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Agfa Expansion Brings Digital Platemaking to North America

Published: August 06, 2001

Agfa is expanding its plate-manufacturing capacity in its existing Branchburg, NJ, facility.

So You've Seen a Ghost! Who You Gonna Call?

Published: August 01, 2001

Many of us enjoyed watching Bill Murray conquer the ghosts that he encountered in the movie Ghostbusters. So, you ask, what do ghosts have to do with

What's New in Digital

Published: July 31, 2001

New products from: BCM Inks USA, Datacolor International, Kodak Polychrome, Novaflow Systems, Preview Graphics & Systems, and Xeikon.

Assessing the Potential for Ink Transfer and Migration

Published: July 01, 2001

Potential transfer…depends on many factors, such as degree of cure, ink adhesion, pressure between cups, length of time in contact, etc.

When It Comes to Flexo Quality the Sky's the Limit

Published: July 01, 2001

The FFTA Forum, featuring an emphasis on technology and a host of awards, proudly shows off just how far flexography has come.

GAA AWARDS: Gravure Is Golden for GAA Award Winners

Published: July 01, 2001

The Gravure Assn. of America (GAA) presented the 2001 Golden Cylinder Awards at its annual convention held May 22 in Milwaukee, WI. The association presents

Digital Printing at Your Service: Keeping Customers Happy

Published: July 01, 2001

The other day PFFC's editors were discussing how pleased and surprised we were about the responsive service some of us recently received from our health

What's Really Going on with Your Anilox Rolls?

Published: June 01, 2001

Has your company invested a good deal of money in an anilox roll inventory? If so, shouldn't you have the proper tools in order to get top performance from this investment?

Q&A with Prepress Provider Agfa

Published: May 01, 2001

Integration, standardization… What's this all about? And you thought you had enough worries with your web site and e-business! In an effort to make prepress integration easier to understand, PFFC posed some questions to Agfa Corp.

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS NEWS

Published: May 01, 2001

Agfa announces first European Xcalibur installation, CreoScitex America names new president, Vendor Agreements Eases Color Conflict, and more...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

Published: May 01, 2001

From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses.

UV and EB: Making the Trek into Energy Curing

Published: May 01, 2001

Electron beam accelerator, electrodeless microwave ultraviolet bulbs… Neither of these exotic-sounding expressions figured in a conversation between Captain Kirk and Scottie or Jean Luc Picard and Jordy (though either one certainly sounds as if it could). But all three are part of the “energy curing” language that soon may become part of your operation's vernacular — as you contemplate and/or enter the radiation curing frontier.