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Alpha Ink & Printing Material Trading new agent for DG press
DG press has announced that Alpha Ink & Printing Material Trading from Dubai (UAE) will be their agent for United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. Alpha Ink & Printing
Materials Trading was established in 2012, with the founders holding a strong background in the printing industry for several decades in various UAE and GCC countries. Alpha Ink and Printing Materials Trading focuses on conventional and security printing. Remko Koolbergen, director of DG press, commenting on the appointment of Alpha Ink & Printing Material Trading as local agent for DG press stated: “We are constantly looking to expand our agent network and the region Alpha Ink & Printing Material Trading is active in is very important for us. We have many active customers in that part of the world and with a local agent we have the possibility to offer local support and service. We are therefore very happy to welcome Alpha Ink & Printing Material Trading as an agent.” Hratch Borghosizian, managing director at Alpha Ink & Printing
Material Trading said: “The company's priority is to find the best solution to meet customer requirements and provide them with the best technologies available in the industry. “The printing industry has experienced tremendous growth and
technological progress in various applications of printing. That is why at Alpha we work with companies that supply the best supplies in the printing industry in the world and DG press is absolutely one of them.”
Entirely linerless shipping labels
The Parcel Shipping Index predicted that 13 of the most active parcel shipping nations alone, including Germany, the UK and the US, will be generating an annual volume of 100 billion parcels in 2020. Eliminating the siliconised liner associated with the parcel’s shipping labels would yield an enormous environmental benefit. HERMA is premiering a new linerless labelling system. “The HERMA InNo-Liner system is the first practical solution of its kind that satisfies the cycle speeds and other requirements imposed by logistics and distribution centres. On top of that, the label stock is compatible with multi- colour pre-printing,” says HERMA managing director Thomas Baumgärtner, who also oversees the self-adhesive materials division. The system is based on a special, patented adhesive variant and a micro-atomiser, which is the subject of another patent application developed specifically for the adhesive. Although linerless applications already exist, their serious shortcomings have condemned them to a niche existence. Because these types are sticky from the outset and wound on rolls, their surface is often siliconised and therefore incompatible with printing inks – and thermal printers can produce only black or single-colour lettering and images. “The HERMA InNo-Liner system, in contrast, easily achieves the generally required cycle speed of around 40 A5 or A6 labels a minute, and the labels can
be pre-printed in colour if necessary. As regards affordability, moreover, the cost is much the same as that of a conventional self-adhesive label,” comments Baumgärtner. The cost of disposing of liner, however, is completely eliminated. With the restriction to siliconised thermal paper lifted, another major advantage lies in the diverse range of label materials that are available to users and label printers.
Greif investment in Morocco expands capacity for lubricants market
Greif has made a large scale investment in a new blow molding machine at its Casablanca plant in Morocco. Delivering up to 30 per cent less energy consumption than older generation machines, the blow molder is designed to offer significantly higher productivity levels. The new equipment will be used to manufacture Greif’s plastic jerrycan range and is expected to increase capacity by up to 25 per cent for its one to five liter bottles for the lubricants market. Equipped with built in safety features and a state of the art automatic weight
control system the new machine is designed to optimise and reduce raw material usage. “This investment guarantees supply to our customers as we experience continuing high demand for our blow molded bottles. It demonstrates our ongoing commitment to improving customer service and driving down cost”, said Abdennour El Mosor, regional manager MENA Greif. “It also reflects Greif’s commitment to minimising its carbon footprint.” Greif’s Casablanca plant produces jerrycans of up to 25 liters capacity. It also manufactures steel drums. It serves the lubricants, chemicals and agro- food industries.
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