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BOBST showcases end- Mutoh Europe nv has won a
IN BRIEF

to-end solutions Buyers Lab (BLI) 2024 Pick
Award Outstanding High-
Production CMYK Eco-
Solvent/ Latex 54”/64”
Printer from Keypoint
BOBST was pleased to wel- Inspection Table (DIT), Intelligence for its XpertJet
1682SR PRO model and MS51
come distinguished delegates NOVAFOIL 106 hot foil sign and display inks. Pick
from KASAD (the Cardboard stamper, MASTERCUT 106 Awards are reserved only
Packaging Manufacturers PER Autoplaten® die-cutter for products that have undergone a rigorous field testing
Association Turkey) at the and VISIONFOLD 110 process and deemed ‘best in class’ by experienced Keypoint
Intelligence analysts. “The Mutoh XpertJet 1682SR Pro
BOBST Packaging Center in folder-gluer machines. delivered seriously good results in many areas of our rigor-
Mex, Switzerland and dem- A further highlight of the ous test program”, said David Sweetnam, Keypoint
onstrated its commitment to event was the ground-break- Intelligence’s Director of EMEA/Asia Research & Lab Services.
the industry vision deploy- ing digital and connected Takatsu, Managing Director of Mutoh EMEA said:
“This new industry award for our XpertJet 1682SR Pro and
ment, focusing on end-to- production flow solution - MS51 sign & display inks for us is again a true recognition of
end solutions, innovative BOBST Connect. By directly the quality, reliability and productivity of our made in
connecting die-cutting tools
equipment, and novel pack- An event for Turkish market to machines within a central- Japan printers.”
aging solutions.The event standing of market trends, ized hub, BOBST Connect Two packaging company
hosted 32 prominent compa- customer needs, and future streamlines recipe manage- heads have been named
nies from across the Turkish industry dynamics which ment, performance monitor- on a list of Britain’s ‘Top 50
packaging market, including underscores its leadership in ing, and equipment most Ambitious Business
the General Secretary of the converting world. The maintenance. Combined Leaders for 2023’. David
MacDonald, CEO and owner
KASAD. This was an oppor- technologies demonstrated a with enhanced automation, of Cullen Packaging, and
tunity for BOBST to show- full PDF-to-production work- this innovation significantly Jitha Singh, managing
flow, showing the power and
case its dedication to efficiency of a connected pro- improves production effi- director at CBS Packaging
enhancing production flow duction line with live sam- ciency, precision, and ergo- Group, were both featured
on this year’s list – created by LDC, part of Lloyds Banking
efficiency across the entire ples. The BOBST solutions nomics, setting the stage for Group, and supported by The Times – which was published
product portfolio and dem- featured were the multi the future of carton produc- yesterday (19 October). The LDC Top 50 champions the busi-
onstrated its deep under- award-winning Digital tion environments. ness leaders who are pushing for growth and building suc-
cessful businesses. MacDonald’s inclusion on the list was
Sappi’s consultation process due to his contribution to the sustainable packaging move-
ment. On a mission to replace single-use plastic packaging,
the company’s products include the patented ‘Fibre Bottle’
innovation.
Sappi has started a consul- to be faced with significant combining to put significant
tation process on the poten- overcapacity in graphic paper pressure on Sappi, particu- Leeds wide-format and
tial closure of its Lanaken that has forced it to take larly in Europe. signage printer Imageco
has won a £45,000 grant
Mill in Belgium, while also “extended periods of costly Stockstadt is an integrated towards a SwissQprint
announcing that it has com- commercial downtime”. pulp and paper mill with a Nyala 4 flatbed press, in
pleted its consultation pro- It said the global economic production capacity of exchange for creating sev-
eral entry-level jobs. Leeds
cess on the possible closure downturn was proving to be 145,000tpa of pulp (for inter- City’s Region Enterprise
of its Stockstadt Mill in “much tougher than antici- nal use) and 220,000tpa of Partnership (LEP) funded
Germany. pated” with depressed mar- coated and uncoated wood- the grant, helping Imageco to put down a deposit on the
3.2m, 206sqm/hr flatbed without impacting its cashflow.
The business said that kets, geopolitical instability, free paper, mainly sold into The new press, due for installation in November, will go in
Sappi Europe has continued and weak economic growth the European print market. alongside Imageco’s existing stable of an EFI Vutek GS3250
LX Pro flatbed and several HP Latex 800Ws. Managing direc-
Vanguard Europe and Pixia deal tor Nathan Swinson Bullough told Printweek that it was
pleasing to see the company grow again following the pan-
demic.

Vanguard Europe has a perfect match,” said Pixia PDS Print has installed two new machines – a Xenons X180
announced more details of director Jeroen van hybrid flatbed/roll-fed wide-format printer and an
its ongoing strategic part- Dortmont. “We already have Almeida B8-2513 digital cutter. Supplied by SOS, the two
machines were installed in early August at the Plymouth
nership with Pixia. Pixia, three installations in the business, which has its roots in litho production. Director
founded in 2010, is the offi- Benelux. We see a lot of con- Gordon Bryan, whose father Ron Bryan established the
cial distributor for the grow- fidence in the market and company in the mid-1970s, said: “We took our first steps
ing portfolio of Vanguard look forward to promoting into wide-format with a solvent-based Roland roll-to-roll
machine which we got from SOS five years ago, mainly pro-
Europe products and soft- these high quality, industrial ducing posters and banners. “It became such a success it
ware solutions for Belgium, Jeroen van Dortmont, Pixia speed production eco- was running 24 hours a day – so it was clear we needed
The Netherlands and customer base have a need friendly machines that are extra capacity. The latest grant is not the first arrangement
the company has had with Leeds City’s LEP, a project
Luxembourg (BENELUX). for the type of machines that competitively priced in the designed to boost the number of jobs in the local economy.
“Pretty much 80% of our Vanguard produce, so this is marketplace.”
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