For HP Indigo users, ABG is a familiar name in label finishing. Mark Hyde points to a long relationship with HP and an installed base that has given ABG years of experience working alongside label converters. Digital embellishment remains an important part of that story, with technology that can add foil, varnish and tactile effects without conventional tooling. But the applications Mark shares in this conversation from Edge Slovenia also illustrate how ABG's reach is expanding beyond the label itself.
Flexible packaging is one of those growth areas. Through its partnership with Galaxy Packtech, ABG has moved further into pouch production, combining Galaxy's pouch-making technology with ABG's own lamination and digital embellishment capabilities. The result is a broader workflow that can take converters from lamination through pouch production and add effects such as digital foil, cold foil and tactile embellishment along the way.
That expansion reflects a larger opportunity for converters looking to diversify while building on expertise they already have. ABG's FlexPack strategy now centers on connected capabilities for lamination, pouch converting and digital embellishment, with technology designed for the shorter runs, product variation and production efficiency increasingly important in flexible packaging.
For Dscoopers, ABG brings both longstanding finishing knowledge and a willingness to keep extending it into new applications — another example of a partner evolving alongside the businesses it serves.
