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Xanté Acquires Degrava Systems

Published: June 01, 2009
MOBILE, AL Xant Corp. has acquired Degrava Systems, Roswell, GA, a supplier of narrow web digital color printing systems, color management software, consumables,

Trisoft Graphics Adding Print Quality

Published: March 01, 2009
Trisoft Graphics, a digital prepress and graphic design company serving the packaging industry since 1993, recently installed a Kodak Flexcel NX digital flexo system

Platemaking Upgrade

Published: March 01, 2009
Nu-Maber, a flexographic printing plate production company, purchased two Concept 505 XP DW processors from DeGraf to replace two large-format washers.

Platemaking System Aids Growth

Published: January 01, 2009
Amherst, NY | Packstar Flexible Packaging is bringing more of its plate production in-house with new solutions from Kodak. Adding to its other Kodak products,

Plate Demand Leads To Expansion

Published: July 01, 2008
VALHALLA, NY Fujifilm will expand its plate manufacturing facility in Tilburg, Netherlands, to meet the demand for Brillia HD CTP plates. The company

Offset Printing: Friend to All

Published: February 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Boxes may not have changed too drastically over the years, but the way they are customized to promote, display, and advertise their contents has seen

Digital Collaboration Expands

Published: January 01, 2008
ROCHESTER, NY Pitman Co., Totowa, NJ, will offer Kodak Nexpress Digital Production Color Presses and Kodak Digimaster digital production systems to its

DuPont Packaging Graphics Celebrates Patent Milestone

Published: December 21, 2007

Digital Flexo System

Published: December 21, 2007, By pffc-online.com
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.

Patent Pending for Digital Plate

Published: December 09, 2007
Following in the footsteps of its patented analog plate with a completely flat topped dot (ExPect), PRP Flexo has achieved the same profile within a completely digital environment, enabling the same print advantages of the analog plate with a completely digital workflow.

Kodak expands in China

Published: November 07, 2007, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor

Artwork Systems and Esko Join Forces

Published: August 29, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Artwork Systems and Esko have reached an agreement where the two companies will combine their operations.

Kodak Participates in 5th Annual IPA Color Proofing RoundUP

Published: August 06, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Kodak entered six systems for the testing in the 5th Annual IPA Color Proofing RoundUP, the most of any vendor, covering all proofing technology platforms: digital halftone, inkjet, and monitor.

Kodak Releases New Version of Insite Prepress Portal

Published: August 02, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Version 5.0 of the Kodak Insite prepress portal system offers a series of new features to enhance collaboration and productivity among prepress operators, print buyers, and service representatives.

Out in Front

Published: August 01, 2007, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
With an eye on huge growth in luxury brands, UpFront expands its resources with a Mitsubishi UV sheet-fed press.

A Scrappy Competitor

Published: April 01, 2007, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Rich Shaw, general production manager of Mohawk Northern Plastics, says the 35-year-old company has enjoyed sustained success by operating state-of-the-art

Fox Valley Technical College Adds Kodak Equipment

Published: February 01, 2007, By pffc-online.com
A new Kodak Trendsetter 400 II Quantum Platesetter at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) will serve dual purposes: hands-on training for the next generation of graphic communications providers and improved turnaround time for customers of the school's in-plant print shop.

Directing Design

Published: February 01, 2007, By By Mark Vanover Esko-Graphics
Because design has become the No. 1 differentiator for product innovation among manufacturers, design life-cycle management (DLM) has gained prominence as a packaging system tailored to meet the needs of CPCs and their graphic communication partners. Integrated and web-based, DLM streamlines the package design and production process—from ideation through design, packaging, and production.

Kodak Plate Now Available in the U.S. and Canada

Published: October 26, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Kodak Thermal Direct non-process printing plate now is commercially available in the United States and Canada.

PIA/GATF and Kodak Release Results of Seminar Series

Published: October 01, 2006, By pffc-online.com
A series of eight PIA/GATF, sponsored by Kodak, seminars this summer discussed the importance of communicating the demands of printing early in the design phase. The content is available in a book from gain.net.

Proof is in the Process

Published: October 01, 2006, By Edited by Claudia Hine Managing Editor
A perennial problem for consumer product companies is approving expensive packaging runs before seeing what the finished product will look like on the

PDFs for Packaging

Published: October 01, 2006, By Edited by Claudia Hine Managing Editor
In response to ever-increasing consolidation in the pharmaceutical market, an alliance of package printers established Copapharm Europe in 1997. Formed

IPA Releases Proofing Roundup Report

Published: August 31, 2006, By pffc-online.com
IPA has released its Special Report, announcing the results of the 4th Annual IPA Color Proofing Roundup, conducted during the IPA Technical Conference, June 6-8, 2006, in Chicago.

RIT Installs Inline Densitometer from GretagMacbeth

Published: February 26, 2006, By pffc-online.com
GretagMacbeth has installed a vipPAQ inline densitometric color measuring system at the Rochester Institute of Technology for use in its Printing Applications Laboratory.

Inkjet Proofing Solution Receives SWOP Certification

Published: January 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Kodak's Matchprint Inkjet Desktop, 400 and 800 Proofing Solutions earned SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) Certification just three months after being launched at Print 05.

A Perfect Match

Published: November 30, 2005, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Associate Editor
Macaran proofs color labels directly on flexo substrates with Latran's Prediction.

The Design Supply Chain

Published: May 31, 2005, By Mark Vanover, Esko-Graphics
The packaging industry needs a comprehensive workflow that optimizes process efficiency throughout the entire supply chain.

Completing the Circle: Quality Assurance for the New Digital Workflow

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Gretchen Peck
Rock-Tenn supplies printing services to some of the world's most notable brands. Quality control is the No. 1 manufacturing concern, particularly since

Proofing System Lives Up to Expectations

Published: May 01, 2004, By Edited by Deborah Donberg
When printer/converter Group 360 Atlanta, a member of the St. Louis-based Group 360 Inc., decided to enter the world of digital proofing, operations manager

A Wise Investment

Published: February 29, 2004, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Associate Editor
Wise Tag & Label takes the guesswork out of its print process with Latran's Prediction proofing system.

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