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Unprecedented Gravure Waste Reduction

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, TAPS (Total-Automatic-Pre-Register-Setting) system is claimed unique to the gravure industry for reducing waste at makeready and changeover. Cylinders can be inserted in the press in any angular position, ...

Reduce Gravure Waste

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2010, ... devised for the demonstration a job with different design complexities to be printed on 25 micron polyethylene (PE) film. PE film is reputedly the most difficult substrate to print in gravure because it ...

Gravure Sleeves: The Time Is Now

(Process Management)

August 31, 2009, One technology that can help the gravure process is the use of lightweight sleeves in place of steel cylinders Last month's column addressed some changes in thinking regarding gravure's declining market ...

Gravure Versus Flexo Printing Part 2

(Process Management)

July 31, 2009, Last month I outlined the rapid growth of flexo printing in packaging and suggested that gravure printing had been out-marketed in North America by a Last month I outlined the rapid growth of flexo printing ...

Gravure Versus Flexo Printing-Part 1

(Process Management)

June 30, 2009, Gravure and flexo, two primary printing processes, continue to compete head to head in the packaging market segment. Both have strengths and weaknesses, Gravure and flexo, two primary printing processes, ...

Unprecedented Gravure Waste Reduction

(News Eclips)

June 23, 2009, Rotomec’s TAPS (Total-Automatic-Pre-Register-Setting) system is claimed unique to the gravure industry for reducing waste at makeready and changeover. SAN GIORGIA MONFERRATO, ITALY | Rotomec’s TAPS (Total-Automatic-Pre-Register-Setting) ...

Gravure Shows Off Best

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2009, The Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) honors best in show at the organization’s recent annual Operational Conference The Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) honored its best, in the presence of ...

Gravure Shows Off Its Best

(Gravure)

April 30, 2009, Naples, Fl | The Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) honored its best, in the presence of 120 registered attendees, during its annual Operational Conference Naples, Fl | The Packaging & Label Gravure ...

Joint Venture for Gravure Cylinders

(Gravure)

February 28, 2009, A joint venture for the development, manufacture, sale, aftersales, and service of gravure cylinder-making equipment has been announced. Bleienbach, Switzerland | A joint venture for the development, manufacture, ...

Gravure System Is at Tech Center

(Coating/Laminating)

February 28, 2009, Polytype Converting's Technology Center now is equipped with the pressurized gravure chamber system AGS 2500 S “System BASF” from Pagendarm. Fribourg, Switzerland | Polytype Converting's Technology Center ...

Gravure Is for The Beans

(First Glance)

January 31, 2009, ... Tennessee, located in Surgoinsville, printed a paper label for Bush's Grillin' Beans that was named Best of the Best in the Gravure Assn. of America's 2008 Golden Cylinder Awards. The label features high-gloss ...

Shorewood Adds Sinapse Gravure Simlator

(News Eclips)

October 14, 2008, Sinapse Print Simulators reports Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, has introduced a gravure simulator and formal training program for operators in Newport News, VA SAINT-AUBIN CEDEX, ...

Green Gravure

(Gravure)

July 31, 2008, At a time when many flexographic printers and converters are focused on “growing green,” one New York-based converter of flexible packaging and labels is going one better: by going green — and gravure ...

M-Real Introduces Flex-Pack Paper for Rotogravure

(Flexpack)

August 15, 2006, M-Real has introduced Simcastor Flex, a versatile paper for flexible packaging developed for rotogravure printing. The Simcastor product family is a one-side coated, supercalendared, bleached kraft paper. ...

Gravure Allure

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, This year's winners of the Gravure Assn. of America Golden Cylinder Awards demonstrate the allure of gravure for brand owners that value high quality This year's winners of the Gravure Assn. of America Golden ...

Gravure Grabbers

(Magazine)

April 26, 2006, Choosing the best from 103 entries was a tough task for the judging panel of the 2006 Print Quality Awards, presented by the Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA). PLGA Awards Choosing the best from ...

Rotomec Launches New Gravure Press

(News | New Products)

January 28, 2006, Rotomec unveiled its RS 40003 MP multi-purpose press for flexible materials, developed for gravure printing. PRESS RELEASE SAN GIORGIO, ITALY—Rotomec unveiled its RS 40003 MP multi-purpose press for ...

PLGA Hosts Gravure Operational Conference

(Archive)

November 21, 2005, The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) Global announces its ninth annual Operation Conference: Gravure Leads the Way, taking place March 1-3, 2006. PRESS RELEASE NEW MADISON, OH—The Packaging ...

Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, Rotogravure printing evolved from the intaglio printing process, which still is used in specialty applications such as printing our currency. Rotogravure has been used since the beginning of the 20th century ...

PLGA's 'Gravure, the Quality Advantage' Slated for March 2005 in Mia

(Archive)

October 19, 2004, The Packaging and Label Gravure Association (PLGA) says its Eighth Technical & Operational Conference, "Gravure, the Quality Advantage,"(March 2-4, 2005, Miami, FL, USA) will cover such topics as service, ...