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The demand for food safety, food packaging guidelines, and other standards and legislation require the label printing industry to offer labels that meet ink migration limits as ink contain ingredients that are harmful to our health. Low migration inks might be the answer to this challenge. Many thin...

It’s a trend – many label printers are making the transition from conventional to digital printing to keep up with market demand. Digital printing has some strong benefits over flexographic printing, however, flexo should not be neglected.

Here’s why digital printing alone is not enough, and how you ...

At MPS, we are ‘Operator Focused, Results Driven’. When I first started working as a Commercial Product Manager, I wondered what that meant exactly. I found out, that it’s all about operator-friendly press solutions.

A good example of one of these operator-friendly solutions, is the iControl. In this...

Ever since I started working at MPS just over a year ago, I knew that one day I wanted to be a Field Service Engineer: to travel the world, experience different cultures and fix problems on-site for customers.

From production floor to customer sites

For nine years I worked for a partner installing ele...

This text was previously published as an article NarrowWebTech issue August 2018. 

In Spring 2018 the US-based print shop Hub Labels installed a MPS EF 430 printing press which is mainly used for linerless labels application. Only two companies in the United States are offering this solution to ...

If you’re familiar with screen printing, you’ll know it is one of the most attractive embellishments for labels.

With effects that require larger ink lay down, such as metallic colours, strong opaques, tactile warning symbols, special varnishes and scratch-off inks, screen printing brings many advant...

Nowadays, the buzz in the printing industry is all about digital and hybrid printing technologies. But fact remains, flexo is still the leading technology in the narrow web market. While a lot of people in our industry predict that digital technology will completely replace flexo in the future, I wo...

Even though technology can bring us easily together in a virtual way, face-to-face meetings are still the best way to cultivate a new business relationship. Which is why I recently flew to Vietnam to spend time with our newly signed agent Print & Pack Machinery Co., Ltd. (PPMC), in the capital c...

We asked Mike Fairley, founder and strategic consultant of Labels & Labeling, to share his vision on the current trends and the future of the label industry. Learn more from his expertise in this guest blog!

The self-adhesive label industry has been one of almost continuous abov...

It’s been a busy tradeshow season this summer for the MPS Systems Asia team, with participation at the International Graphic Art Show (IGAS) in Japan, Taipei Plas in Taiwan, and at the Korea International Printing Machinery & Equipment Show (KIPES).

Alongside our agents at all three events, we dr...

"Meyers is committed to staying on top of new technology"

This is an article by Cassandra Belentine from Industrial Print Magazine

Meyers (the first in North America to purchase the MPS EF SYMJET) explains their choice for the EF SYMJET and how hybrid printing helps them to meet the lat...

As you could see in FAQ Friday #18, stable web tension is important – for consistent high print quality without adjustments by the operator, and minimum waste of material and time for the best results. 
When incorrect web tension is applied to the material, this has (negative) influence to;

• Regis...

With growing competition in the label printing industry, your goal is to print labels as quickly as possible at the lowest cost.

It is fair to say that an inefficient printing process, long lead times, and errors are no-go areas. When you print labels that are mostly similar but differ in some respec...

Attending Labelexpo Americas this year? If so, have we got a show in store for you!

We’re returning to Chicago, ready to break more records, and demonstrate two future-ready presses for the narrow web industry.

Here’s your roadmap where to find us, and what you can expect.

Where: MPS booth 911
What you’...

My orientation days during my internship at MPS Systems in Arnhem

You may remember hearing about how my internship at MPS began, where I was researching the Asian printing market as part of my graduation assignment? Well, my time at MPS is reaching the end —and it’s been quite an exciting journey. My...

Flexographic printing has grown to the most used print technology in the label printing industry today, providing an optimal combination in quality, productivity, and flexibility. But what is flexo printing and how does it work? In our operator and engineer trainings I will explain this printing tec...

As MPS Trainings Centre Manager since 2011, I frequently visit customers owning our flexo presses and have observed that operators are not using all the functionalities provided with their machines (such as the automation possibilities), which costs more time and waste.

It occurred to me that perhaps...

In my last blog, I spoke about how to determine the true value of a label printing press. Now I will delve beneath the iceberg to help uncover what to consider when calculating the real ROI of your press investment.

When purchasing a new press, a converter may visit various manufacturers, see live de...

Due to European regulation, it’s required to translate certain elements of a label (function, precautions of use, warnings, nominal content) or the entire label in the language of the country you export it to. You’re also well aware that your printing presses are only making money when they are runn...

You’ve heard it said before – a fully trained operator is key to the success of your printing press. As part of the MPS Academy, I’m excited to share that we’ve designed an in-depth printing course that your operator will appreciate, and one for engineers, too.

Why?  for many printers, time and ...