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Rochat printing works welcomes WorldSkills champion
For three days, Lettrage Rochat welcomed Killian Fehringer, 2023 WorldSkills national printing champion, to its workshop in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, Isère.
The young professional came to train on the plant's Konica Minolta press, equipped with the TU-510 finishing module, in preparation for the WorldSkills 2025 national competition to be held in Marseille from October 14 to 16. Killian Fehringer will be defending the colors of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
The meeting provided an opportunity to share know-how and innovations, illustrating the company's determination to pass on and support the next generation of printers.
NTE invests in solar energy
NTE (Nord Techniques Étiquetage) has just equipped its site with 84 photovoltaic panels. The installation covers 15% of the daily needs of the label and labeler manufacturer based in Roubaix in the Nord region of France, and provides full power for one of its five label production lines.
This initiative follows the renewal of the company's Ecovadis certification.
Sun Chemical launches an approved primer for HP Indigo presses
Sun Chemical has introduced its first HP Indigo-certified primer for label applications. SunEvo EV-LWR09 WB LEP Primer Labels is compatible with HP Indigo 6X00, 6K, 6K+, 8X00 and 8K presses equipped with inline coating units (ILP). Designed for a wide range of substrates âeuros PE, PP, coated and uncoated papers, metallized papers and wine labels âeuros it offers improved ink adhesion, reduced energy consumption and fewer surface treatment defects. It will be available from the fourth quarter of 2025.
Konica Minolta launches two-color inkjet printhead
Konica Minolta has unveiled the KM1800iSHK-DC, a new industrial inkjet printhead capable of projecting two colors from a single module.
At just 24 mm thick, the KM1800iSHK-DC reduces the number of units required, installation space and set-up time.
It's designed for signage, packaging, labeling and other industrial sectors, thanks to its long-distance jet capacity (up to 10 mm), which enables quality printing on curved or irregular surfaces, says Konica.
Stora Enso sells a large part of its forests in Sweden
Forestry group Stora Enso, which employs almost 20,000 people, has finalized the sale of 175,000 hectares of forest, or 12.4% of its Swedish assets, for an enterprise value of 9.8 billion crowns (around 900 million euros).
A new company has been created to hold these assets: the Soya group holds 40.6%, a consortium led by Meag (Munich Re's asset manager) 44.4%, while Stora Enso retains 15% of the capital.
After this operation, Stora Enso retains just over 1.2 million hectares of forest in Sweden, valued at 5.6 billion euros.
New version for Artflow
Hybrid Software Brandz, the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and brand division of UK publisher Hybrid Software, launches version 25.09 of its Artflow artworks management software. This update is designed to enhance the precision and automation of graphic workflows for brands and their supply chains.
New features include real-time monitoring in the form of a Gantt chart, retroactive planning based on launch dates, and automatic alerts in the event of potential delays.
What's more, text management now benefits from AI-assisted validation rules, integrated intelligent search and filtering and grouping options to facilitate compliance checks.
Artflow 25.09 also features an Azure-based API, enabling secure synchronization of product and brand data, and now integrates with MyCloudFlow, Hybrid's SaaS platform, for automations such as barcode placement or packshot generation.
Cibem closes its wooden food packaging plant
Compagnie Industrielle des Bois et Emballages (Cibem) is to cease operations for good at Saint-Pierre-en-Auge in Calvados, announced the Snec group on Tuesday, September 30, 2025... The plant, founded in 1885, specializes in wooden camembert boxes and food trays, and employs 104 people.
In a press release quoted by Le Pays d'Auge, the Snec group explains: "This particularly difficult decision is the result of a persistent loss-making economic situation, despite the constant efforts made since the site was taken over in 2011, against a backdrop of compulsory liquidation."
Cibem had benefited from 25 million euros of investment, which did not pay off "not enough to offset a loss of competitiveness and a steady decline in orders ".
