Green Gravure
At a time when many flexographic printers and converters are focused on “growing green,” one New York-based converter of flexible packaging and labels is going one better: by going green — and gravure...
Quality Time
The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. Global (PLGA) held its 2008 Annual Operational Conference in Miami, FL, February 27-29, with 200 in attendance....
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...
PLGA Announces Print Quality Award Competition
The Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. Print Awards program recognizes member printers and converters for outstanding achievement in gravure printing. Eligible companies can submit entries for any category and individual entries can be submitted for more than one category. ...
Shining Stars
The Gravure Assn. of America hits hot topics and announces honors. ...
World View
The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. Global held its 10th Annual Operational Conference in Miami at the Radisson Hotel February 21-23. Attendance was...
PLGA Announces Print Quality Award Competition
The Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. Print Awards program recognizes member printers and converters for outstanding achievement in gravure printing. (plga.com)...
Gravure Allure
This year's winners of the Gravure Assn. of America Golden Cylinder Awards demonstrate the allure of gravure for brand owners that value high quality...
Gravure Grabbers
Choosing the best from 103 entries was a tough task for the judging panel of the 2006 Print Quality Awards, presented by the Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA)....
Rotomec Launches New Gravure Pres
Rotomec unveiled its RS 40003 MP multi-purpose press for flexible materials, developed for gravure printing....
W&H Technology Wins PLGA Award
Windmoeller & Hoelscher's newly patented Registered Scan Preset (RSP) system has received the 2005 Technical Award for Suppliers from the Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (whcorp.com)...
PLGA Hosts Gravure Operational Conference
The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) Global announces its ninth annual Operation Conference: Gravure Leads the Way, taking place March 1-3, 2006....
Imitation of Life
The Gravure Assn. of America (GAA) gathered to celebrate its 21st Golden Cylinder Awards, which recognize the “best of the best” in gravure printing....
Smurfit-Stone Earns Awards from PPC and PLGA
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. has earned a Gold award and four Excellence awards in the PPC’s 2005 National Paperboard Packaging Competition, as well as two packaging awards and an honorable mention from the PLGA....
Rotogravure an Evolving Process
Rotogravure printing evolved from the intaglio printing process, which still is used in specialty applications such as printing our currency. Rotogravure has been used since the beginning of the 20th century and still is considered the quality printing standard by which other printing processes are measured. It has unique characteristics that cannot be duplicated by other printing processes, including......
Packaging for the World
With multinational clients and global suppliers, South American converter Alusa produces... Packaging for the World....
PLGA Conference Draws a Crowd
JACKSONVILLE, FL The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) held its Seventh Technical & Operational Conference February 18-20 at the Adam's Mark Hotel....
UV Flexo Press Competes with Gravure
Casia s.r.o., Trutnov, Czech Republic, is making inroads into the gravure market so prevalent in that part of the world. What's making this happen is...
20 Years of Excellence
GAA celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Golden Cylinder Awards....
A Pharma Focus
G&A Printers carves outs its niche by specializing in the needs of the pharmaceutical industry....
Uteco to Debut New Flexo Press and Gravure Products at Drupa 2004
Eurograv Ltd. reports Uteco Converting S.p.a will showcase one its new central impression (CI), 8-color gearless flexographic presses at Drupa. In addition, says the Uteco press distributor, Uteco will show a print unit on a new gravure press....
Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. to Cover Competition and Cooperation at 7th Technical Conference
"We first heard the word 'co-opetition' in conversation with a printing industry leader. He used the word to describe how two mid-sized companies [that] normally compete [could join] forces to provide a single, large customer's needs for a broad choice of printing technologies (gravure, offset, and flexo)....In this scenario, the two converters cooperate [for] this account but act as competitors elsewhere in the marketplace." —PLGA...
PLGA Offers October Conference: Technology That Reduces Costs
The Packaging & Label Gravure Association (PLGA) announces two upcoming conferences....
Clear, Crisp Color
The Gravure Assn. of America salutes gravure's ability to produce packaging with knockout results....
Catty Corp.: Flex-Pack Converter
Catty Corp. is so proud of its success and its new equipment, including a Deacro slitter and a Bobst Champlian press, it wants to let... THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG....
