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PACKAGING NEWS

Hamillroad partners with Lecta at
Labelexpo 2023
Asahi Photoproducts range of facestock products
Lecta will present its

designed for different self-
adhesive applications at
International prepress ble fixed palette CMYK and
company Hamillroad ECG printing, offers the Labelexpo Europe 2023.
Software has partnered flexo market a strategic Among its complete lines of
with Asahi Photoproducts, opportunity to drive down papers, including one-side
manufacturer of photopoly- the consumption of harm- coated Creaset, high-gloss
mer flexo printing plates. ful solvents and greenhouse Eurokote, metalized
The partnership is set to sat- gasses whilst driving effi- Metalvac, and thermal
isfy growing global demand ciencies by accelerating the Termax, and its new ‘Recy’
from brand owners, trade production process. papers, made from recycled
shops, printers and convert- Sustainability benefits can fibers. In addition, Lecta
ers for a more environmen- be achieved through the will present its release liner
tally friendly ‘water-wash’ elimination of press wash papers Linerset CCK and
plate making process with Environmentally friendly ‘water-wash’ plate making process ups when switching to a Linerset Glassine, available
high quality image repro- standardized ink set and in yellow and white.
duction. flexo were when we first to reduce their carbon foot- replacing the use of solvent
Andy Cave, Hamillroad’s engaged, and we’re excited print and are taking a closer with water in the platemak- Lecta will also participate
CEO said: ‘Hamillroad are to see how our partnership look at production practices ing process. For more infor- in the conference organized
delighted to announce our can support the industry in including the reduction of mation about the new by (Alexander Watson
strategic partnership with the move towards a more harmful solvents and green- partnership opportunities, Associates) AWA on the
Asahi Photoproducts. We sustainable manufacturing house gases. The combina- head over to the Asahi ‘Future Supply Security of
were thrilled to discover process with fixed palette tion of Asahi’s move to Photoproducts stand 5A34 at Glassine Paper,’ that takes
how closely aligned our CMYK and ECG printing.’ ‘Solvent Zero’, and Labelexpo Europe 2023 this place on, September 12th,
strategies for the future of Brand owners are looking Bellissima’s ability to ena- month. at the trade show venue.
Bobst announces strategic Edale’s product line

partnership with Asteria Group for Labelexpo 2023

Building on an established At Labelexpo Europe
relationship, Bobst and 2023, Edale is showing nar-
Asteria Labels & Packaging row web label converters
Group have entered into an diversify into a high-poten-
agreement that will see mul- tial, environmentally sustain-
tiple Digital Master All-in- able carton market.Edale is a
One presses deployed in a global supplier for single-pass
number of key locations carton production solutions.
throughout Europe. An They have a growing num-
important player in the ber of machine installations Product line for Labelexpo
European label and packag- worldwide producing James Boughton, managing
ing market, Asteria Group Asteria Group’s CEO Ives Declerck pharma, cosmetic, tobacco director, Edale. ‘This innova-
was established in Belgium in announce this strategic part- and converting at Bobst. ‘Our and food and beverage car-
2020. Through continued nership with Asteria Group, shared vision will fuel mutual tons. tive technology equips us
expansion, the dynamic which reinforces our com- growth and create unparal- In August of this year, with print and converting
group today comprises 33 mitment to leading innova- leled customer experiences, Edale introduced its new capabilities equivalent to a
companies, which in addi- leveraging Bobst’s industry- generation FL5 single-pass B2 format offset press and
tion to Belgium, are contrib- tion. The investment in leading technology and the carton production line, die-cutter.
uting to local logistics and multiple state-of-the-art extensive market expertise of boasting a web width of While many carton houses
expertise around Europe, and Digital Master All-in-One Asteria Group.’ 600mm (24in) and a repeat are likely to integrate this
more precisely in Denmark, production platforms sets the The Digital Master series size of up to 711.2mm (28in)
Estonia, Finland, France, stage for groundbreaking of presses provide a fully digi- greater than a B2 plus sheet capability in-house, the
Germany, Ireland, the smart label solutions for talized and automated pro- size format. growing demand for value-
Netherlands, the UK, and Asteria,’ said Erik van Sloten, duction line, from printing to ‘Launching our next gen- added embellishments will
Spain. global key account manager embellishment and die-cut- eration FL5 press is a source likely to lead them to out-
‘Bobst is very proud to narrow mid-web printing ting. of great pride for us,’ said sourcing work.
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