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Franconian Lacquer Specialties for safe food packaging
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Franconian Lacquer Specialties for safe food packaging Pickings of 7th Franconian Lacquer Specialties Gerhardshofen, 17.11.2011 – Under this year’s theme “safe printing – safe packaging”, WEILBURGER Graphics invited selected guests to the Franconian Lacquer Specialties in Gerhardshofen for the seventh time. Once again the event was fully booked and more than seventy attendees followed the comprehensive programme of Managing Director Günter Korbacher with his team and invited guest speakers. Chip-Off effect coating – a new finishing process from WEILBURGER Graphics
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Chip-Off effect coating – a new finishing process from WEILBURGER Graphics Gerhardshofen, 2nd November 2011 – The printing and packaging industry is constantly searching on new finishing processes, materials and effects. Such a new process presents WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH located in the franconian Gerhardshofen together with Merck KGaA and Model Kramp GmbH under the designation Chipp Off effect coating. The chip off effect coating is a two component finishing which can be applied by a printing press with one coating unit with UV drying. New film laminating adhesive for food packaging
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New film laminating adhesive for food packaging WEILBURGER Graphics enlarges its product class SENOBOND® with a low-migration film laminating adhesive Gerhardshofen, 10. Oktober 2011 – WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH, settled in the Franconian Gerhardshofen, launches a radical innovation in the field of film laminating adhesives, its new SENOBOND® WB FILM LAMINATING ADHESIVE FP NDC 29-3536 375222 onto the market. The film laminating adhesive was especially developed for the application in the field of food packaging and for odour-sensitive products. SENOBOND® WB FILM LAMINATING ADHESIVE FP NDC 29-3536 375222 is a water-based 2-component adhesive with excellent adhesion values for lamination of all common film types to absorbent substrates. The use of carefully selected raw-materials on a constant high-quality level in combination with an ISEGA certificate enables the legal use of this adhesive for food packaging and for packing of odour-sensitive goods. Progress through Technology – Successful SENOFLEX® Workshop at WEILBURGER Graphics
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Progress through Technology – Successful SENOFLEX® Workshop at WEILBURGER Graphics Second SENOFLEX® Workshop dealing with flexography Gerhardshofen, 04. October 2011 – For the second time WEILBURGER Graphics invited on 15th September to SENOFLEX® Workshop dealing with flexographic printing production. Almost forty invited guests accepted the invitation under the motto “Progress through Technology” and discussed commonly current subjects and possibilities in the flexographic premium packaging printing. After the official welcome by Günter Korbacher, managing director of WEILBURGER Graphics, Arno Dürr, sales director, guided through the comprehensive programme. Safe printing – safe packaging
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Safe printing – safe packaging Varnishes, inks and adhesives from WEILBURGER Graphics now even safer Gerhardshofen, 22 August 2011 – the packaging industry is on the move and due to various recent food scandals planning to make the food packaging sector and associated industrial sectors such as the tobacco industry even safer than before. The relevant laws are being tightened up and the choice of suitable substrates, inks, varnishes and adhesives minimised. That is good for protecting consumers, but is a cause of sustained uncertainty for many service providers. It is for this reason that the company WEILBURGER Graphics has re-catalogued its complete range of products and re-evaluated it in terms of its food conformity in accordance with current statutory requirements and the recommendations issued by the key testing institutes and certifying bodies FABES and ISEGA as well as by the Swiss Commodities Act SR 817.023.21. Value Added Packaging techniques announced by PrintCity Alliance members at Interpack![]() PrintCity Alliance members UPM, Sun Chemical, M-real and Cofely announced their own Interpack fair news and also launched the new PrintCity Value Added Packaging (VAPack) project for world packaging markets. Certified quality and sustainability in the industrial varnish and ink production
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Certified quality and sustainability in the industrial varnish and ink production WEILBURGER Graphics is now also certificated according to ISO 9001 : 2008 and ISO 14001 : 2004 Gerhardshofen, 22nd February 2011 – Already last November the successfully passed audits regarding the certification according to the standards DIN EN ISO 9001 : 2008 and ISO 14001 : 2004 were realized by the DQS GmbH (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Zertifizierung von Managementsystemen) on the premises of WEILBURGER Graphics. The aim of the quality management norm DIN EN ISO 9001 : 2008 is to optimize permanently all processes of production in order to safeguard and to increase the quality level. Regarding the environmental standards ISO 14001 : 2004 the focus is put on a continuous optimizing process which respects all aspects of the environment protection. The international norm ISO 14001 is the worldwide most significant guideline which an environmental management in companies and other organizations shall contain and perform. Successful first PrintCity Seminar in Poland - Benefits and Technologies for Value Added Printing
Mr Rafal Kasperek from the Boxes Prestige Poland Sp. z o.o. company is pictured asking a question at the November 18th PrintCity Alliance seminar in Warsaw.
On November 18th, PrintCity members Cofely, Eltosch, manroland, M-real, Sappi, Sun Chemical, UPM and Weilburger Graphics delivered a highly successful first seminar in Warsaw, Poland. Called Benefits and Technologies for Value Added Printing, the seminar was targeted at Polish Sheetfed Printing & Packaging industry specialists, with moderation by Jacek Hamerliński of COBRPP - Research & Development Centre for the Graphic Arts. WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH – Contrasts of the Print FinishingPress release – for immediate release WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH – Contrasts of the Print Finishing Pickings of the 6. Fränkische Lackspezialitäten (6. Franconian Lacquer Specialities) Gerhardshofen 23.11.2010 – “Contrasts” was this year’s theme of “Fränkische Lackspezialiäten” – the annual event of the WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH about the themes printing and finishing. And the program of the day should also be rich in contrast. This year again, top-class speakers from different metiers could be won to present the 60 attendees of the event different angles of the printing production. After the greeting by Mr. Günter Korbacher, managing director of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH, Mr. Arno Dürr, Head of Sales Department, guided the guests through the program. Mr. Gabriel Goldmayer of M-real then opened the lecture series with his talk titled “Contrasts vied by the cardboard manufacturer”, followed by Mr. Jürgen Kleinhans of BACARDI GmbH, who described the production and application of print finishing from the point of view of a brand name company with his speech “Look & Feel on the POS”. Dr. Michael Bartelt of Schlenk Metallic Pigments GmbH ended the series of morning lectures prior to the lunch break and viewing of the manufacturing facility with his lecture themed “Metallic Colours as Eye-catcher – Packaging & Contrasts created valuably”. Workshop series „printing and finishing in flexography”
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Workshop series „printing and finishing in flexography” Successful first SENOFLEX® workshop of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH On 27th of September, consciously one day before the start of the trade fair FachPack in Nuremberg, WEILBURGER Graphics invited to its first SENOFLEX® Workshop in Gerhardshofen in order to discuss the topic printing and finishing efficiency. Followed by the opening of Mr. Günter Korbacher, Dr. Alexander Faber and Dr. Jürgen Stropp presented the SENOFLEX® product series – a ink and coating series for high-quality flexo printing developed and optimized by WEILBURGER Graphics. |