Gravure Global

According to a report published by Research and Markets, amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for gravure printing estimated at 2.1 Billion US$ in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of 5.5 Billion US$ by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 14.3% over the analysis period 2020-2027.

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Sun Chemical has acquired Sapici of Caronno Pertusella (Varese, Italy), a manufacturer of polyurethanes for coatings, flexible packaging and industrial adhesives.

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Vetaphone, a manufacturer of surface treatment equipment, has increased its sales coverage of the key German market with the appointment of Ahmed Türkmen as Area Sales Manager with immediate effect.

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Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd., a member of the Tokyo-based global specialty chemicals conglomerate Toyo Ink Group, recently installed a brand new gravure ink factory at its Gujarat site along the western coast of India.

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Kohli Industries, manufacturer of gravure printing and converting machinery for flexible packaging, has joined the ERA.

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Mexican company Exportaciones IM Promocion SA de CV, commonly known as Eximpro, is a specialist in manufacturing and printing of shrink sleeves. The company already runs a ten colour Kohli Thea AR 360 gravure printing press featuring electric line shaft technology (ELS) and an inline hotmelt coating application station installed in 2017.

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Raw material price inflation continues to have a major impact for the flexible packaging industry, although the rate of increase eased slightly in Q3 compared with the unprecedented levels seen in the previous three months.

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Bobst’s financial performance is strong in 2021, with a big increase of order entries compared to 2020. Taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns and the resulting 2020 decline, the net growth since 2019 is over 40%.

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Italian companies offer a comprehensive range of products, and the country is a world leader in rotogravure and flexo printing machines as well as paper and converting machines, while it is dependent on imports mainly for phototypesetting machines, scanners, and prepress processes in general.

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Cyon stands for “CYlinder ONline” and takes the PICS and Production Viewer software packages of German company Kaspar Walter to the next level.

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The period since the first lockdown began in April 2020 has had a major impact on world trade and the way companies do business, as this period is blighted by travel restrictions and lockdowns.

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Long New Industrial Co., Ltd. from Taichung, Taiwan, has joined the ERA. The company’s products can be used in many applications, most of which are categorized into the four sectors printing, converting, coating and customize.

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Over recent months, Kaspar Walter has supported the implementation of the CTAC authorization in Europe and assisted users in a variety of ways. Across the board, the chromium trioxide exposures that have been measured have been low, and well below the legal limits.

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When used together, the C500 works optimally with the K500 enhancing the opportunities offered by high-performance electromechanical cylinder engraving with the features of an extremely high-performance direct laser.

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In Autumn 2021, representatives of the European gravure industry met at the ERA Annual & Packaging/Decorative Gravure Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece. Despite the ongoing Corona restrictions, more than 80 delegates accepted ERA’s invitation to discuss current challenges such as sustainability in packaging printing and alternative technologies in the field of electroplating.

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