
costs that label printers are cally cutting ink consump- lead times.’ accessories, such as agitators Technologiegründerfonds
facing in this tough trading tion and material loss. GSE’s program of modular and heaters, for optimally Sachsen has been supporting
climate,’ said Onno Deen, Additionally, software Colorsat ink dispensers can conditioning inks that sup-
area sales manager at GSE. programs are automating cut out waste, errors and ply the dispensing unit. the company as a venture
‘Ink dispensing systems, for just about every ink-related delay in color preparation - Their modular design allows capital investor. The startup
preparing accurate brand process in the print work- potentially reducing ink easy adaptation for handling has continued to expand its
shades in precise quantities, flow, from purchasing to usage by up to 30 percent. new ink sets or reformulated portfolio of innovative prod-
give you repeatable color reusing inks to batch tracing They are tailored to volume inks. ucts for printed electronics.

UFlex felicitates Indian blind Kodak reports 24

cricket team percent sales increase

UFlex CMD Ashok Kodak has reported 24
Chaturvedi has felicitated percent increase in sales
the Indian Blind Cricket volume of Kodak Sonora
Team at the UFlex corpo- process free plates in India
rate offices in Noida, India. over the previous year.
UFlex also gave a CSR grant There are many reasons
of INR 50 lac (60,394 USD) why more printers in India
to promote blind cricket in are joining the well over
India in FY23. The Indian 6,000 users of Kodak
Blind Cricket Team, affili- UFlex CMD Ashok Chaturvedi felicitated Indian Blind Cricket Team Sonora Process Free Plates Kodak’s sales increase in India
ated with the Cricket around the world.
Simon Gan, VP, regional
Association for the Blind physio, at the felicitation cricketers but their grit and Sonora Plates eliminate sales, GCC/SEA, Kodak,
ceremony held at their cor-
(CABI), has completed a porate offices earlier today. determination has put electricity, water, devel- said, ‘We are excited to have
hat-trick by winning their Chaturvedi said: ‘It is them on the global map. We oper, replenisher and gum- reached this very signifi-
third T20 World Cup for the heartening to see the hat would like to urge BCCI to ming solution, and cant milestone with our
B l i nd . T he y b e a t trick performance of the recognize the Indian Blind clean-out finisher associ- Sonora Process Free Plates
Bangladesh by an impres- Indian Blind Cricket Team Cricket Team and provide ated with conventional in India. We are confident
sive margin of 120 runs at at the T20 World Cup and strong financial support to plate processing. Since that even more printers will
the M Chinnaswamy we are all proud of their the players so that they can there isn’t any chemistry want to benefit from the
used, and no plate proces-
Stadium in Bengaluru. achievement. Their win- continue to make India sor in need of cleaning and efficiency advantages of our
Chaturvedi also gave a ning streak in the World proud. We, at UFlex, are maintenance, there is also process-free plates in the
cheque of INR 51,000 (616 Cup is a testament to the glad that we got an oppor- no waste chemicals or con- near future. Therefore, we
fact that with the right sup-
USD) each to 17 players ꟷ port and motivation, you tunity to play our role in taminated residual liquids expect the enormous
part of the current squad of can be a winner, in spite of promoting cricket for the to be disposed of and growth of our Sonora Plates
the Indian Blind Cricket all odds. It has not been an blind and will continue to Sonora Plates help reduce business in India to con-
Team, their coach, and easy journey for these cheer for them.’ waste on press. tinue in the coming years.’
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