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Windmöller & Hölscher at Chinaplas 2025: Hall 10 Booth G03
Chinaplas 2025, a technology-oriented plastics and rubber trade fair, takes place on April 15-18, 2025, in the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao'an). As a global technology company, W&H develops sustainable flexible packaging through innovative solutions in extrusion, printing and converting and will present these at Chinaplas 2025. The claim “get in the loop” emphasizes this commitment to the circular economy and resource conservation.
Simatic Robot Pick AI Pro enables machine builders to develop their own adaptive picking robots
Siemens is presenting its new developments in industrial automation and digitalization for the intralogistics industry at this year's Logimat. Faced with global challenges like labor shortages, growing sustainability requirements, and demographic change, the technology company is introducing innovative automation and digitalization solutions that increase efficiency, adaptability, and sustainability in intralogistics.
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Muller Martini presented exciting Smart Factory solutions with partners
Muller Martini demonstrated its innovative strength at the Hunkeler Innovationdays 2025, which took place in Lucerne from February 24 to 27. The three smart factory solutions presented are revolutionizing production processes in the digital printing industry for the long term.
With 6,800 participants and 120 exhibitors presenting 40 live solutions, the event grew slightly once again. “We are proud that, together with our partners, we were able to present pioneering solutions during the four days of the trade fair that will shape the future of the digital printing industry,” emphasized Bruno Müller, CEO of Muller Martini.
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HID: Kodak brings shot on Kodak Film productions to life on the Prosper 7000 Turbo Press
Kodak caused a stir at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2025 in Lucerne, Switzerland, with a spectacular application printed on the Kodak Prosper 7000 Turbo Press. At an event for international trade media and industry analysts, Kodak demonstrated the speed of the world's “fastest web-fed inkjet press”, which was on show in Europe for the first time, by printing excerpts from the movie, “The Last Showgirl” and two music videos, Kesha’s Joyride and AntsLive’s Captain Ants that were all shot on Kodak Film to simulate the effect of a movie being projected.
Emtec Electronic to exhibit with IDMtest at SPAPER 2025 in Zaragoza
The German company emtec Electronic GmbH will participating with its partner IDMtest as an exhibitor at SPAPER 2025, which is set to take place from March 4–6, 2025, at Feria de Zaragoza, Spain. The shown laboratory devices, used in the wet-end area and for base and final paper products, are said to focus on efficiency, precision, and sustainability, helping to optimize production processes.
Researchers at TU Graz turn textile waste into paper
Until now, old clothes have mainly been incinerated. Using adapted processes from paper production, it is possible to recover the cellulose fibres from used clothing and use them to produce cardboard and other packaging materials. In Austria alone, around 220,000 tonnes of textile waste are produced every year, of which almost 80 per cent is incinerated. As a result, valuable raw materials are irretrievably lost. A team led by Thomas Harter from the Institute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology has come up with a sustainable solution to this problem. The researchers have developed a process to recover the fibres from cotton-based used textiles and use them to produce paper for packaging materials. Compared to conventional recycled paper, the paper with textile fibre content proves to be significantly stronger.
OE-A Business Climate Survey 2025: Cautious growth and strategic investments in printed electronics
“While flexible and printed electronics companies are approaching 2025 with caution, there is evident confidence in long-term growth, particularly in key end-user industries such as consumer electronics, automotive and healthcare,” said Dr. Alain Schumacher, OE-A Chairman and CTO of IEE in Luxembourg, commenting on the results of the OE-A Business Climate Survey at the LOPEC Press conference on 26 February in Munich. The outlook for the flexible, organic and printed electronics industry has weakened compared to previous surveys.
Hunkeler Innovationdays
From the white roll to the finished book
At the Hunkeler Innovationdays taking place in Lucerne, Müller Martini and Hunkeler will showcase a complex all-in-one system for softcover products from the printing press to the trimming robot with a downstream sorting line following the motto, “From the white roll to the finished book.” With the production of eight different books in the 3-up-rolls and 2-up-rolls process, the automated switching of book formats and cut-off lengths will be demonstrated live.
Packaging is the new brand statement
Mondi announced the results of its sixth annual eCommerce trend report “Sustainability and its impact on packaging and online shopping choices”. This comprehensive study examines trends, attitudes and expectations regarding eCommerce and the impact packaging has on the consumer experience. The report presents data from around 6,000 consumers across Czechia, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Türkiye, collected via an online survey in October and November 2024. The findings offer eCommerce brands valuable insights on meeting consumer needs, including country-specific results from each of the six markets. The survey was conducted by RetailX, who also co-authored the whitepaper.
“The two new machines are increasing our production reliability”
In order to increase automation in both saddle stitching and perfect binding, Silber Druck, based in Lohfelden in the German state of Hesse, has invested in two new finishing systems from Muller Martini – a Primera Pro and an Alegro.
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Solimar Systems joins key partners at Hunkeler Innovationdays
Solimar Systems, Inc., provider of workflow software solutions for print production and digital communications, announces their participation and support at Hunkeler Innovationdays (HID) in key partner stands: RISO and Screen. Solimar staff will demonstrate the benefits and use cases of their industrial PDF optimization solution: ReadyPDF® Prepress Server. This product optimizes fonts, images, objects, and colors and fixes most structural issues, creating PDFs that process more efficiently for printing on production cut-sheet devices, continuous feed presses, and for online ePresentment, with full document fidelity.
Securikett brings flexo platemaking in-house with Flexcel NX Ultra Solution
Securikett, a provider of product and brand protection solutions, has invested in a Flexcel NX Wide 3548 System with a Flexcel NX Ultra 35 Processor to bring flexo platemaking in-house. The family-owned company, based in Münchendorf near Vienna, Austria, develops and produces security labels and seals for protecting products and packaging against tampering and counterfeiting.
