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Coverage issues? How to Decide if Your Anilox Needs to be Assessed

(White Paper)

March 14, 2023, ... way, which results in poor coverage.   To achieve the desired coverage on recycled linerboard, you need to use a soft durometer printing plate mounted on cushion backing material. A soft durometer printing ...

FlexoPlatte Invests in PureFlexo™ Printing from Miraclon to Drive Efficient Flexo

(Flexography)

March 10, 2023, ... to optimize ink usage, on-press performance and plate stability, is a game-changer for flexo printing.” Integration of the technology has been seamless, says Garay: “The moment we started using the advanced ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... when it comes to cutlery, straws and plates for example, and have set a precedent for other brands to follow suit. Conventional plastic’s lack of biodegradability is a well-known environmental challenge ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... food contact can provide release as well as grease, water and temperature resistance to paper/paperboard for applications such as paper plates, cups and paperboard packages. Many high-performance packages ...

HYBRID Software’s PACKZ and STEPZ 8.5 Spearhead the Digital Print Evolution with Eco-Friendly Features

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2023, ... plates, and faster press speeds." Spot colors can be defined as named Pantone™ colors or specified directly using the CXF standard. In addition, PACKZ and STEPZ now support the new GMG Version 2 API ...

Colognia Installs More Martin Automatic Nonstop Technology

(News | New Products)

December 14, 2022, ... but the company also satisfies demand for its products from the automotive, electrotechnical and logistics areas. Colognia press has its own in-house DtP studio capable of making Asahi flexo plates (up ...

Aztec Label Invests in Fujifilm’s Activ LED UV Curing System

(Coating/Laminating)

December 05, 2022, Following recent investments in Fujifilm’s Flenex water-washable flexo plates and Sericol JJ LED UV inks, Aztec Label has now also invested in Fujifilm’s Activ LED UV curing system Following recent ...

QC Electronics Releases Vacuum Table Corona Treater

(News | New Products)

November 17, 2022, ... the plate, pulls the plate through the enclosure under the treatment head, and back out to render the product ready for testing. Contact sales@qcelectronics.com for more information and make sure to check ...

Thinking Inside and Outside the Coating Box

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... plates, such a unit is designed so that two or more inks may be printed simultaneously for comparison purposes; registration is included for over-printing. Both wet and dry laminated samples can be produced ...

Signode Highlights Corrugated-industry First Technology At Corrugated Week 2022

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... repeatable platen compression levels for varying loads. This, coupled with variable head tension, delivers consistency, reduces downtime, optimizes throughput, helps improve package integrity and minimizes ...

BOBST Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation in Die-cutting

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2022, Ever since the SP 102-CE Autoplaten® stole the show at drupa in 1982, BOBST’s flatbed die-cutters with cam-driven movement have paved the way for mass production of high-quality consumer goods. Ever ...

Maximizing Revenue with Label Materials on Hand

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

June 19, 2022, ... than creating and mounting multiple plates and preparing multiple ink stations, digital varnish can be controlled via software, eliminating plate costs and reducing make-ready and clean-up times drastically. ...

Precision Anilox are the Foundation of the Printing Process

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

June 12, 2022, In printing, the anilox is a method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexographic printing plate. By Joe Settanni, Vice President of Sales, Apex International/North America In printing, ...

BOBST Reveals Its Latest Solutions to Navigate Through a Fast-changing Packaging Industry

(Flexpack)

June 08, 2022, ... each new job setup and a motorized micrometric system to perfectly center die and counter plate to ensure perfect matching between cut and creasing positioning. TooLink is included to digitally connect ...

Award-Winning EFI Nozomi 18000+ LED Single-Pass Printer for Display Graphics Commercially Available

(News | New Products)

May 31, 2022, ... automatic registration and automatic nozzle plate cleaning enable users to handle burst capacity for print runs from one to several thousand or more, offering new opportunities and better capacity for ...

Eliminating Bounce

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

May 22, 2022, ... of the biggest challenges that we face in flexographic printing. More common in older flexo presses, press bounce often happens when the plate hits and bounces off the substrate, and then returns to ...

Optimizing Contact Cleaning for New Web Applications

(Surface Prep)

May 01, 2022, ... within the surface roughness maximizing the contact area. Particle shape must also be considered; for example, a flat platelet has much higher adhesion than a spherical particle of the same material on ...

Miraclon Offers Customers a Step Change in Productivity With FLEXCEL NX Central Software Launch

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2022, ... a step change in their flexo platemaking productivity. Enabling manual plate layout time savings of up to 90 percent and boosting plate utilization by up to 10 percent, the next generation software streamlines ...

Atmospheric Plasma Treatment

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2022, ... & alloy sheets Glass plates Composites Optical Film Thermally sensitive film Embedded electronics Multiwall panels Are there other benefits unique to SOFTAL’s atmospheric plasma system? ...

IMA DAIRY & FOOD Enhances Cutting Tool for Process Suited to Monomaterial Cup Packaging

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2022, ... the ZERO Technology range includes special pre-heating plates, which can be easily dismantled for simple maintenance. Additional material savings can be realized by using special thermoforming molds that ...