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Schober Will Show Rotary Die-Cutting Technology

(Die-Cutting)

August 19, 2014, ... for converting digitally or conventionally printed film and foil, laminates, coated paper laminates, and composite materials at Labelexpo Americas 2014 September 9–11, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ... Tarsus Group reports more than 400 exhibitors—including 62 exhibiting for the first time—will occupy 194,000 sq ft of space at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. With an enhanced ...

Ideal Labels Delivering Complete Digital Flexo Solution

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2014, ... packaging prepress application for label providers. "We were using Illustrator for a majority of the prepress and trapping, and Quark Xpress for the step and repeating," explains Kailas. "Before we had ...

Do You Need a Roller That Is Chillin' and Groovy?

(Web Handling)

March 30, 2014, ... the free air lubrication calculator at Prof. Stephen Abbott’s website. The Air Lubrication Calculator (ALC) will calculate the height of an air lubrication layer, estimate coefficient of friction loss, ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... backwards. What I mean is that once the coated product is in the final sale-able form, the process engineer should work through the steps that were required to arrive at the production scale. What was ...

Prestige Graphics Adds Kluge Foil Stamper

(Embossing)

January 06, 2014, Kluge EHF foil stamping, embossing, and die-cutting press offers more efficient use of foil ST. CROIX FALLS, WI | Prestige Graphics, Wichita, KS, has recently added a Kluge 14x22 EHF Foil Stamping, ...

E.C. Shaw Installs nyloflex NExT FV Exposure

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2013, ... the printing plate and a virtual 1:1 image reproduction from the digital file to the finished plate. This technology is unique in that it does not require any additional consumable items or steps, so ...

Esko & Wink Stanzwerkzeuge Partner on Label Solution

(Die-Cutting News)

October 05, 2013, ... dies in steps. Esko’s sheet layout software Plato creates the staggered label layout at the touch of a button. Perfect alignment between the printing and cutting plate is guaranteed, as the data is exported ...

On Print | Finishing & Digital Printing

(On Print)

August 04, 2013, ... Because of their operational simplicity, treaters are mounted on the press, so this value-add step is at the last possible point, helping minimize overall product cost. Most primers for UV ink and ...

Pacificolor Expands with Kodak Equipment

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2013, ... seems to want and need today. Kodak has been a great partner along the way, supporting our needs and allowing us to build and grow step by step as our business has grown. This became possible, among other ...

Label Workflow & Print Demo at DSCOOP8

(Label/Tape News)

February 14, 2013, ... the step and repeat according to Label Traxx’s instructions. Once the job is approved, the finished files will be passed on to the HP Indigo’s DFE. The job will then be printed and finished in real time. ...

CGS Highlights RealPro Packaging Suite at Graph Expo

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2012, ... Toolkit automates the label and packaging production process and significantly reduces operational costs.  The software provides modular, scalable, easy-to-use Illustrator plug-ins for trapping, step ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, Go undercover and get a sneak peek at exhibitors’ plans for the 2012 conference and exhibition. Labelexpo Americas returns to the Chicago area September 11-13 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center ...

Label Traxx Highlights Management Software

(Label/Tape)

April 04, 2012, ... key data elements such as digital eye marks and step and repeat, not in the existing system. Digi Traxx then creates the necessary JDF files and sends them to the HP digital front end or to Esko Automation ...

Coating Matters | Down-Web Uniformity

(Coating/Laminating)

January 09, 2012, ... for the next production run go unverified. Okay, now I’ll step off the soapbox. So when it comes to precision roll-to-roll coating, make sure the manufacturing precision is high for the surfaces the ...

Technical Report: Up & Running

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... automated knife placement, tabbing, and different slitting methods. As the last step in the converting process, slitting and rewinding carries the value-added weight of all plant processes: extrusion, ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ...  Analyze | Analysis of the variables (causes) and the effect on the defects is the next step. Once the subject matter experts have identified what to measure to improve product performance, it is ...

Press Meets Demands for Short Runs

(Flexography)

September 12, 2010, ... steps, drastically streamlining productivity. Job setup is quick and easy, resulting in the fastest and most consistent makeready times in the industry, according to the company.  Set-up of a four-color ...

Web Lines: Mission-Detect Nip Variations

(First Glance)

August 31, 2010, ... a bubble-free wetted contact. I have found many polypropylene splicing tapes work well. Follow these steps: With the nip open, carefully place several strips of thin splicing tape on one of the nipping ...

Flexo Printing: Smart Press, Even Smarter Buy

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2010, ...  Burlington, ON, Canada, plant where EB 1 is produced, says, “We won the award because the group saw that not only is EB 1 fully recyclable, but it also eliminates the lamination step as well as the nee ...