Labelexpo video: Fujifilm

Fujifilm was demonstrating its new Jet Press FP790 digital flexible packaging press, live streaming from Fujifilm’s beta customer in the UK, with the 50 metres-a-minute press designed to meet the multiple needs of today's market.

From the Fujifilm stand, its digital segment manager Raynald Barillot outlines the new developments to Print21 editor and PKN associate editor Wayne Robinson, and says why they are important for flexibles printing.

Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?