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FTA Initiates Carbon Footprinting Project

Published: July 18, 2011
The Flexographic Technical Assn. announces the formation of a subcommitttee of the FTA Sustainability Committee to work on a carbon footprinting guide for flexo printers

Best of Show Boxes

Published: July 01, 2011, By By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
With competing brands nestled together on retail shelves, consumer products companies must rely on converters' perfect execution of the package designers'

Packaging Personified Adds XG

Published: July 01, 2011
NEW BERLIN, WI | Flexotecnica reports Packaging Personified has selected a new eight-color XG press to increase both quality and production at its Carol

Mark Andy Wins FTA Award

Published: July 01, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN | The Flexographic Technical Assn. presented one of two 2011 Technical Innovation Awards to Mark Andy's Performance Series line of flexo

Measure HD Flexo

Published: July 01, 2011
The Flexopro flexo system analyzer offers 3D imaging of the finest highlight dots found in HD flexo and other high end flexo systems; color separation

Menasha Packaging Installs Flexo/Folder/Gluer

Published: June 28, 2011
Menasha Packaging installs a four-color Isowa flexo/folder/gluer at its Lakeville, MN, plant with the capability to perform quick setup and fast run speeds and support customers with a lean supply chain and inventory control

Open House Features Gallus Rock Press Demo

Published: June 15, 2011
It's not too late to drop in at All Printing Resources' open house on June 15 & 16 at APR’s headquarters at 140 W. Lake Dr. in Glendale Hts., IL, just west of Chicago

FTA Is on the Move

Published: June 02, 2011
Yes, Bohemia still exists-maybe not in Europe, but it does in the state of New York! The Flexographic Technical Assn. has picked up and moved its headquarters from Ronkonkoma to Bohemia, NY, as of June 2

Golf Outing To Aid Scholarship Fund

Published: June 01, 2011
BROADVIEW, IL | The Annual DFI Scholarship Drive Golf Outing, scheduled for October 6, is again a fundraiser supporting the DiTrolio Flexographic Inst.

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

Published: June 01, 2011, By By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
INDIANAPOLIS, IN | The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA) held its annual forum and Info*Flex exhibition at the JW Marriott and Indiana Convention Center

Four-Color Edale Press Sold to Argentinian Mai S.A.

Published: May 26, 2011
Mai S.A., a provider of tea bag packaging machinery with a separate department for printing tea bag labels and envelopes, has purchased an Edale Alpha compact 250-mm-wide four-color flexo press with water-based drying capabilities

FTA Annual Forum & Info*Flex Just Keep Getting Better

Published: May 20, 2011, By By Yolanda Simonsis, PFFC Associate Publisher/Editor
Last year I reported the Flexographic Technical Assn.'s Annual Forum and INFO*FLEX were significant successes. In fact, last year's Las Vegas rendition of the FTA’s annual event

Hands-On Flexo Seminars & Golf Outing for Education Set for 2011

Published: May 13, 2011
DiTrolio Flexographic Inst. (DFI) is kicking off the summer with new dates for the hands-on flexo seminars, encouraging companies to take advantage of the summer by having their employees brush up on their skills

MacDermid Combines LUX Flat-Top Dots with LAVA Thermal Processing

Published: May 09, 2011
MacDermid Printing Solutions announced at the Flexographic Technical Assn.’s INFO*FLEX held at the Indiana Convention Ctr. on May 1-4

Mark Andy Given FTA Technical Innovation Award

Published: May 05, 2011
Mark Andy's Performance Series line of flexographic presses has been awarded the 2011 Technical Innovation Award by the Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA)

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

Published: May 04, 2011
The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA) held its annual Forum and Info*Flex exhibition at the JW Marriott and Indiana Convention Center May 1-4

Harper Exhibits at Info*Flex

Published: May 03, 2011
Graphics experts from global anilox supplier Harper Corp. will attend the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Assn.'s INFO*FLEX 2011 in Indianapolis, IN

Genpak Gets Productivity Boost

Published: May 01, 2011
NEW BERLIN, WI | Flexotecnica, a div. of the Cerutti Group, will supply Genpak LP, Aurora, ON, Canada, with a new ten-color XD press designed to reduce

Mounting Tapes Improve Print

Published: May 01, 2011
R/bak PSA2 cushion mounting tapes feature rubber-based adhesives said to offer the highest adhesion and shear properties compared to acrylic or silicone

Rogers To Feature R/Bak Cushion Mounting Tapes at Info*Flex

Published: April 28, 2011
Rogers Corp. will exhibit its broad range of R/bak® PSA2 and SA 2000 cushion mounting tapes for narrow and wide web applications at the upcoming INFO*FLEX 2011

Nordenia Receives National Flexography Competition Award

Published: April 18, 2011
Nordenia's Barcelona plant was awarded a prize for outstanding print quality at the tenth National Flexography Competition of the ATEF (Agrupación Técnica Española de Flexografía)

Gallus & Pitman Road Show a Success

Published: April 11, 2011
Gallus just completed a successful road show stop at the Dallas distribution center for Pitman, an Agfa company, to showcase the new Gallus ECS 340 label press

Automated Ink Logistics Have Sustainable Lean Features for Flexo

Published: April 05, 2011
GSE Dispensing, a leading provider of gravimetric automated ink dispensing solutions, offers Colorsat and Compact automated ink logistics to permit ink recipe dispensing volumes

Label Press Is Cost-Effective

Published: April 01, 2011
The EM 340/410/510 S can be used to produce self-adhesive and monofoil labels, as well as many other products. A state-of-the-art, servo-driven web-feed

Service Makes the Sale

Published: April 01, 2011, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Jim Streicher established Bison Bag Co. in 1968 with a single bag converting machine that he personally built in the basement of his Buffalo, NY, home.

INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead

Published: April 01, 2011, By By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA), Ronkonkoma, NY, expects some 1,600 flexographers in Indianapolis, IN, for its annual forum and INFO*FLEX show.

Tissue Press Has Fast Changeovers

Published: April 01, 2011
The Omet TV 503 tissue press guarantees fast job changes for the production of napkins and tablemats. Comprises a fast assembly of the anilox roll and

Capri Packaging Orders MIRAFLEX W&H Flexo Press

Published: March 08, 2011
Capri Packaging, a div. of Schreiber Foods, has installed a 10-color MIRAFLEX CM flexographic press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher at its newly expanded 120,000 sq ft facility in its Clinton, MO, facility

OMET Announces Open House

Published: March 02, 2011
OMET will host an open house for existing and potential customers at its headquarters in Lecco, Italy, from March 9-11, to provide an opportunity to see new OMET equipment in a production setting

Good Q4 for Flexotecnica

Published: March 01, 2011
NEW BERLIN, WI | Flexotecnica reports a significant increase in sales in Q4 2010, with more than a dozen presses, including the new XG and XD, sold in

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