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NDC Infrared Engineering Merges with Beta LaserMike

(Controls)

July 12, 2014, The two suppliers of noncontacting measurement and control solutions come together to form NDC Technologies   IRWINDALE, CA | NDC Infrared Engineering and Beta LaserMike, both part of the Spectris ...

AZCO Reports Shear Cut Traveling Knife Assembly

(Die-Cutting)

June 15, 2014, Unit cuts flexible material, reportedly with high accuracy and low maintenance   FAIRFIELD, NJ | AZCO Corporation has designed a shear cut traveling knife assembly said to be ideal for material 1,400 ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, Reducing defects in fluid coating works best by practicing preventative medicine.  One of the best ways to not have defects in fluid coating isn’t a trick with a pump or a tip with a coating head. ...

Emerald Packaging Enters Digital Print Market

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2014, Will form a joint venture with OEC Graphics, where HP Indigo 20000 press will be housed PALO ALTO, CA | HP today announced that Emerald Packaging Inc. has signed a launch agreement for the HP Indigo ...

Core Systems Innovation Upgrades Core Cutter

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2014, The CM8+ manual core cutter is offered with upgraded features that include a mechanism to hold used and warped cores in place during cutting cycle   ERIE, MI | Core Systems Innovation offers the ...

PRIMIR Summer Meeting to Look at Print Evolution

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2014, Changing markets, firms, technologies, and applications will be covered by an impressive array of experts on printing and research   RESTON, VA | PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and ...

Goss Opens New Packaging Technology Center

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2014, The Center features the Vpak web offset press configured for package printing demonstrations and testing   DURHAM, NH | Goss International announces a new Packaging Technology Center in Durham featuring ...

Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?

(Web Handling)

April 21, 2014, ... hard at winding, especially when the roll is a moving target (e.g., turret winder roll transfers) or prolific (e.g., many rolls of a slitter/rewinder). Guiding: Many winders cheat by slitting immediately ...

Gloucester Expands Rebuilding Capacity

(Bag Pouch)

April 06, 2014, Company says it can now take any bottom-seal bag machine and upgrade, retrofit, and remanufacture it with the latest servo drive and control package   GLOUCESTER, MA | Gloucester Engineering Co. ...

Siemens Adds Drive to Sinamics Family

(Controls)

March 29, 2014, The Sinamics S120M decentralized servo drive reportedly adds flexibility and allows innovative production line setups   ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL | Siemens expands on its Sinamics S120 multi-axis drive ...

Danish Label Printer Adds MPS Flexo Press

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2014, Scanket A/S installs second UV press to produce self-adhesive labels DIDAM, NETHERLANDS | MPS reports an increased presence in Denmark with the successful installation of a second MPS UV flexo press ...

Garlock Printing Expands, Adds W&H Press

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2014, Opens operations in Reno, NV, that will house Novoflex CM 10 LINCOLN, RI | Massachusetts-based Garlock Printing is opening operations in Reno, NV. The new facility will house a host of equipment, including ...

Skanem Willich Finds Screen Printing Indispensable

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2014, Gallus Screeny screen printing plates are now produced, printed, and stored in-house   WILLICH, GERMANY | Skanem Willich GmbH is part of the Skanem Group, which was founded in Norway in 1905 and ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, A program to reducing bagginess begins with quantifying it, reducing thickness variations, and minimizing winding stresses and strains. Bagginess is an area that many paper, film, and foil converters ...

Color-Logic Offers Plug-In Tool for Metallic Effects

(News | New Products)

February 23, 2014, Image-FX tool for Adobe Photoshop is said to save time calculating the required metallic effect for different tonal regions of an image   WEST CHESTER, OH | Color-Logic announces Image-FX, described ...

Cartotecnica Veneta Adds QuadTech Color Quality

(News | New Products)

February 18, 2014, ... board to aluminum foil and thin PP and PE films—requires different ink sets, discrete color targets, and precisely imaged gravure cylinders. Before the installation of the automated system, achieving the ...

Screen USA Offers Ink Cost Simulator

(News | New Products)

February 08, 2014, Pricing tool for companies operating several Truepress inkjet presses is said to help users preserve profit and eliminate risk   ROLLING MEADOWS, IL | Screen USA has launched a new automated tool ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, ... a slower acceleration rate for slowing speed set points. I would prefer to see a single acceleration speed independent of target speed. This particular slitter also was set up to have a two stage ...

Shurtape Addresses Product Damage Due to Knives

(Carton Box)

January 21, 2014, ShurSEAL Solution combines HP Series packaging tape and PrimeLoc applicator HICKORY, NC | Pressure-sensitive tape producer Shurtape is addressing the preventable costs associated with using a knife ...

Schober Installs Robotic Stacker on Rotary Die-Cutter

(Die-Cutting)

January 14, 2014, Adds Single Spider Automated Robotic stacking system onto installed RSM Rotary Die-Cutter FAIRFIELD, OH | Schober has announced the successful installation of its Single Spider Automated Robotic stacking ...