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Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... creo.com The ThermoFlex device images variable repeat sleeves but retains the ability to image digital flexo and rotary letterpress plates, as well as film with formats to 52 × 80 in. Design is said to ...

FTA Raises the Bar

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, Highlights of FTA's annual forum 'Reaching New Heights,' and some of the most noteworthy Excellence in Flexography 2003 award winners. (Package graphics included!) Highlights of FTA's annual forum 'Reaching ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... Full Spectrum of Industry News, Events & Activities Converter Adds W&H Press to Please Customers Flexo printer Farnell Packaging announces the purchase of a Novoflex press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher. ...

Materials

(Materials)

June 29, 2003, ... clear and colored plastics and films, including synthetics, polyester, PP, and flexible vinyl. It is applied in roll form, prior to sheeting for offset and screen printing, or prior to slitting for flexo ...

Materials

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... inks incorporate an exclusive formulation process said to produce strong, vibrant hues. Suited for flexo, rotary screen, offset, and letterpress, the inks are available in an array of colors including ...

Converting Industry News

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May 31, 2003, ...  ANTIOCH, CA, USA—SunGraphics, a member of the Sun Chemical Corp., opened a new facility in Antioch to provide package design and finished flexo printing plates for paper packaging applications such as ...

Catty Corp.: Flex-Pack Converter

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2003, ... 0.0035-mil foil in four-color register using a Kidder flexo press in the 1950s. Typically, that foil was used for wrapping confectioneries or converted into labels for bottle necks. Catty later expanded ...

Splash & Pop

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2003, ... detection system. Now, says Schnitzer, Pliant (and its customers) are enjoying the greater flexibility and control offered by the ten-color flexographic line. Bakery Bags and Background Pliant in Langley ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... Africa. The new 220,000-ton/yr plant is expected to be completed in 2005. Awards FTA Environment Program Is Honored RONKONKOMA, NY, USA—The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) has been elected ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... epoxy is formulated to handle temperatures as high as 400 deg F. Cylinders are designed to be heated with conventional calrod elements or by hot oil. Flexo Press Offers Automatic Preregister Nordmeccanica ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... mos. Said to be slower to degrade in sunlight and tough environmental conditions compared to other polyolefins. Has smudgeproof topcoating, 97% opacity, and compatibility with thermal transfer, flexo, ...

Reporter Clips

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March 31, 2003, ... Xennia Laboratories, Cambridge, U.K. (+44 1223 236920; imieurope.com). June 9-12: Narrow Web Flexographic Printing, Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI (920/735-2481; fvtc.edu). Russian ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... Machine Co. (PCMC) opened its doors to introduce customers and the trade media to two of its presses. On center stage was the new in-line Evolution servo-driven, multi-substrate flexo press that operates ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... to hold them securely in place. The epoxy is formulated to handle temperatures as high as 400 deg F. Cylinders are designed to be heated with conventional calrod elements or by hot oil. Flexo Press ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... and compatibility with thermal transfer, flexo, offset, screen, letterpress, gravure, dot matrix, and indigo printing methods. Improved Liners Aid Drum LabelingFLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... amount of heat of competitive brands, says mfr. Features a special surface coating on both sides to enhance laser toner anchorage, thermal transfer ribbon performance, and water-based flexo ink printing. ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ...  High-Strength Ink System Suited for Many Jobs Arcar Graphics, West Chicago, IL; 630/231-7313; arcar.com The Ultraforce ink system is described as a high-strength, multi-purpose, water-based flexo ...

Why Do Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2003, ... of Bemis; see p46 and picture above), are — as a flexographic press manufacturer marketing rep put it at a recent open house PFFC attended — “hot, hot, hot.” Israeli converter CLP industries is well ...

Leaders of the Pack

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February 28, 2003, ... Ltd., Aurora, Ont., Canada, earned a silver award for the Lundberg Family Farms Rice Chips package. Combining new digital, thermally developed plates with ten-color gearless flexographic printing allows ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... Fairfield, NJ; 973/808-1002; radcure.com Rad Bond 1021 is a low-odor, low-extractables, UV-curable flexo laminating adhesive for the manufacture of laminated labels. Solvent-free adhesive reportedly has ...