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Think Lean

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... be posting good performance figures. What other industry would accept its most expensive piece of capital equipment sitting idle 40%-50% of the time? Why does the package printing industry accept such ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... as a surface printing ink vehicle. Control Web Tension with Digital Package Andantex USA, Wanamassa, NJ; 800/713-6170; andantex.com User-friendly web tension control system for printing, label, paper, ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

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March 30, 2003, ... processing digital flexo plates. System includes PixFlow software workflow package, a laser imagesetter, and an in-line system for automatic processing of digital plates. Hot Melt Application Is SimplifiedNordson ...

Flexo Prepress for Boxmakers

(News | New Products)

March 17, 2003, ... film sets in line-screen halftone or the emerging stochastic screen for other applications requiring extra large formats, like that of process-color offset or wide web flexible package printing. This ...

KPG and Presstek Partner to Expand DI in North America

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2003, Presstek and Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) announce a partnership under which KPG will market, sell, and service direct digital imaging presses and related consumables in the US and Canada. HUDSOH, NH, ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... in pharmaceutical product packaging, Arlington Press, Vernon, CA, an Impaxx co., added carton production to its product line with the installation of a Comco UV flexo press. A leading maker of package ...

From Concept to Completion

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... for commercial printing rarely are adequate for packaging applications due to the shapes of various packaging constructions, the wide range of package printing press tolerances, the practice of using special ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... of add-ons and accessories. Make Flat Crepe Paper Packages Automatically Elsner Engineering Works, Hanover, PA; 717/637-5991; elsnereng.com Model ACR-500 machine is designed to produce retail packages ...

Satisfaction Guaranteed

(Disposables)

January 31, 2003, ... in which Tufco builds and engineers a full turnkey asset package and then does the commercial production for the customer and the project. The third program is referred to as “outsource process management.” ...

Today's Portfolio of Product Decoration Technologie

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... importance. Shelf space is limited in supermarkets and competition intense among product manufacturers — particularly in packaged food and beverages. As multinational manufacturers continue to fine-tune ...

Flexo 2003: AVT to Show Range of Inspection Solutions

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2003, Advanced Vision Technology Ltd (AVT) reports it will be demonstrating three machine vision-based solutions and its range of options for package printing and converting applications at its stand at Flexo ...

Canadian Converter: Labelad

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... converter's commitment to high quality printing has kept it... Labeled for Success... Labelad is no stranger to label and package printing. With 26 water-based and ultraviolet flexographic presses operating ...

Products

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... slitting, co. adds. Stainless Steel CTP Plate Offered Printing Developments, Racine, WI; 262/554-1030; pdiplates.com Prisma Steel bimetal CTP (computer to plate) plate, imaged at 830 nm, gives package ...

FTA Calls for Excellence in Flexo Entries

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2002, ... seel the best the industry has to offer in printing technique, technology, and package design. Deadline is January 17, 2003. 2003 FTA Excellence in Flexography Awards Competition DEADLINE: Entries received ...

Materials

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November 30, 2002, ... notes. Sytec RF4 shrink film for wrapping fresh or frozen meat and poultry is available with or without anti-fog capabilities and is said to create a strong, leak-proof package. Water-Based Adhesive ...

The Right Combination

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... Franklin, WI, has helped Glenroy print award-winning packages of vibrant color and high quality. Glenroy, a family-owned business founded by Roy Jablonka and his parents in 1965, provides flexible ...

Energy-Curable Inks

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... gloss exhibited by energy-curable coatings that are applied in-line over energy-curable inks. The ability to coat in-line also allows for virtually immediate processing of the package, including die-cutting, ...

FFTA Prepress Meeting: "Time Is Money

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2002, ... Speed to market is another. Time is money." Says Steve Miller, package printing specialist at Creo, "Printers must decrease costs, reduce cycle times, and fully automate processes. Likely steps they ...

Passion for Printing May Lead to Serious Competitive Battles

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... the “promised land.” Vendors often preach that crossing over from commercial printing to package printing is a logical and easily taken step. It's largely true. Commercial printers have technology advantages ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... wet glue in the higher-volume areas of packaged foods and health and beauty products. This trend was aided by the development, in the late 1970s, of the first film label stocks, which — when used on squeezable ...