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FTA’s INFO*FLEX Welcomes New Exhibitors

(News | New Products)

January 01, 2013, Companies representing packaging, printing, and converting continue to sign up   BOHEMIA, NY | The Flexographic Technical Assn. (http://www.flexography.org) (FTA) reports a number of new companies ...

FTA Calls for Entries

(News | New Products)

December 22, 2012, Deadline is approaching to enter the Excellence in Flexography Awards competition   BOHEMIA, NY | The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA) announces the deadline for companies to submit print samples ...

On Print | Add Extended Gamut Printing to Your Lean List

(On Print)

December 17, 2012, ... grand format inkjet printers in the field, and so the technology is widespread. Spot colors are ubiquitous with offset, gravure, and flexography, especially for advertising and packaging. Because they ...

Graphics of the Americas Is Coming

(News | New Products)

November 19, 2012, ... on the show floor will be the FlexoZone, showcasing the latest innovations in flexography. The cornerstone of the FlexoZone will be the Nilpeter eight-color flexo press with servo technology, which includes ...

Rollprint Technology Adds Brand Security

(Bag Pouch)

November 04, 2012, Chameleon color-changing sealant technology from Rollprint adds security to a package and enhances the brand   ADDISON, IL | Rollprint Packaging Products introduces patent-pending Chameleon color-changing ...

Flint Seminar to Cover New Issues in Flexo

(News | New Products)

October 09, 2012, ... science-based topics will introduce new products and processes used in flexography and demonstrate the optimization that can be achieved with the right combination of components. Presentations are said ...

Magazine Printer Expands into Packaging with Screen Flexo Device

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2012, Publishers Press Flexo Division Adds PlateRite FX87011 Plate Imaging Unit ROLLING MEADOWS IL | Publishers Press, a fifth-generation family-owned firm that ranks as North America’s fourth-largest publication ...

DFI Hosts Scholarship Drive Golf Outing

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2012, DiTrolio Flexographic Inst. raises funds for scholarships to provide skilled training opportunities for students in the flexographic industry. BROADVIEW, IL | DiTrolio Flexographic Inst., a state-of-the-art ...

A Clear Picture | Technologies that Will Shape the Future of Package Printing

(Print)

September 19, 2012, ... is the most significant trend you see in package printing? RF: We are seeing a big shift to digital printing. That’s certainly not to say that flexography and gravure are disappearing. Flexography still ...

Screen USA Media Day Has Busy Agenda

(News | New Products)

July 01, 2012, ... transition into the highlights and resulted low tone reproduction values. The conclusion, says Cox, was that Screen has digital screening algorithms that can alter and improve print results for flexography. ...

PACK EXPO Intl. 2012 Provides a Resource for Package Printing Innovation

(Yo's Yarns)

June 25, 2012, ... Screen, Digital, Decorating, Hot & Cold Stamping, UV, EB, Flexography, Gravure, Security, Doctor Blades, Letterpress, and Offset. In addition to a wealth of PRINTING article content, buyers of machinery ...

Ampac Pouches Are FPA Winners

(Bag Pouch)

May 21, 2012, ... from mores standard retort pouches, Ampac’s Tesco Finest Soups  Pouch was printed via flexography rather than gravure. Judges deemed the print graphics exceptional, rivaling the quality of gravure, with ...

DuPont Cyrel Key to Five FTA Winners

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2012, Cyrel was the image carrier for five of the Best of Show winners in the FTA’s 2012 Excellence in Flexography competition, making DuPont a big winner   WILMINGTON, DE | The Flexographic Technology ...

Acucote Makes Donation to Mark Anniversary

(Coating/Laminating)

May 02, 2012, Celebrating 25 years as a successful supplier of custom adhesive-coated products, Acucote announces a major donation and a new interactive website   GRAHAM, NC | In celebration of its 25th anniversary, ...

Phoenix Challenge Hands Out Awards

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2012, ... years of support for the education of flexography and graphic arts during its High School Skills Competition at the Harper National Flexographic Campus of Central Piedmont Community College. First-place ...

Ron Harper, CEO of Harper Corp. of America, Passes

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2012, At the age of 79, Ron Harper, CEO of Harper Corp. of America, based in Charlotte, NC, dies of complications related to lung cancer. Ron Harper, CEO of Charlotte, NC-based Harper Corp. of America, passed ...

Gallus Invites PPC Members to a Printing Challenge

(Carton Box)

April 09, 2012, ... KY, challenged carton printers to see if they could distinguish between folding cartons printed using flexography or offset printing. Each contestant was given a folder containing three printed carton ...

New Joint Venture Formed by Colbert and Haapanen

(Carton Box)

March 26, 2012, A provider of micro-folded packaging inserts/outserts, C and H Print Solutions is formed by a joint venture of Colbert Packaging and Haapanen Brothers   CHICAGO, IL | Colbert Packaging Corp., a manufacturer ...

On Print | Inkjet for Packaging

(Flexpack)

March 20, 2012, ... for packaging is still rarely above 150 fpm, which is, of course, slow for gravure, offset, and flexography. Another industrial inkjet limitation has been printer cost, particularly for custom solutions, ...

Flexo Printing | FTA Announces 2012 Award Winners

(Flexpack)

March 19, 2012, ... Bohemia, NY, presented its annual awards at a gala dinner March 18 during its Annual Forum and INFO*FLEX Exhibition. In addition to presenting Excellence in Flexography awards, the association presented ...