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Nilpeter hit a milestone with the production of the 100th FP-4 flatbed unit for hot foil and embossing. Flint Group Narrow Web purchased a Mark Andy Performance Series P5, an 8-color, 10 inch flex- ographic combination press. AVT signed a licensing agreement with color tech- nology specialist X-Rite . MPI Label Systems acquired Label Gallery, Inc., a flexographic and digital printer in Norwich, New York, a company that specializes in the pharmaceuti- cal, wine & spirits, and food markets. The dates for drupa 2020 were moved by one week and the trade fair for printing technologies will now be held fromTuesday, June 16 to Friday, June 26, 2020 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Flexo Wash installed a new FW 2000M Anilox Cleaner at the Uteco N.A. Demonstration Facility in Kennesaw, Georgia. Liberty Marking Systems of Cincinnati, Ohio, in- stalled its second Nilpeter flexo press, an FB-3300S, just 18 months after purchasing its first FB-3300. Multi Packaging Solutions International signed a letter of intent to acquire the business of Paris Art Label Company, Inc. Uteco Group opened a representative office in Sin- gapore to better support the customers in the grow- ing packaging market of Asia Pacific. Resource Label Group , expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of California-based Cellotape, Inc. and its sister company Landmark Label. Advanced Vision Technology entered into a de- finitive merger agreement with Pelican Merger Hold- ings Israel Ltd. pursuant to which it will be acquired by Danaher Corporation’s Product Identification Platform. Control Group of Norwood, New Jersey, has added a third Nilpeter press, and the second press from Nilpeter’s FA-Line, to its production lineup, a 22- inch FA-6*. Altana acquired Landa ’s Metallography technolo- gy, which is reportedly a sustainable alternative to foil-transfer processes. Blair Labeling , a pressure sensitive label con- verter based out of Denver, Colorado, purchased Mark Andy ’s latest digital hybrid innovation, Digi- tal One when the technology debuted at Labelex- po Americas 2016. AGCM , Italy’s competition and market authority, opened an antitrust investigation against major pro- ducers of corrugated sheets and corrugated packag- ing in Italy and the industry association GIFCO for alleged market manipulation and price fixing in Italy.
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