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FTA Is on the Move

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

Gietz Gets Seven FSEA Gold Leaf Honors

Gietz, a leader in foil stamping technology, walked away with seven awards at the Foil & Specialty Effects Assn. (FSEA) Gold Leaf Awards banquet held on May 5 in concert with the International Assn. of Diecutting & Diemaking’s (IADD) Odyssey event

Coating, Not Printing

Whether you work in the battery industry, the packaging industry, or the publishing industry, you have come across these two words: coating and printing

Study Looks at Consumables

RESTON, VA | PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization, has funded a new research study entitled Printing Industry Consumables

UV Print on Heat-Sensitive PVC

Company has demonstrated an LED UV printing system designed for heat-sensitive PVC sheet. Sheet-fed offset lithography printing system is powered by company's

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

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

Monster Energy Drink Gets Military Decoration

Starting with the Memorial Day holiday, Chromatic Technologies Inc. (CTI), the specialized ink company that provides temperature-changing colors on cans and labels of major beverage products

FTA Annual Forum & Info*Flex Just Keep Getting Better

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

IHMA Endorses Holograms Being Covered under National Trademark Law

The International Hologram Mfrs. Assn. (IHMA) has welcomed a move which could lead to holograms being specifically covered under a national trademark law for the first time

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

First DuPont Cyrel FAST System Installed in Bangladesh

DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced it has signed an agreement with PADMA Group to purchase a DuPont Cyrel FAST digital imaging system for in-house plate-making in Bangladesh. It is the first installation of a Cyrel FAST solventless thermal plate-processing

MacDermid Combines LUX Flat-Top Dots with LAVA Thermal Processing

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

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

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

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

Sun Chemical HD Plates

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