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Material Science | The Future of Packaging

(Trends/Management)

February 05, 2018, New technology is set to transform food and drink packaging, making it interactive, personalized, and sustainable. New technology is set to transform food and drink packaging, making it interactive, ...

Troika Systems Celebrates 21 Years in Business

(Print)

January 30, 2018, ... AniCAM with Anilox QC. AniCAM, with its QC products, measures the surface profile of anilox rolls, gravure cylinders, sleeves, and plates used to deliver the correct volume of ink to the material to ...

Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating System

(Coating/Laminating)

January 18, 2018, ... a liquid on a solid in a careful balance until cured into place. Coatings below 1 micron wet thickness are typically applied through deposition techniques. I think of fluid coating as coating wet and ...

X-Rite Updates Firmware with SCTV

(News | New Products)

January 03, 2018, ... process control software, providing customers with the color management and workflow tools required to meet evolving industry standards, better formulate inks, and take into account the effect of substrates ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, Forward-thinking industry leaders submit their predictions for the gamut of converting topics, including counterfeiting, fluid & extrusion coating, recyclability, marketing, static control, adhesives, ...

Contact Originators Uses Esko Plate System

(Carton Box)

December 16, 2017, ... reportedly provides near simultaneous main and back exposure in a single operation. As part of a complete automated platemaking system linking to a CDI imaging unit, the new XPS Crystal 5080 is said to ...

Comexi & QuadTech Collaborate on Color Control

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2017, ... adjustments to viscosity, temperature, or pressure.” The closed-loop Color Control system can make the press operator’s corrections by automatically adjusting the ink keys based on data provided by the ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and label adhesives. Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and ...

EFI Adds DFE to Xerox Press

(News | New Products)

November 19, 2017, The EFI Fiery digital front end is available now for the Xerox iGen 5 press and supports White Dry Ink FREMONT, CA | Electronics For Imaging (EFI) announces the availability of a new EFI Fiery digital ...

Drug Packaging | Holography Gets in on the Act

(Carton Box)

November 06, 2017, ... easily visible to the eye, such as holograms, color shifting inks, neckbands, or watermarks. ISO 12931: Raising the standard Counterfeiting is being driven by many factors: increased industrialization, ...

Brand Packaging | Foils & Laminates Deliver Outstanding Benefits

(Print)

November 01, 2017, ... provide consumers with a multi-sensory experience. For products that require strong shelf-appeal – such as luxury gifts, wine labels, and personal care goods – decorative foils, laminates, inks, and coatings ...

Konica Minolta Announces Digital Press

(Label/Tape)

October 29, 2017, ... launched the digital embellishment press JETvarnish 3Dweb for label and flexible packaging, including shrink film. The digital inkjet press produces in-line flat and 3D spot UV coating, 3D embossed varnish ...

Sticking With It | Launching New Products

(Sticking With It)

October 10, 2017, Developing new products is time-consuming and costly. Here is a roadmap for success. Developing new products is time-consuming and costly. Here is a roadmap for success. In past articles we have ...

Esko Offers Turnkey Workflow Automation

(Label/Tape)

October 04, 2017, ... the best color space and ink separations to print the job at the right quality, helping to get to color with fewer clicks. We are also extending our relationship to focus on optimizing prepress, where ...

DALIM Software Simplifies Design Workflow

(Trends/Management)

September 28, 2017, ... as a whole, creating packaging as one component of the entire marketing mix—for example, including cross-links between packaging and collateral materials. ES recently received 10 Core Certification, ...

Flexible Packaging | Constantia Flexibles Reports on Global Trends

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, Traditions, culture, habits, economics, climate – these are some of the factors that influence what we eat and which medicines we take. But they also impact how products are packaged. Traditions, culture, ...

AVT to Put Control System on Mark Andy Presses

(Controls)

September 12, 2017, ... and control for its high-end Digital Series hybrid inkjet label press. The AVT system, Jet-IQ, is a closed loop solution for digital inkjet presses that reportedly works in synergy with press controllers ...

EFI Corrugated Press Sold to US Converter

(Carton Box)

September 11, 2017, Complete Design & Packaging is the first US company to purchase the Nozomi single-pass inkjet corrugated press FREMONT, CA | Electronics for Imaging (EFI) reports that Complete Design & Packaging (CDP) ...

Show Preview | CorrExpo 2017 Tackles High Graphics

(Trends/Management)

September 11, 2017, ... (Booth 626) will discuss the benefits of selecting inks from its newly developed Corrugated Post Print Toolbox. The toolbox includes a full range of post print corrugated inks, including PremoNova and ...

QuadTech and Uteco Report Agreement

(Print)

September 09, 2017, The two companies have joined forces to offer a combination of in-line color measurement and press-side correction of ink formulations SUSSEX, WI | QuadTech and Uteco Converting announce an agreement ...