ALT acquires alternative accommodation
21 November 2016
ALT’s new factory came with everything it needed and was just around the corner from the old site A new fit for purpose factory…
Features
The path to plate productivity
26 October 2016
Esko CD Crystal 5080 XPS Flexo plate making is still mostly a process with many manual steps, but automation is arriving at every stage,…
Low migration in flexo
26 October 2016
Migration test with liquid chromatographer If you print food packaging you are responsible for ensuring it does not affect the contents. Analytical chemistry can…
EFI transforms TC Transcontinental
26 October 2016
TC Transcontinental gained complete control over its flexible packaging operations with the EFI Enterprise Packaging Suite. Founded in 1976, TC Transcontinental has grown steadily over…
The heavy weights: mid wide web presses
25 October 2016
The Miraflex C The wider end of the flexo press spectrum has been upping its game recently. New presses have focused on making the…
In other news: ancillary products for the flexo printer
20 September 2016
The ROTOmaX-e 20 for sustainable solvent recovery from D.W. Renzmann There are many cogs in the wheel which turns at a flexographic printing facility.…
Mounting in motion
20 September 2016
Downtimes are the bugbear of every flexo printer across the globe and change over times play a huge part in determining how long the press…
Blades of Glory
19 September 2016
Antony Whiteside from Absolute Engineering with a shipment of the company’s 2G chambers for Dutch customer Fardem Packaging BV Doctor blades were used in other…
Unlocking the Power of Precision
24 August 2016
RotoMetrics’ AccuStrike Anvil allows the operator to adjust bearers independently or together for unparalleled control over die strike on various liner thicknesses With brand owners and…
The UV advantage: inks in focus
23 August 2016
High lustre UV silver ink from Siegwerk The introduction in the 1980s of UV cured inks for narrow web flexo not only took print quality…
Tools of the colour trade
23 August 2016
GMG has updated its OpenColor software, which can now create separation profiles that can be used in other programmes This drupa saw a number of…
Getting solidly on board
22 August 2016
The Sherwood Press Smart Centre with the Fujifilm Acuity Advance Select HD4006 Carton manufacturers are intent upon ensuring that there is sufficient common ground on…
Flexo touches the future
25 July 2016
The Kodak store showed products printed using Kodak technology As a technology flexo may well be outnumbered by the technologies serving the commercial market, but…
Fujifilm forms Flenex FW partnership with MPH
25 July 2016
James Whitehead (left) packaging solutions manager, Fujifilm UK with Brian Cawdron, director, MPH During drupa 2016, Fujifilm signed a partnership deal with Essex-based pre-press experts,…
Staying flexible in the label market
25 July 2016
The Proflex SE enables easy loading of ink cartridges and print cylinders Despite most label press manufacturers saving product launches for Labelexpo Americas in the…