To consolidate and expand its position in Asia, metal packaging manufacturer Impress has set up a new representative office in Hong Kong which is now operational.

Kazuhiko Yasuzawa has been appointed as president and general manager of Goss Graphic Systems Corporation Japan, Goss International’s manufacturing and sales entity in Japan.

At the end of 2008 five high-automation KBA Commander presses totalling 27 towers were installed at the Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Adana operations of Turkish printing and publishing group Ciner Printing. With an output of 90,000 copies per hour the KBA says its Commander press lines will be the fastest newspaper presses in Turkey.

Goss International has introduced a solution, called Triliner technology, which converts two-pages-around newspaper presses to print three pages around, which it says will allow publishers to save paper and increase productivity and colour capacity while still maintaining broadsheet sectioning and the ability to accommodate standard-size advertising inserts.

The Océ ColorWave 600 has received 4.5 BERTL stars and BERTL’s best 2008 award for best innovative and new technology wide format printer.

UK based company GEW will introduce its new IsoCure UV curing system at the European Coatings Show, which takes place in Nuremberg next March.

Packaging giant Huhtamaki has announced changes in its group executive team effective January 1.

Following its October cost-cutting announcements, the world’s biggest press manufacturer Heidelberg has made two changes to its senior personnel management.

Organisers of the India Label Show hailed the event a great success despite the atrocities that took place in Mumbai in the week leading up to the event held December 3-6 in New Delhi.

Goss International has announced the installation of a Goss Magnum 4 press, web offset printing system, at Vibal Publishing House in the Philippines.