Flying High
The investment in a new flexographic press at Ultimate Packaging, which runs a 24/7 operation, has created ten additional jobs at the UK-based factory....
Eco-Friendly Printer Adds Flexotecnica Press
NAPERVILLE, IL | Southeastern Printing Co., Stuart, FL, known for its Green Ink printing program, has acquired an eight-color, 52-in. N8G gearless press...
Press Has Options
The 330 flexo press is said to increase production capacity by as much as 50%. Can be supplied with up to 12 printing units for UV or water-based inks...
Flexo with Full Tonal Range
HD (high definition) Flexo uses high-resolution optics and superior screening to deliver the full tonal range of offset and gravure, company says. Provides...
Press Minimizes Waste
Vistaflex C central impression flexo press has eight or ten color decks and print repeats to 49 in. (1,250 mm), printing widths to 88.5 in. (2,200 mm),...
Harpers Honored at Clemson
CLEMSON, SC | Clemson Univ. has unveiled The Ronald & Katherine Harper Industry Collaboration Room on the top floor of the Sonoco Inst. for Packaging...
Excelsior Buys Three F&K Presses
BIELEFELD, GERMANY | Fischer & Krecke GmbH reports Excelsior Packaging Group has entered into contracts for three additional FP 36S-10 printing presses....
New Wave Adds Gearless Press
CHARLOTTE, NC | Bobst Group reports New Wave Converting, Fontana, CA, will replace a durable 20-year-old, six-color, geared Schiavi flexo presss with...
Printed Linerboard: Big & Bold
With today's industrywide downsizing, it takes a lot of confidence in a business model to commit to a major-league expansion. While others are downsizing,...
Gravure Versus Flexo Printing Part 2
Last month I outlined the rapid growth of flexo printing in packaging and suggested that gravure printing had been out-marketed in North America by a...
Donation Helps College Students
Louisville, Ky | Students at Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, are getting better results thanks to Flexo Wash, which donated an FW991XL...
MicroDynamics Donates Inspection System
Woodstock, Ga | MicroDynamics has donated a complete 3DQC inspection microscope system to Clemson Univ.'s Sonoco Inst. of Packaging Design and Graphics....
Another W&H Press for Kendall
Mequon, Wi | Kendall Packaging added another ten-color Windmoeller & Hoelscher Primaflex press to support its growth initiatives and to meet customer...
Why So Many Anilox Rolls?
A standardized process can be defined as one that represents a single way of doing an activity in which all employees do the activity the same way all...
Research Pays Off
Vins Plastics recently purchased a ten-color Primaflex CM flexo press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. ...
Flexotecnica F12: A Winning Press
The F12 12-color, gearless, CI flexo press from Flexotecnica won the 2008 award for “Innovation in Printing Press/Finishing” at the 2008 FlexoTech Awards....
FTA Honors Flexo Leader
Rogers, CT | As part of its 50th anniversary celebration in 2008, the Flexographic Technical Assn. paid homage to one of its founding members, Warren...
Adding Capacity
Mike Frost, president of Global Packaging, readily admits much of his company's 16% annual growth since a buyout in 1996 has come by growing with his...
Sticks to Flexo
Jason Grossman, president of Paragon Label Co., laughingly describes his custom wine label converting operation as a very bizarre label company. After...
Flexography Brings Companies Together
Nineteen companies have formed a strategic alliance called Flexo4all to promote flexographic package printing “before, during, and after Drupa 2008.”...
Best of Both Worlds
With the price tag on a standard digital press approaching $750,000 without a finishing unit, many converters consider it an investment they simply can't afford to make...
DuPont Patents Reach 600
WILMINGTON, DE DuPont Packaging Graphics recently achieved the registration milestone of 125 patent families comprising more than 600 patents and applications...
The Flexo Process: Be Careful
Flexo process printing now is competitive in quality with other printing processes and can have advantages of cost and the ability to print a large number...
Plying the Trade
With an internationally trained management team, complemented by highly experienced production personnel, Ultra Flex Packaging Corp. often leads in both...
Barrier Wanted
Vacuum-coated papers and films are enjoying dynamic growth levels. Brand owners' demands for flexible packaging, label materials, cartons, and cigarette...
