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www.packagingnews.com.au | March-April 2020
Linx launches new ink for coding
Linx Printing Technologies, represented in Australia by Matthews Australasia, has released a new ink designed to resist moisture, colour change, and transference.
Black retort ink 1077, developed for Linx’s 8900 and 8800 Series continuous inkjet coders, is a dye based MEK ink for use in typical sterilisation and wet retort process conditions. According to Linx, its special formulation allows printers to code through a thin layer of oily film or grease. The ink contains components that enhance its adhesion under moist and high-temperature conditions.
Linx bills the new ink as suitable for a variety of food packaging applications, including any products coded before cooking.
• W: matthews.com.au T: 1300 263 464
ePac sets record with HP Indigo presses
Flexible packaging printer ePac has broken the production record on its fleet of HP Indigo 20000 digital presses operating around the world, pumping out 20 million impressions in January.
Carl Joachim, ePac CMO, said, “Our customers have discovered the advantages of locally sourced, fast turnaround packaging as a means to drive market expansion of their brand. A high percentage of orders today are coming from returning customers.”
By the end of 2020, ePac is set to roll out 52 HP Indigo 20000 presses as it continues its global expansion to 20 locations. The growing ePac footprint includes sites in the US, Canada, and the UK.
Supplied in Australia and NZ by Currie Group, the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press is a 30-inch wide web printing solution that can digitally produce the vast majority of flexible packaging applications.
• W: curriegroup.com.au T: (02) 9889 0104
Brewery gets new fill line
New beer filler technology from Krones has helped modernise an Austrian brewery. The bottling machine manufacturer installed a new Modulfill HES line for glass bottles at the Murau brewery, boosting its capacity to 36,000 fills per hour.
The filler, which can also handle CSD, incorporates new technology and design enhancements such as oil-free bottle lifts, and a serrated drip edge at the lifting-rod assembly cam.
Josef Rieberer, MD of the Murau brewery, said. “We’re rather proud that we’re the first brewers in Central Europe to use this ultra-modern filling technology from Krones.”
• W: krones.com T: (02) 9647 0200
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
Advance Conveyors......................................... 53 Australian Institute of Packaging .................... 21 Australis Engineering ...................................... 49 CAMA Group ................................................... 41 Caps & Closures ............................................... 43 Cospak / San Miguel Yamamura ....................... 7
Currie Group .................................................... 23 Ecolean..............................................Front Cover Foodpro / Diversified Communications.......... 02 Gold Peg / Natec Network ............................... 37 Heat and Control.............................................. 39 ITW Zippak ...................................................... 19 Kaishan Australia .............................................. 5 KHS Pacific ...................................................... 60
Krones .............................................................. 11 Markem-Imaje .................................................... 9 Matthews Australasia ...................................... 15 Natec Network / Gold Peg ............................... 37 Pantone ............................................................ 59 Sidel ................................................................. 45 Wellman Packaging ......................................... 17