Printed electronics are decidedly on the move. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is no longer a niche technology. It is already being used to great effect in many areas of everyday life: in our passports, ID cards and travel cards, clothes, library books, and much more. The vast scale and intricacy of the RFID market also offers new opportunities for the printing industry. With this in mind, ISBC has developed and presented on the market an innovative product: ISBC® RFID Paper. The product is sheet-fed and made with 100% fibre-based Swiss Matt paper substrate from specialty paper manufacturer Sappi. RFID chips are embedded into the paper sheets causing no effect over the paper surface – it remains flat and smooth.

The new Markem-Imaje 9028 inkjet printer has been conceived and engineered for industrialists with an eye for simplicity, evolution and autonomy.

As manufacturers face an increasingly competitive environment, leading operations have embraced lean manufacturing principles to drive uptime and improve yield.

Interpack 2014 will see Markem-Imaje – the industry’s leading marking and coding specialist – showcase its new thermal inkjet printing systems as well as the latest laser, inkjet and thermal transfer printers and coders.

As food safety continues to be a global issue, more regulations have been established to improve product identification and brand protection.

Fibrestar Drums Ltd in Disley, near Stockport, is the largest producer of fibre drums and packaging solutions in the UK. Their technical expertise and knowledge has helped to produce customised fibre drums for the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries since 1948.

The Videojet 1610 Dual Head small character continuous ink jet printer from Videojet Technologies has two print heads that can run independently or in tandem to meet a wide range of applications.