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GIDUE Names New Distribution Agency for France

(News Eclips)

July 22, 2008, ... the Italian press manufacturer’s desire to establish a new market segmentation and expand the sales of its offset presses in the French territory through the co-operation with a company sharing the same ...

Printing Partnerships

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2008, ... Special iridescent security color stripes — impossible to reproduce by color copier, offset process, or PC printers — can be applied to some paper facestocks to prevent counterfeiting. Using near-IR fluorophores, ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

June 30, 2008, ... no-preheat, positive working digital plate capable of printing 10-micron FM screening. Said to be ideal for medium- to long-run sheet-fed and heatset/coldset web offset operations. Eastman Kodak Co. ...

Flint Group To Debut Innovations at Drupa 2008

(News | New Products)

June 29, 2008, ... sheetfed offset printing will be introduced for fast running printing presses and are ideal for shiny coated paper and cardboard. Novavit F 550 PLUS is especially suitable for straight printing mode; the ...

GPA Introduces Printable Films Swatchbook

(News Eclips)

June 23, 2008, CHICAGO, IL | GPA has released a new Ultra Film printable films swatchbook. This new collection of GPA’s films products features the most popular and versatile collection of film substrates on the market ...

Short-Run Labels: An Alternative View

(Archive)

June 17, 2008, ... moving over to a flexo web, or conversely a flexo label printer adopting offset to achieve the added-value perception of higher quality. In the label market, run lengths have decreased to where 65% ...

ReNew Orange Eco-Friendly Cream

(News Eclips)

June 15, 2008, PLYMOUTH, MA | Flexo Concepts introduces ReNew Orange eco-friendly cream for anilox cleaning, offering flexographic and offset printers a safe, effective, and green option for fast, in-press cleaning of ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... purchased a Gallus EM410 press to move the company from sheet-fed offset to narrow web flexo, and Gallus recommended a Martin MBS splicer for the new press. Foo says the splicer delivers flawless automatic ...

Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box)

May 31, 2008, ... CTP technology, offset lithograph, in-house foil stamping, and embossing, as well as converting and finishing capabilities. It will serve both domestic China and international customers in several key ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...