MetalFX Wins Award

Published: December 15, 2005

MetalFX has been named the New Product of the Year by the United Kingdom's Growing Business Awards.

A Perfect Match

Published: November 30, 2005

Macaran proofs color labels directly on flexo substrates with Latran's Prediction.

Modern & Massive

Published: November 30, 2005

An eight-color Fischer & Krecke Flexpress 96S-8 flexographic press enhances capabilities at Christiansen Print.

MLP USA Joins Print Council

Published: November 29, 2005

Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses has joined The Print Council, and industry coalition dedicated to building the market for print. (mlpusa.com)

PLGA Hosts Gravure Operational Conference

Published: November 22, 2005

The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) Global announces its ninth annual Operation Conference: Gravure Leads the Way, taking place March 1-3, 2006.

Spellbound

Published: October 31, 2005

TLMI honors spellbinding labels that captivate consumers.

A Quality Standard

Published: October 31, 2005

During the past 12 years, Valdese Packaging & Label has worked hard to achieve steady annual growth, expanding from a small, family-run startup to a 50-employee, full-service operation. The North Carolina-based company believes a newly installed Mitsubishi Diamond 1000LS sheet-fed press is the key to a new round of growth.

F&K Installs 3 Flexo Presses: Fourth Ordered

Published: October 12, 2005

Excelsior Packaging Group has installed three Fischer & Krecke high-speed Flexpress Series ten-color central impression flexographic presses.

POP Goes the Platemaker

Published: September 30, 2005

Today's digital technology delivers the versatility and speed required to serve the new applications for corrugated and other POP display printed materials.

W&H Wins Excellence in Flexography Awards

Published: September 11, 2005

More than fifty per cent of all Excellence in Flexography Awards in the Wide Web Flexo category went to print designs produced on central impression (CI) flexographic printing presses from Windmoeller & Hoelscher.

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

Published: July 31, 2005

In recent years inkjet has made big strides, and single-pass, drop-on-demand, full-color printing systems are emerging as credible competitors to current technology in many sectors.

Pliant Purchases Two Infiniti Flexo Presses from PCMC

Published: July 14, 2005

Pliant Corp. has purchased two 65-inch Infiniti gearless flexographic printing presses from Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC).

INX Offers MetalFX Inks

Published: July 12, 2005

INX Intl. has signed up as an official MetalFX ink maker. The company now offers inks compatible with the MetalFX process.

COF in Printed Packaging

Published: June 30, 2005

Automatic packaging operations require a specific range of lubricity to process packaging products. Printing inks contribute to the package lubricity and affect both the static as well as kinetic coefficient of friction (COF).

Heat Transfer Gets More Precise

Published: June 30, 2005

Talking to suppliers of heat transfer rolls is a little like listening to the weatherman. They both talk about temperatures quite a lot, but there is one big difference: When these suppliers talk about temperatures, they use precise measurements. And they guarantee them!