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Digital Printing, Part 1 | Technology

(Process Management)

September 30, 2009, In the most recent columns, the competition between flexo and gravure printing was examined. It seems that digital printing is becoming a factor in this In the most recent columns, the competition between ...

Rewind Equipment: Chic & Sleek

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

September 30, 2009, ... on Stork equipment, and gravure printing is done on Schiavi (Bobst Group) and Emerson & Renwick presses. “The special thing about our Emerson & Renwick gravure press is that it has a lot of drying equipment,” ...

Prime Promo

(First Glance)

September 30, 2009, ... shrink sleeve for Bumble Bee Foods' gourmet salmon; the four-pack of cans is targeted at the club store sector. The sleeve is printed seven-color gravure on compostable Earthfirst PLA, an alternative to ...

Secrets Uncovered at TLMI's Get Smart Technical Conferenc

(News | New Products)

September 24, 2009, ... gravure quality, it requires a higher amount of operator intervention and continuous training methods to succeed. Offset's variable repeat presses are making inroads into flexible packaging, and this technology ...

Foil Capsules Launch Sales

(New Products)

August 31, 2009, ... them roll-to-roll using an eight-color rotogravure press,” explains Tim Pletcher, VP of operations. “But as a secondary process, we slit the materials and then use specialized forming equipment to create ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

August 31, 2009, ... that accepts the plate and blanket sleeves in an offset insert, allowing any size of print format to be changed quickly and inexpensively. Also accepts flexo, gravure, silkscreen, and adhesive inserts. ...

Labelexpo Europe Preview of Exhibits

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2009, ... short-run gravure printing, coating & laminating and flexo printing for the global labelstock industry, including the ATLAS Universal LS slitter, with individual shaftless rewind arms and the OCS-2 duplex ...

Spear Expanding Mason, OH, Facility

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2009, ... experienced strong growth over the last several years with our global output more than doubling in the last seven years,” says president Randy Spear. “This includes the addition of two wide-web gravure ...

Small Volume, Big Results

(First Glance)

July 31, 2009, Printpack, Atlanta, GA, earned a bronze award in the 2009 Flexographic Technical Assn. Excellence in Flexography competition SMALL VOLUME, BIG RESULTS Printpack, Atlanta, GA, earned a bronze award in ...

Donation Helps College Students

(Flexography)

July 31, 2009, ... advanced system that deep cleans and restores anilox and gravure rolls in 10-20 min, completely recovering the cell volume. Flexo Wash reports the same unit is installed in the demo center at Mark Andy, ...

Microdynamics Donates Inspection Microscope to Clemson Univ.

(News | New Products)

July 21, 2009, ... cell volumes on anilox printing roles and providing surface topography details on a variety of surfaces. The 3DQC provides functions for anilox, gravure, flexo-plate, etched gravure, laser gravure and ...

CMM Examines Folding Carton Technology

(News Eclips)

July 20, 2009, ... This online video features experts Michael Pfaff of Gallus on “Folding Cartons: Offset or Flexo?”; Christopher Raney of Bobst Group on “Folding Cartons, the Gravure Approach with Emphasis on Mid Web”; ...

Sleeve Open-Platform Web Offset Presses

(News Eclips)

July 20, 2009, ... in the towers as well as flexo, gravure, silkscreen and adhesive inserts to offer the printer an open platform capability. The printer can print, says the company, in any combination required, regardless ...

Tuflex India Inaugurates Greenfield Converting Plant

(Flexpack Main)

July 20, 2009, ... October 2008. The aim was to provide the highest quality laminated structures for flexible packaging in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, lubricants, and chemicals industries. Gravure Press Chosen ...

CMM Examines Folding Carton Technology

(News | New Products)

July 19, 2009, ... Michael Pfaff of Gallus on “Folding Cartons: Offset or Flexo?”; Christopher Raney of Bobst Group on “Folding Cartons, the Gravure Approach with Emphasis on Mid Web”; and Joerg Daehnhardt of HeidelbergUSA ...

Donation Helps Central Piedmont Students

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2009, ... cleans and restores all types and sizes of anilox and gravure rolls in 10 to 20 min, completely recovering the cell volume. With this donation, says CEO Mike Potter, students can now gain experience ...

Home Grown

(Coating/Laminating Main)

June 30, 2009, ... It offers converting services that include extrusion coating and lamination, gravure coating, water-based and solventless adhesive laminations, toll coating, corona treating, slitting, and sheeting. In ...

Digital Detection

(Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... normal ink (color, black and white, or varnish) can be applied to primary and secondary packaging and labels.2 Paperboard cartons, aluminum foil, and polymer-laminated foils can be used. Offset, rotogravure, ...

Flexo Forum Fervor

(Flexography)

June 30, 2009, ...  Final 'Round the World panelist Felice Rossini of Rossini s.p.a. (Italy) shared that flexo is replacing gravure in South America and Asia where converters are making substantial investments. New press ...

Security 'Pro-Gram' Launche

(First Glance)

June 30, 2009, ... shrink sleeve label with tamper-evidence for Nutrex Research's Pro-Gram sports supplement. The glossy film labels made of PVC are gravure-printed in seven colors and cover a proprietary silver HDPE bottle ...