Through this acquisition, Canon says it is ‘intensifying its long-term strategy to provide turn-key solutions for the label and packaging sectors’. The move will enable Canon Production Printing to further develop its LabelStream 4000 product line, as well as provide expertise and technology for future products. Based in Hampshire, UK, Edale engineers and manufactures printing
Tom Castle, fifth-generation CEO of CastlePierce said: ‘The new CI press and pouch converter allows us to improve our already industry-leading turn-times, capacity and quality.
Fujifilm North America’s Graphic Systems Division has announced that its Graphics Innovation Hub in Hanover Park, Illinois has achieved G7 Master Qualification with Targeted compliance (CRPC6) for its flexographic press, awarded by Idealliance (Alexandria, Virginia), a not-for-profit industry group dedicated to guiding print production best practices, specifications and standards worldwide. In earning this qualification, Fujifilm successfully completed thorough training and examination, ending with Idealliance issuing qualification for its Hanover Park facility. G7 is Idealliance’s set of global standards for achieving gray balance to obtain visual similarity across all print processes. The application of this method enables printers to reproduce a consistent visual appearance across all print types and substrates, which is especially useful in the printing of packaging.