UPM Adhesive Materials unveils a global showcase of premium performance label materials for wine and spirits

UPM Adhesive Materials unveils a curated collection of Premium Performance label materials for wine and spirits packaging. Each material has been selected for its advanced converting properties, exceptional performance in the wine and spirits sector and ability to elevate brand and consumer experience. The collection is featured in a new sample folder, available in European, North American, South American and Asia-Pacific markets.

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Holmen Invercote Touch in full bloom

Holmen Invercote Touch, the latest member of the iconic Invercote family, is a welcome addition for brands that want to create premium packaging products with a natural look and feel. To showcase its possibilities, Holmen has created a product sample shaped like a flower. It’s an explosion of colour, design and special effects – and shows off the paperboard’s unique tactile qualities.

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Heidelberg and MK Masterwork celebrate ten years of partnership

It's a success story: Ten years ago, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) and MK Masterwork, Chinese manufacturer of finishing systems for the packaging sector, agreed on a strategic sales partnership. As part of this, Heidelberg distributes high-performance die-cutters as well as folding carton gluers and hot-foil stamping machines from MK Masterwork outside of China. Since then Heidelberg has installed around 1,500 systems produced by MK Masterwork at customer sites around the world. Now, at a joint anniversary event at MK Masterwork's headquarters in Tianjin with around 100 international customers, both companies looked back on the milestones of their long-standing successful partnership.

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Heidelberg welcomes more than 200 international guests from the printing industry to Shift 2025

Enormous cost and competitive pressure, as well as the increasing difficulty of recruiting suitable personnel on the market, are driving the printing industry. An additional challenge is the fact that printing companies now have to generate a significant portion of their revenue, which they previously achieved with high-volume orders, through a large number of small orders. With conventional working methods, it is difficult to manage such an order structure economically.

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Miraclon and SGX collaboration validates Shine LED Lamp Kit performance on LAMS flexo plates

Miraclon, in partnership with US-based trade shop, SGX, has concluded a recent study that confirms the Shine LED Lamp Kit, innovated by Miraclon, produces high-quality plates that provide measurable benefits for a full range of LAMS flexo plates over fluorescent exposure. The results from the collaboration, which included comprehensive testing of five different LAMS plate types, have been published in a technical paper – available from Miraclon.

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New water-based ACTDigi® LEP Primer

Actega, manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives, sealants and compounds for the print and packaging industry, has launched its water-based ACTDigi^® LEP Primer at Labelexpo Europe 2025 (16-19 September, Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain, Actega booth 3D41). Developed in partnership with HP and included in HP’s newly expanded in-line primer portfolio, the ACTDigi^® LEP Primer ensures optimal print performance for different types of labels produced on a wide range of substrates, including coated and uncoated paper, synthetics and metalized substrates. This exceptional performance is proven on even the most challenging structured substrates, such as velvety papers and wine labels.

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