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Fortress set to achieve ‘top’ sales

Fortress set to achieve ‘top’ sales

Fortress Technology has said that it is on target to achieve its best ever revenue performance by the end of this year

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FFEI to spend £2m as it plans site move

FFEI to spend £2m as it plans site move

Digital imaging specialist FFEI has bought a new facility and plans to make a major investment in its infrastructure

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Cermex opens new plant in India

Cermex opens new plant in India

Secondary packaging machinery group Cermex has expanded its industrial network in Asia with the opening of a plant in India

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Chesapeake installs Mark Andy flexo label press

Chesapeake installs Mark Andy flexo label press

Chesapeake has installed a Mark Andy P7 flexo label press at its operation in Wrexham, North Wales

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Apex Cylinders claims UK first with Gravostar Specturm engraving installation

Apex Cylinders claims UK first with Gravostar Specturm engraving installation

Gravure printing cylinder manufacturer Apex Cylinders has said that it is the first UK firm to invest in a new Ohio Technologies Gravostar Spectrum engraving machine

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Robots move up the chain | Buyers’ Guide – pick and place

Robots move up the chain | Buyers’ Guide – pick and place

Traditionally the domain of palletising operations, robots are becoming increasingly effective solutions for packaging tasks further up the production line. Lynda Searby reports and rounds up the latest developments

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Stretching to breaking point | Buyers’ Guide – palletising and pallet strech wrapping

Stretching to breaking point | Buyers’ Guide – palletising and pallet strech wrapping

Pallet wrappers are stretching thinner films to the limit, while ‘stretch packing’ is challenging the shrink wrapping sector in some collation applications. Lynda Searby reports and rounds up the...

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Ultrasonic: more than a niche? | Buyers’ Guide – form, fill and seal

Ultrasonic: more than a niche? | Buyers’ Guide – form, fill and seal

In the world of sealing, will ultrasonics remain a niche technology or is there scope for growth? Lynda Searby finds out

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Sealing the weakest link | Buyers’ Guide – Capping, lidding and sealing

Sealing the weakest link | Buyers’ Guide – Capping, lidding and sealing

The seal is the weakest link in any heat sealed pack, but can anything be done about it? Lynda Searby finds out more and rounds up the latest kit coming...

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Dispelling the x-weigh mythology | Buyers’ Guide to inspection and detection equipment

Dispelling the x-weigh mythology | Buyers’ Guide to inspection and detection equipment

Lynda Searby examines why x-ray systems may never take the place of checkweighers on the industry’s production lines for packaged goods

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