DuPont Patents Reach 600
WILMINGTON, DE DuPont Packaging Graphics recently achieved the registration milestone of 125 patent families comprising more than 600 patents and applications...
The Flexo Process: Be Careful
Flexo process printing now is competitive in quality with other printing processes and can have advantages of cost and the ability to print a large number...
Plying the Trade
With an internationally trained management team, complemented by highly experienced production personnel, Ultra Flex Packaging Corp. often leads in both...
Barrier Wanted
Vacuum-coated papers and films are enjoying dynamic growth levels. Brand owners' demands for flexible packaging, label materials, cartons, and cigarette...
Process Management: Drying Part 1: Liquid Inks
In the next three columns, we will cover the basic mechanisms of ink drying. This month we look at inks drying primarily by evaporation and absorption...
FTA Calls for Excellence in Flexography Submissions
Process Management: Opacity & White Ink
White ink is used extensively in printing plastic films for packaging. The role of the white print is to totally or partially block the package ingredients...
Brand Booster
Andrews Decal Co. Inc., a Chicago-based converter of pressure-sensitive labels, proves that even a small company can be a major player in one of America's...
Digital Flexo System
Kodak has introduced a computer-to-plate (CTP) print solution for package printing. The Kodak Flexcel NX digital flexographic system provides near offset print quality on a variety of substrates, including paper, flexible film, foil, and label stock. ...
The 7 Deadly (Converting) Sins
There are some basic problems that crop up over and over again, with costly results in wasted time and materials. Below are examples, in capsule form,...
Flexo Press Adds Capacity, Quality
SHARONVILLE, OH Multi-Color Corp. reports the purchase of another Omet Varyflex flexo press to keep up with growing demand. The company has purchased...
Ditrolio Flexographic Institute Gains New Inspection System
A Paradise of Print
Gathered in Hawaii for an annual meeting and awards ceremony, TLMI members prove how they excel at the art of creating narrow web tags, labels, and packaging....
Bobst Acquires Fischer & Krecke
The Grautoff family, majority shareholder of Fischer & Krecke, has signed an agreement concerning the sale of its shares to Bobst Group. ...
Wet on Wet
Uniprint Knauer (formerly UV-Flex) recently installed a Fischer & Krecke WetFlex ten-color Flexpress 16 S press. It features Sun Chemical’s WetFlex technology, Energy Sciences’ EZCure-I electron beam (EB) curing system, and Advanced Vision Technology’s PrintVision/Argus defect detection system. The flexographic printing process applies Sun Chemical’s UniQure inks wet-on-wet to the substrate; the inks are in-line EB cured, thereby reducing energy costs and improving quality....
Ready for Change
Expensive materials change attitudes at Gintzler Graphics, where automatic splicing capabilities from Martin Automatic reduce waste. ...
Mark Andy Expands in India
Mark Andy announces a long-term contract with a multinational engineering and software development firm based in Banglore, India. ...
Harper Donates Equipment to High School Flexo Program
Harper Corp. of America had made a major equipment donation to Fort Mill High School's graphic communications department, which received a FlexSys press simulator and a Macintosh computer with monitor. ...
Schulz Purchases Comexi EB Machine
Schulz recently purchased a Comexi FW 1508 EB and held an open house to demonstrate its new capabilities. ...
Flexo Forges Bond
With an eye on expansion into the wine label market, a South African converter buys its first flexographic press....
Automated Web Handling Reduces Costs
Germark finds automated web handling equipment from Martin Automatic boosts productivity while offering fast payback....
Oui to Flexo
The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA) called its Forum 2007 “Crossing Borders: Flexo’s Global Gateway.” Very apropos; globalization was a big part of the agenda....
Farnell Installs W&H Press
Windmoeller & Hoelscher has sold a 52-inch, eight-color Primaflex CM printing press to Farnell Packaging. ...
FLexo Press for EB WetFlex Launched in Germany
UV-Flex GmbH held an open house event on April 18-19 to feature Fischer & Krecke's first CI flexo press designed to use Sun Chemical's EB curable WetFlex ink technology. ...
Knowledge = Power = Success
Training. It's as essential to the growth and vitality of a converting operation as air and water are to all living things. Many companies have in-depth,...
