Blogs

Here’s a Formula One (F1) Mission Control room.

Every F1 team has this dedicated operations room filled with monitors where the entire behaviour of their race cars is tracked.

They know everything about their cars, as a huge amount of information is measured with sensors placed throughout every F1 car...

Rotary screen printing is an embellishment process that helps make a label stand out and gives it a unique look. It gives the label an embossed feel (without the embossing process) to add texture and feel to the product, which is appealing to consumers.

There are many effects and uses for rotary scre...

Foil is an embellishment process used in the printing industry to make labels and products more distinct and attractive to the customer. The process can also be used to apply security features.

Application of foil can be done offline on a specialized finishing machine, but it’s more common to have it...

Training is important for both the operator and the company they work for.

Keeping up-to-date with what’s new or up-and-coming in the market is also very helpful for the operator. Social media such as LinkedIn is a good place to start. This platform is a great resource for new ideas (which you can pa...

I recently started working at MPS Systems Asia at the beginning of June and feel proud to be a part of the team.

These times we are all going through is something we all could never have imagined - and is very hard times for billions of people and millions of companies worldwide.

At MPS, we’re very fo...

In this blog, I’ll go over some basics about the types of inks used in the flexographic printing process and colour matching using L.a.b.

Three main types of inks are used in flexographic printing: water based, UV and solvent based. Which ink you choose is dependent on various requirements of the pri...

I recently joined MPS Systems Asia as Regional Printing Instructor and am very proud and happy to be here!

Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege to work with labels and flexible packaging on various substrates and printing machines, and look forward to sharing my gained knowledge with MPS prin...

We’ve been talking about Big Data, Digital Transformation, Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0 for so many years.

In our daily life, it’s happening all around us. Take a look at our cars, televisions and even our refrigerators. More and more intelligent products and services will be introduced int...

A question we often hear when talking to printers is this: Should I buy the low-cost printing press or the higher-priced productive machine?

While each option has its pros and cons, a lower cost press is typically less automated and robust than a higher priced productive machine with more bells and w...

COVID-19 has affected the world for a few months now. To avoid spreading the coronavirus, almost all of us around the world are advised to not go outside and work from home.

In Malaysia, the government has restricted our movement for over 28 days. And it really helps to control the situation - the co...

In these harsh times where all certainties become uncertain, I’d like to emphasize the value of data-driven remote service.

In the old days, we were keen to check-in on our customer around the corner, drink a cup of coffee and help solve any problems. This was personal, friendly and pleasant but also...

In this fifth edition of my blog series on preventative maintenance, I look at the evolvement of printing technology and who is most capable in maintaining your press investment with today’s production environment.

Shift in technology and maintenance

In recent past, maintenance on a flexo printing pre...

In part 4 of my blog series focused on preventative maintenance (PM), I explain how to set up an effective preventive maintenance schedule and implement it into your organization.

Where to begin

A good starting point is the recommended maintenance schedules from your press supplier.

These are supplied ...

En la impresión de etiquetas siempre hay algo de residuos. Por muy eficaz que sea la impresión; siempre hay desmallado con la producción de etiquetas autoadhesivas con troquelado. En este blog explicaremos las diferentes posibilidades de la extracción y reciclaje de los residuos.

En MPS nos preocupam...

At Labelexpo Europe 2019, MPS decided to change the game of our printed label samples.

Instead of using a standard design for our live show demos and label samples, this time we printed a very difficult job with all possible combinations of applications and technologies. We wanted to show a real hybr...

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Quand on imprime des étiquettes, il y a forcément des déchets. Cela ne dépend pas de votre façon d’imprimer car quand on produit des étiquettes adhésives il faut découper et cela laisse toujours des déchets sur le support. Dans ce blog, je vais vous expliquer que...

When printing labels, there is always some waste. No matter how efficiently you’re printing; when producing self-adhesive labels that are die-cut, there is always some matrix left on the substrate. In this blog, I will explain some more about the different possibilities of removing and recycling was...

It’s our third year of operations as MPS Systems Asia, and I’m pleased with the progress we made so far.

In 2018, we opened our doors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and began with a team of two: me and George Tan. It was a year of building the organization, appointing new agents, and increasing MPS awaren...

A full house gathered at the GIS Taichung Xinwuri Convention Center in Taiwan on November 27^th for a seminar focusing on packaging and special printing technology. Many visitors were interested in meeting us. Mr. George Tan, Regional Sales Manager represented MPS Systems Asia as one of the presenter...

At this year’s Labelexpo Europe, our goal was to do it differently.

Our focus was on four key topics around the printing press: Service, Applications, Connectivity and Productivity. Named ‘Beyond the Machine’, the concept was introduced during the show, physically forming four ‘islands’ around a full...