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PACKAGING NEWS

Enfocus and DesignNBuy team Loftware/SATO
partnership
up for error-free printing enterprise labeling and art-
Loftware, a provider of

work management technol-
ogy, and Sato Corporation,
Enfocus has integrated trated customers. With this a developer of auto-ID and
the Rest API of its PitStop integration, those worries labeling technology, have
Library Container into become a thing of the past. unveiled a cloud-connected
DesignNBuy’s flagship web- PitStop Library Container label printing technology
to-print platform, DesignO can inform users early in pro- for AEP-equipped Sato
2.3. This partnership brings duction about any errors printers1. This comes at a
automated PDF file checks within their PDF files. It can time when the adoption of
and fixes into the heart of automatically fix many cloud-based technologies is
issues, which means fewer
online print ordering, set- manual interventions are
ting a new benchmark for required, freeing up prepress on the rise, with the
speed, quality and customer teams to focus on higher- Loftware/SATO partner-
satisfaction. With DesignO Automated PDF file checks and fixes for online print ordering value tasks while keeping ship supporting this shift to
2.3 and PitStop Library workflows running streamline business pro-
Container working behind PitStop Library Container result is clean, press-ready smoothly. cesses and enhance supply
the scenes, online printers steps at the moment the files delivered straight to The integration with chain agility.
can avoid missed errors, order is placed, automati- production, with no extra PitStop Library Container is a The joint technology by
key change. It delivers imme-
costly reprints and endless cally pre-flighting files and steps for the customer or diate, tangible improvements cloud-connected printers
back-and-forth with cus- correcting common prob- the production team. For where it matters most. Since eliminates printer driver
tomers over file issues. lems like missing fonts, online print businesses, the the PitStop Library dependencies, allowing IT
Whether customers low-resolution images, stakes are high. Even minor Container Rest API is already teams to avoid installation,
upload artwork or design RGB color spaces, incorrect file errors can trigger produc- integrated into DesignO, troubleshooting, updates
directly on the storefront, bleeds and trim marks. The tion delays, reprints and frus- time and money are saved. and management.
Wacker adds facilities for Accredo Packaging

specialty silicones in China appoints new CFO

Wacker is expanding its Accredo Packaging, a sus-
production capacities at its tainable flexible packaging
Zhangjiagang site, in company, has appointed
response to rising demand Frank Winter as chief finan-
for high-quality specialty sili- cial officer. In this role,
cones in China. The com- Winter will lead the financial
pany held a ceremony to strategy and operations for
celebrate the completion of both Accredo and its parent
the facilities. Going forward, company, API Group, sup-
the new production complex porting a shared mission of Frank Winter appointed as CFO
will manufacture silicone flu- delivering high-perfor-
ids, silicone emulsions and It is in response to growing demand for specialty silicones in China mance, sustainable packag- ment.
silicone elastomer gels. Christian Kirsten said at the silicones in China,’ Kirsten ing at scale. ‘Frank brings a powerful
Production is to be ramped ceremony. said. Winter brings more than blend of financial rigor, stra-
up over the coming months. Wacker has been operating The products manufac- 25 years of financial leader- tegic insight and industry
As planned, Wacker has in China for more than 30 tured in the new facilities ship experience, including expertise,’ said Rex Varn,
invested a low three-digit years. It currently generates include high-purity func- over 13 years in the packag- chief operating officer of API
million euro amount in the 37 percent of its sales in Asia, tional and non-functional sil- ing industry. His background Group, the parent company
expansion project. with China accounting for icone fluids as well as silicone spans both public and pri- of Accredo Packaging.
‘Our investment here in around half of this amount. emulsions. Selected produc- vately held companies such ‘As we continue our rapid
Zhangjiagang shows that we ‘By expanding our silicone tion lines will comply with as Georgia Pacific, Smurfit growth, his leadership will
help us scale responsibly,
are committed to our suc- capacities in Zhangjiagang, GMP (Good Manufacturing Westrock and TK Elevator, make smarter investment
cessful “in China for China” we are able to strengthen our Practice) manufacturing, where he led finance organi- decisions and build a finance
strategy, even in economi- specialties business. This creating products that can be zations through periods of function that is both agile
cally challenging times,’ secures our market position used in the cosmetics indus- transformation, expansion and deeply aligned with the
executive board member as a leading manufacturer of tries. and operational improve- business.’
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