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UV/EB a Bright Spot in Economy

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... to have reached $360 million in 2002. The bulk of these sales have been in UV-curable screen, offset lithography, letterpress, and narrow web flexo printing inks. In recent years, the US printing ink ...

Long-Run Liners

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... as a commercial offset printer, has emerged as a leader in cold offset printing, specializing in trayliners and placemats. Offset Printing The next time you’re in a McDonald’s restaurant, take a look ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... on a Heidelberg 102CD six-color, 40-in. offset press and die-cuts them on a Bobst die-cutter. According to Steve Warneke, despite Forte’s thickness, it requires no additional set-up time and performs ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... a deep layer of ink or varnish onto your substrate in one pass—up to 300 µm in fact. That’s many more times than flexo, offset, or gravure, for example. This is useful in three of the main production processes ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... by the trend toward shorter runs and just-in-time delivery, which are forcing wide web and sheet-fed offset printers to look at narrow web print to achieve acceptable margins and productivity. The existing ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... country-western image of Twain as well as to the Stetson brand). Cartons feature two hits of pink, special flexo gold ink (applied in-line on Diamond’s new Heidelberg offset press), and pearlized matte ...

Vancouver Sharp Imaging Installs Creo's Thermoflex Mi

(Archive)

December 28, 2004, ... be ideal for trade shops and printers using plates equal to or smaller than 1,016 x 1,200 mm. It reportedly can be used for digital flexographic, letterpress, and dry-offset plates. See creo.com  ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... are recommended for printing by offset litho, screen, electrophotography, or other types of digital printing and are described as ideal for all types of labels, including luggage tags, plant labels, and ...

P show will meet in Stuttgart, Germany

(Archive)

November 11, 2004, P, the International Trade Fair for Process-Oriented Packaging Protection, will take place June 15-18, 2005. The estimated world market value for packaging and world packaging is €350 billion, with the ...

Heidelberg's Speedmaster SM 52-D Wins InterTech Awar

(Archive)

November 09, 2004, Heidelberg USA's Speedmaster SM 52-D with inline die-cutting won PIA/GATF's InterTech Award for innovation, the only offset press in the industry to achieve this honor this year. The win marks the 21st InterTech ...

Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... speeds. There is major competition from web offset as the printing industry finds itself in the current economic stress. In the last few years several printers have closed or declared bankruptcy. Use of ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... an image of a butterfly. Printed UV waterless offset in a single pass through a Sanjo PO 2/6 in four colors plus foil blocking using Toka waterless UV inks, the labels were printed on a Classic Linen substrate ...

The Gold Standard

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... Here are details on just a few of this year's winners. Best in Show: Black & Gold Elegance Tapp Technologies Inc., Langley, BC, takes Best in Show (and first place in the Wine & Spirits — Offset Color ...

Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... the 46 Karat Plus digital offset press. Updated inking system controls ink settings automatically over the complete run, and a pre-pile device is said to allow uninterrupted operation and better efficiency ...

Converting Industry News, Part 3

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... AG will transfer its web offset division (Web Systems) to Goss International. The two companies signed an agreement, which is yet to be confirmed by the relevant European antitrust organizations. The transaction ...

Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... with sheet offset printing using thermal lamination as a finishing process. Bag comprises three layers: one printed sheet and two rolls of company's film. Process is said to combine quality and durability. ...

Agfa to Showcase Cost-Reducing Screening Technology for Packaging at DigiPack Congress

(Archive)

September 19, 2004, ...  Printed offset, flexo, and letterpress onto paper, plastic, and metal foils, all at 212 lpi. Explains manager of Agfa's packaging business Kris Vangeel, "We produced these samples as evidence of the capabilities ...

St. Paul Coater Ups Release Liner Production after New Coating Line Install

(Archive)

September 16, 2004, ... from UV Technology and UV Process Supply; three-roll offset gravure coating head, made by Egan; flexo printing the back side of the web; flexo equipment from Wolverine; Mitsubishi AC vector drives and ...

The Rx for RH

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... are too small for dies, requiring reworking or replacing dies or excessive waste. Sucking up fountain solution can be a problem. In offset printing, dry paper sucks up fountain solution, slowing the ...

Ghent PDF Workgroup Releases Base Line Format for Packaging PDF

(Flexpack)

August 03, 2004, ... Plus specific workflows for newspaper and magazine ads as well as for sheet-fed and web offset printing for cold set, heat set, CMYK, or spot color printing. GWG explains, after almost a year of testing, ...