From pigments to packaging: the Gecko has arrived
2 April 2015
There are extensive testing facilities at the Vicenza site As hubergroup introduces its liquid inks business into the UK, Neel Madsen went to its…
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Flexo debate returns to packaging show
31 March 2015
Flexo and/or digital? That was the question asked at the FlexoTech panel debate Numerous product launches, new features and over 40 seminars at the…
Gidue success in Spain
16 March 2015
(L-R) Gidue distributor Jaume Martinez, Martinez Associats, with Alvaro Morales of Segundo Morales, and Francisco Sanchez of Timbrados Elche Since its launch in 2012,…
Coveris invests in GEW UV system upgrade
16 March 2015
Specialist flexible label printer Coveris has upgraded its Mark Andy 4150 flexo press with an energy-efficient GEW UV curing system. Coveris Flexibles UK Limited operate…
Emitting light: UV LED curing
13 March 2015
Printed samples were produced at the IST seminar Curing with UV LED is an emerging technology that is slowly gaining momentum in the flexographic print…
Revised order of service
13 March 2015
Shelf-ready packaging designed for the convenience store and printed by DS Smith Although patterns of consumer behaviour are redefining the established retail model, packaging is…
A happy marriage: breaking the boundaries of cold foil
13 March 2015
The team trying to break the boundaries (L-R): Richard Fowler, API Foils, David Carruthers, Innovia Films, Sonja Arcos, Cheshire Anilox Technology, Lauren Shimmin, Innovia Films,…
Taking a narrow focus on press developments
20 February 2015
Mark Andy’s new hybrid the Digital Series as seen here during an Open House in the US last year Narrow web flexo printing may be…
Platemounting tape: keeping up to speed
19 February 2015
tesa’s Softprint Secure with the new Snap-On adhesive Faster press speeds, increased number of changeovers, thinner plates, the demands on the humble platemounting tape are…
Mission Labels makes CTP leap
18 February 2015
(L-R) Pre-press/production director Sue Gearing, operations director Martin Gearing, technical director Dave Humphrey, and head of repro Rob Woodley with the new imager Changing…
Keeping an eye on the web
27 January 2015
AVT’s PrintVision/Argus installed on a flexotecnica press The end user of printed packaging today demands high quality and there is little room for print faults.…
Success doesn’t come from staying static
27 January 2015
The CyClean non contact web cleaner installed on a press There are not many British manufacturers that are experiencing so much success that they are…
MIS and workflow systems for flexo
27 January 2015
Shuttleworth dashboard information display Management information and workflow systems are not the sexiest part of flexo technology. They are the All-Bran to an à la…
A happy marriage: breaking the boundaries of cold foil
16 January 2015
The team trying to break the boundaries (L-R): Richard Fowler, API Foils, David Carruthers, Innovia Films, Sonja Arcos, Cheshire Anilox Technology, Lauren Shimmin, Innovia Films,…
Sticking to the small print
8 January 2015
Peel and read labels and booklet labels are growing. This multi-page leaflet label for Seagreens was produced by Fix-a-Form With the impending introduction of a…