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Creo Acquires US Printing Plate Manufacturing Facility

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2004, Creo is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Visit the company at creo.com. VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA—Creo reports it has acquired a US-based printing-plate manufacturing facility from Spectratech ...

Converters and Package Manufacturers Urged to Enter Upcoming Gravure and Flex Pack Competitions

(News | New Products)

November 11, 2003, ... printing techniques, package structures, environmental advantages, and new end-uses puts the achievement awards program in a class by itself." More information about the FPA awards is available by contacting ...

The Printing Saga Continues

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... Hours Sunday through Tuesday 10 am to 5 pm Wednesday 10 am to 4 pm Have commercial printers' curiosity about package printing turned into more than just interest? Will this be the year converters ...

NPA's Best of Show Package

(Folding Cartons)

July 09, 2003, Glowing from its successful production of the high-end Glominerals cosmetics package, Aurora, CO-based All Packaging Co. now has another reason to celebrate. The National Paperbox Association announced ...

Commercial and Package Printers Prepare for Battle

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, In my last editorial, I warned that package printing converters may lose incremental business to some competitors commercial printers. Then I explained In my last editorial, I warned that package printing ...

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 ...

GAMIS Funds Proofing and Printing Sales Studies for 2003

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2002, GAMIS, the Graphics Arts Marketing Information Service of the Printing Industries of America, Inc. announces it has commissioned three 2003 studies for completion that may provide converters and package ...

Package Printer Steps Up Production 50% with Creo's Brisque Pac

(News | New Products)

August 12, 2002, ... designed to make package printers more productive and profitable. "These Brisque Pack features deliver efficient step-and-repeat workflows within a traditional Brisque environment. By building on the platform, ...

SYSCO Chooses Southern Graphic Systems for Package Design

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2002, ... the largest foodservice marketer and distributor in North America, according to a company press release. Acquired by Southern Graphics Systems in April 2001, the Package Design Center has a proprietary ...

Creo & KBA Partnership to Continue Digital Printing Development

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July 02, 2002, Creo reports it has signed a multi-year contract with Koenig & Bauer (KBA) for on-press thermal imaging technology. VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA—Creo reports it has signed a multi-year contract with Koenig & ...

Open Up Package Possibilities at Comco/Mark Andy Flexo Open

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2002, Comco/Mark Andy's "Flexo Open" will showcase new possibilities in printing, packaging, and converting. Live demonstrations on a variety of techniques. MILFORD, OH, USA—Challenging packaging compositions ...

Agfa Installs 100th XCalibur at Display/Commercial Printer Park Printing

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2002, ... Printing's CEO, Bud Koloski. "Agfa took the time to put together an entire package that was right for us and our operation here and made sense for what we do. The Xcalibur VLF system is precisely what we ...

Disc Is the Package

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, Almost 15 years ago, Univenture's founder, Ross Youngs, invented a way to package and protect CDs. With a Chromas press and a Pillar corona treater, the Almost 15 years ago, Univenture's founder, Ross ...

Printing Best Practices Review: The Digital Impact

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2002, What's the best way to do print business in the current and continually growing digital climate? NAPL and PIA may have a few answers for package printers in "Best Business Practices for the Printing Industry." ...

Package-Development Workflow Standard Approved

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2002, The American Standards Institute (ANSI) reports it has approved a new technical report, CGATS TR 00-—Graphic Technology - Package Development Workflow: Design Concept through Approved Production File. ...

Difficult Jobs? Combo Printing Can Tighten Screwy Requests

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, Combination presses can be a tool for converters to help them minimize problems, downtime, and waste for difficult package printing jobs. For the past few years, I've used a screwdriver instead of this ...

Flexo Printing to Outpace GNP in 2002, Says FTA

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2001, ... of the North American package-printing market, as well as 24 percent of the worldwide printing and publishing market. Charting the Trends Cisternino notes, "A major trend toward cost reduction throughout ...

A Brief Chemistry Lesson On Printing Ink Pigments

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, I have received various inquiries about pigments and pigment chemistry. I will try to answer a few of these questions as they relate to package printing I have received various inquiries about pigments ...

Barco's Webcenter Lets Converters Create Central Store of Package Design

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2001, Earlier this month, Barco Graphics announced WebCenter, a tool for communicating and presenting product design and specs via the Internet. According to the software manufacturer, the web-based software ...

Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... demand regardless of the environment and conditions the package must endure. A key part of those solutions is the ink. Just ask Packaging Products Corp., Mission, KS. Many converters address cost-effectiveness ...