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A Clear Winner

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March 31, 2003, ... 28×30-in. Komori offset press and state-of-the-art prepress equipment—from DuPont platemaking to Best Screenproof digital RIP software and the Epson Pro 10600 wide-format ink jet proofer system—to further ...

Think Lean

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March 31, 2003, ... Canada. He has more than 18 years of print industry experience spanning flexo, offset, letterpress, and gravure markets. Recognizing the value of lean manufacturing, Faust has helped to integrate these ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

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March 30, 2003, ... and compatibility with thermal transfer, flexo, offset, screen, letterpress, gravure, dot matrix, and indigo printing methods. Improved Liners Aid Drum LabelingFLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; ...

Agfa Acquires Printing Techniques Ltd.

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February 23, 2003, ... U.K. market for an important part of its offset plate business since Agfa took over the Hoechst Graphics business in January 1996. By acquiring PTL, says the prepress manufacturer, Agfa will be able to ...

Lithotype Adds 8-Color Capability for Flexible Packaging

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February 06, 2003, ... and most advanced version of EB coating technology, providing optimum adhesion, durability, and virtually instant curing," co. adds. Adds the manfacturer of offset-printed flexible packaging for the ...

Dow Ups Price for Specialty Olefin Film

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February 04, 2003, ... for Dow, as we have been unable to fully offset rapidly rising raw material and manufacturing costs associated with our specialty olefin film products." He adds, "In 2003 these cost pressures are increasing; ...

Creo Updates Packaging Software & More

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January 21, 2003, Creo recently announced updates and upgrades to its packaging software solutions, including its production workflow products, remote and hard proofing solutions, and flexo and offset computer-to-plate ...

Five Paper Solutions to Improve Product Quality and Enhance Production

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January 01, 2003, ... on offset presses and later personalized using digital printing. Printing digitally can be done in-house by the converter or by the end user. In either case, using a paper that can bridge the gap between ...

Products

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December 31, 2002, ... system is for flexo, dry-offset, letterpress, and 3-D embossing. Production of direct laser-engraved sleeves and plates is a one-step, computer-to-press process. Multi-beam technology uses CO2 and YAG ...

International Converting Industry News

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November 30, 2002, ... support Drent Goebel's narrow web products in the US and Canada, including the Novaprint Series and Vision/VSOP (Variable Sleeve Offset Printing) web offset shaftless presses. Goebel will market RDP's larger ...

Energy-Curable Inks

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November 30, 2002, ... boxes from a roll also incorporate in-line finishing. Other applications that adopt a web process are UV flexographic printing (flexible packaging) and UV offset printing (direct mail and business forms). ...

Wine Label Printer Tapp Technologies Goes Digital with HP-Indigo

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November 12, 2002, ... "It's ideal for testing products names and designs," adds the printing product manufacturer. "We're very excited about our move into digital offset," says Jay Tapp, president/CEO of Tapp Technologies, "a ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

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October 31, 2002, ...  Mist Generation and Measurement The primary application methods for silicone release coatings are multi-roll coating heads—typically five-roll, smooth roll—and three-roll differential offset gravure ...

Passion for Printing May Lead to Serious Competitive Battles

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October 31, 2002, ... they must reinvent themselves. How? By becoming converters, too! It's obvious that presses have become more flexible over the years; this includes offset presses that are the norm in most commercial ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

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October 31, 2002, ... followed, combining letterpress, screen, hot foil blocking, and even embossing, and lately they have been joined by flexography, UV (ultraviolet) flexo, and rotary offset narrow web presses. Single-color ...

Made You Look

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October 31, 2002, ... reports; the front has to match the back, and the only way to ensure this is to peel back the labels at intervals. Suppliers include Fasson, Joales-Angston, and Shiki. Entered in the Offset — Line & ...

Digital Technology Evolution Clear at Graph/Converting Expo 2002

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October 08, 2002, ... solutions, and flexo and offset CTP devices at Graph Expo. The prepress manufacturer's Prinergy Powerpack 2.1 and Brisque Pack worflows were both demonstrated, which both, says Creo, "streamline, automate, ...

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

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September 30, 2002, ... Tack is particularly important in the press performance of heavy-bodied inks, which we refer to as “paste inks.” Usually, these include letterpress, dry offset, and lithographic, as well as some intaglio ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2002, ... is suitable for a wide range of print processes, including water-based flexo, offset, screen, and UV (ultraviolet) letterpress. Adhesives Offer Options for POP Applications MACtac , Stow, OH; 330/688-1111;mactac.com ...

Materials

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August 31, 2002, ... than 24 pressure-sensitive papers and film products for offset printing. Co. says product lines represented are Ultra Bak bright white facestock for life-like color application; Ultra Bak label paper; ...