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Direct Answers Drive Presses

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December 31, 2001, ... also called “gearless.” Gearless Greetings, Direct from Europe Engineers and press manufacturers are applying simple logic to design these days: Direct-drive technology is fortifying converters' production ...

CreoScitex to Be Just "Plain" Creo; Impressive Rock-Tenn Installation Proves Creo Products Are Anything Bu

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November 18, 2001, ... the prepress assets of the Scitex Corp. Ltd. in April 2000 under the CreoScitex banner. Our ability to consolidate under the Creo brand less than two years later indicates the success of that integration ...

NAPIM Survey Finds Printers Are Focused on Ink Performance on Press, Not on Price

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November 15, 2001, America's packaging printers want their ink to perform on press as well or better than advertised. That's the key finding of a recent survey distributed among 2,000 printers by the National Association of ...

Embossing Puts on the Pressure

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October 31, 2001, ... embossing-roll diameter to that of a pressured-roll. If you're not careful, you affect the pattern's sharpness or definition.” Pasquale says improper temperature control also factors into the emboss quality. ...

Presstek Names New DI Partner: KBA

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October 11, 2001, Koenig & Bauer is headquarted in Würzburg, Germany, and Presstek is headquartered in Hudson, New Hampshire, USA. HUDSON, NH, USA—Presstek Inc. announced it's formed a new strategic partnership with Koenig ...

CreoScitex Breaks into Asian Packaging Prepress

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October 09, 2001, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA--CreoScitex Asia Pacific is pleased to announce the first Asian installation of a CreoScitex Trendsetter VLF platesetter for the VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA--CreoScitex Asia Pacific is ...

Czech Carton Converter Model Obaly Upgrades with KBA Press

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August 28, 2001, ... Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft (KBA). According to the mfr., the high-tech, heavy carton press line features six printing units and a coater, and also includes fully automatic plate changers, ink-temperature ...

Package Printing and Prepress to Be Focus of MAN Roland and Agfa Events

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August 26, 2001, ... at MAN Roland's Graphic Center in Offenbach. The meetings will cover package printing, prepress workflows, and computer-to-plate (CTP) developments. MORTSEL, BELGIUM & OFFENBACH, GERMANY—Package printers ...

Barco to Demo Prepress and Proofing Products at Print 2001

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August 09, 2001, ... solutions, including ArtiosCAD, used for structrual design; PLATO, used for creation of print-ready plate layouts; PackEdge, Barco's prepress packaging software, and ColorTone, used for production retouching. ...

Need a New Press? A New Resin? Our Online Supplier Directory Can Help

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June 20, 2001, PFFC's June Buyers Guide links you to the suppliers and manufacturers that help make your operation successful. Need a new press? Or maybe you just need some new brakes for tension control. Whatever you'r ...

W&H to Showcase Newest Printing Press/Equipment Upgrades at June Open House

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May 16, 2001, ... of W&H presses. Among the equipment to be demonstrated in full operation at W&H's German headquarters: the 52-in.-wide, eight-color Novoflex; the 52-in.-wide, ten-color Novoflex with an in-line coating ...

Q&A with Prepress Provider Agfa

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April 30, 2001, Integration, standardization… What's this all about? And you thought you had enough worries with your web site and e-business! In an effort to make prepress integration easier to understand, PFFC posed ...

New Label Press Moves Company to the Next Level

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February 28, 2001, Schultz Bros. USA needed another press for its label converting operation, and it wound up being the first customer for the new Mark Andy Scout. For the small, family-owned firm of Schultz Bros. USA, ...

Impression Rolls: Their Jobs and Their Maintenance

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November 30, 2000, Impression rolls play a very important part at various points in many different converting operations. They are usually small rolls that are perhaps 3-4 Impression rolls play a very important part at various ...

Presses and People Make a Powerful Combination

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September 30, 2000, Doing what it says "no one else can do" is the stock in trade of Los Angeles Label Co. Helping the cause are Webtron presses and some well-trained employees. Doing what it says "no one else can do" is the ...

Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements

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September 30, 2000, ... presses can make the same service-related claims, but—at least for certain types of parts—only for its European customers, according to Urry. Certain types of equipment and parts, he says, are custom built ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

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June 30, 2000, Sinel Systems S.A. is located about 30 miles from Barcelona's famous "La Rambla." The firm is Spain's leading manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels Sinel Systems S.A. is located about 30 miles from Barcelona' ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... central impression, flexographic press marks its first foray into converting film, and it offers the Saugerties, NY-based company its greatest potential for growth since it was founded in 1979 as a converter ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

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March 30, 2000, A flexo press from Bell-Mark makes a large contribution to Filmex Corporation, a smal specialty tape converter. A flexo press from Bell-Mark makes a large contribution to Filmex Corporation, a smal specialty ...

Pressure-sensitive line utilizes all-vector drive system

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June 30, 1996, ... one of the first full-scale all-vector drive systems in the converting industry, supplied by MagneTek. The Worldwide Process Technologies pressure-sensitive line was installed and commissioned in May ...