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Automated BOBST EXPERT K5 metallizer
2. November 2026

BOBST – How automation enables a new era of vacuum metallizing

As the demands on converters and film producers become greater, machines must get smarter. That’s the simple truth at the heart of today’s packaging industry. Flexible packaging converters and film producers, for example, face increasing manufacturing complexity: new sustainable and more heat-sensitive substrates, tighter regulations, growing barrier performance requirements, and a shrinking pool of experienced […]

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IPCO – “We can tailor the machine to the process”

IPCO is consolidating its testing and engineering expertise in Fellbach. PRO Flexconvert spoke to Nora Topp, Head of the Productivity Center, and Global Product Manager Film Casting and Jens Gegner, Global Segment Manager for Composites, about the new Productivity Center, developments in the composites market and the importance of bespoke solutions. IPCO has set up […]

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Jens Gegner, Nora Topp, Nina Pirchmoser and Martin Hirschmann
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5. March 2025 |

Confidence despite uncertainties

LOPEC 2025 is in the books. With 2,400 trade visitors and around 170 exhibitors from 29 countries, the positive numbers from 2024 were confirmed. After a record-setting first exhibition day on 26 February, LOPEC, as in previous years, was affected by a large strike at the German airports on the second day – a “tradition” […]

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11. March 2024 |

Industry showcase confirms positive development of flexible and printed electronics

LOPEC 2024 is history. With 176 exhibiting companies and 2400 visitors from 48 countries, the tradeshow has almost outgrown the well-established setting of ICM Hall B.0 at Messe Munich. A further expansion is on the horizon. Not even the large-scale strike of the German railway personnel prevented LOPEC from reaching new heights in terms of […]

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