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Annual Awards Competition

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... Nickel Zinfandel wine label, entered in the Wine & Spirits (offset color process-prime) category. The converter faced the challenge of foil stamping over foil, and the die-cut was difficult to maintain. ...

Heidelberg Sees Drupa as an Opportunity - For Converters

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2008, ... offset. Heidelberg is showcasing a wide range of products and services for all aspects of sheetfed offset at Drupa 2008. As one of the world market leaders, it will be using a display area of over 7,800 ...

Fujifilm's Emphasizes Digital 'Printing Solutions' at Spring Exhibitio

(News | New Products)

May 14, 2008, ...  Fujifilm will showcase the full portfolio of printing solutions and services, including traditional offset, digital wide-format inkjet, and numerous hybrid solutions, in its booth at several upcoming ...

Dow Chemical Announces Paper/Paperboard Price Increase

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2008, ... or as contracts permit. The company says the price increase is required to help offset the continued rising costs of hydrocarbons and raw materials, such as benzene, styrene and butadiene, used to manufacture ...

Riding the Technology Wave

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2008, ... IML was associated with a higher quality product. Here in the US, product quality was a given, so dry offset-decorated containers — while not as glamorous — were perfectly acceptable. Our story “Elegance ...

Elegance & Speed

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2008, ... the valued supplier to end-users in 26 countries. Packaging products include shrink sleeves and in-mold and blow-mold labels that combine offset and gravure technologies to deliver the superior quality ...

Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... toward more value-added products to offset these costs. Particularly hit are the commodity producers such as bread bags and toilet tissue overwraps. Smaller companies in Europe are feeling the pressure ...

Drupa New Product Digest

(Magazine)

April 30, 2008, ... | www.uteconam.com PFFC-ASAP 404 Hybrid for the High End The Xpannd hybrid flexo/offset/silkscreen machine features high-end converting capabilities including hot stamping, cold foil, embossing, and ...

Drupa Tour Covers Digital, Color & Proofing

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2008, ... delivers production speeds of 120 four-color A4 (letter size) pages/min with offset and photo quality. Said to offer a low total cost of ownership for customers exceeding the 1 million-page level, significantly ...

FTC Plans Green Packaging Workshop

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2008, ... 26, 2007, Federal Register notice. It also solicited comments on carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates ("RECs") as part of this regulatory review, holding its first workshop on those topics in ...

Drying Part 3: Paste Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 31, 2008, This column will review the two primary drying methods of paste inks. Oil-Based Inks The main application of oil-based inks is in litho printing, primarily This column will review the two primary drying ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... if you can do it in such a way as to be environmentally sustainable at the same time, that's just the ultimate success. The greener customers want to do business with other like-minded companies.” Offsetting ...

Drupa '08

(Trends/Management)

March 31, 2008, ... has placed equipment with major converters doing short-run pharmaceutical work and other applications. Bring on the packaging press! Heidelberg will showcase its sheet-fed offset solutions in Drupa' ...

Quality Time

(Gravure)

March 31, 2008, ... offset and noting that the web-fed process aids workflow. Passarelli also offered tips for success in shrink label gravure printing that included working on more stable and cost-effective materials, remembering ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ... Requires No Preheating Saphira Thermoplate PN plate technology features a positive-working offset aluminum plate designed for the Suprasetter line of CTP devices. Available in 6-, 8-, and 12-ga thicknesses, ...

Drupa Tour Explores Inkjet and Toner Technologies

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2008, ... the M4f is the entry level printer in the range. Synaps is a polyester-based synthetic paper for offset presses and UV inkjet printers. It’s described to offer superior printability and exceptionally ...

TOP 10 EClips PFFC's electronics clipping service for converter

(New Products)

February 29, 2008, ... Flexo System Offers Offset Quality The Flexcel NX digital flexographic system is said to provide near-offset print quality on a variety of substrates. System includes thermal imaging layer, a choice of ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

February 29, 2008, ... of its Trueflow PDF- and JDF-based prepress production workflow. With Trueflow SE one workflow application drives the print provider's separate output systems in a hybrid offset-digital printing environment. ...

Durst Extends Distributor Network

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2008, ...  leading distributors of imaging equipment and supplies for the sign, screen printing, offset printing, and digital imaging industries to offer its Durst Rho 600 Pictor flatbed UV inkjet printer. Midwes ...

Mohawk Options 28 x 40-inch Size Now Available in More Basis Weights

(News | New Products)

February 13, 2008, ... wider variety of basis weights. This sheet size gives printers the choice of scoring and folding with the grain. All of the electricity used by Mohawk to manufacture Mohawk Options is offset with certified ...