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Converting Industry News

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October 30, 2004, ... will be housed in a specially constructed 9,000-sq-ft addition and will operate in a climate-controlled environment. Capabilities will include digital optical monitoring and plasma treatment. Correction ...

A New Habit

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September 29, 2004, ... or to learn more about Hub's state-of-the art prepress and printing capabilities, including an HP Indigo digital press. “We offer plant tours for two reasons,” explains Flannery. “One, because we run ...

Lasers Beam

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September 29, 2004, Digital converting is on the verge of widespread adoption in flexible packaging applications due to compact carbon dioxide lasers. Digital converting is on the verge of widespread adoption in flexible ...

Products, Part 1

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September 29, 2004, ... Both now are available on-line. Digital Control Systems Offered Andantex USA, Wanamassa, NJ, USA; 732/493-2812; andantex.com Company now offers DGT 2000 digital web tension controls and Amadeus digital ...

Products, Part 2

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September 29, 2004, ... to implement. PFFC-ASAP 430 Test Viscosity Quickly Kernco Instruments Co., El Paso, TX, USA; 915/852-3375; kerncoinstr.com Models 345055 and 345060 digital LCD viscosity testers are said to be accurate ...

Printing: Italian Style

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August 30, 2004, ... He cites the 1.4-m Comexi CI flexo press (installed in 2001) and the BST Genius Digital system the company uses to manage print quality. According to Bovo, the Genius improves quality and reduces waste. ...

Tolerance = Tight

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August 30, 2004, ... and then adjust the drive speed to control print registration accurately. High-end drives designed with 32-bit digital signal-processing technology accurately check and correct the motor position up to ...

New Product Digest

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August 30, 2004, ... 845. Monitor Die Pressure Action Rotary Die, Addison, IL, USA; 630/628-6830; actionrotary.com Torkit digital die pressure gauge monitors rotary die-cutting or hot stamping force, predicts and prevents ...

Anderson & Vreeland Web Site Redesign Provides Access for Online Ordering

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August 01, 2004, Anderson & Vreeland reports its newly redesigned web site provides faster access to the company's complete line of platemaking equipment, materials, and digital imaging equipment for flexo applications. ...

Reporter Clips

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July 30, 2004, ... variable printing, digital design and printing, printing processes, UV curing, label application, source tagging and EAS technology, intelligent and security labels, smart labels and RFID, legislation, ...

Extreme Makeovers

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June 30, 2004, ... press with in-line die-cutting, received a new vacuum transfer system. Last year the plant's United, a 66×84-in. four-color flexo press received a new vacuum transfer system, new inking system, and digital ...

Reporter Clips

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June 29, 2004, ... “You've got to see the quality of digital plates to believe it…. Customers are noticing and commenting about the difference in quality and detail.” “The Pitman Company,” Davis adds, “made sure we looked ...

Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2004, ... offered by Decorated Paper, a div. of the Hazen Paper Co., is said to make short-run display materials appear to sparkle and shimmer. When Mira-Jet, a transfer medium, is used to print full-color digital ...

Keeping Score

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June 29, 2004, ... labels per week. In spite of its size, the company accepts minimum orders of just 1,000 labels—without using a digital press. Carmany notes that was an average order size when he bought the company, ...

A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum

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May 31, 2004, ... Category Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, IL, received praises from the judges for its flexo work on the Imagine Broth package. Using digitally imaged plates, an in-line press, and water-based inks, this paperboard ...

Drupa Delivers, Optimism Returns

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May 30, 2004, ... Rochester Inst. of Technology's Frank Romano, the show was pegged the digital Drupa. In '95 it was the CTP (computer to plate) Drupa. In 2000 it was dubbed the digital press and workflow automation show. ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

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May 30, 2004, Machinery, Accessories, Services Control with Modules Dover Flexo Electronics, Rochester, NH; 603/332-6150; dfe.com Updated version of the TensionManager control module is a DIN-rail mountable digital ...

New Products, Part 1

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May 30, 2004, ... combination of analog and digital features said to provide accurate, repeatable tension control of all web processing machinery. Use DC Sensors in AC Location Hyde Park Electronics, Dayton, OH; ...

Agfa and M-Real Sign Remote-Proofing Agreement for Package Printing

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May 19, 2004, ... remote proofing across 40 M-real locations. They comprise :Grand Sherpa 50m digital inkjet proofers, Agfa ink, media, and software for color and quality management. In addition, client-management service ...

Creo's Hyperflex Software Wins FTA Technical Innovation Awar

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April 27, 2004, Creo reports its Hyperflex plate resolution enhancement software is the sole recipient of the Flexographic Technical Association's Technical Innovation Award. According to Creo, this award was etablished ...