Propelled towards greatness
6 August 2025
The packaging production agencies SGS and SGK were announced as united under the new entity of Propelis in May of this year.
Features
A touch of cold class
25 July 2025
Cold foiling has become a commonly used embellishment applied directly on the flexo press. Andy Knaggs looks at what goes into delivering beautiful inline cold…
Amberley: labelled with love
19 July 2025
Amberley Labels is one of the UK’s foremost label producers, with the technology and skillset to produce stunning, highly embellished labels, as well as flexo-printed…
Peeling and revealing: finding success in multi-layer labels
14 July 2025
The need to deliver large amounts of key information to consumers with only limited space on labels and packaging to do so has seen the…
A laser focus on sleeve engraving
8 July 2025
Prepress group Miller Graphics has a strong presence in Europe and Africa, with its Limoges, France, site providing a specialised service in manufacturing and engraving…
Tackling mounting challenges
23 June 2025
Automation has delivered fundamental productivity enhancements in the flexo plate mounting department – but the reality of often needing to mount damaged and worn plates…
Understanding through inspecting
13 June 2025
Anilox rollers will only perform to their optimum level when cells are delivering the ink volumes expected. Anilox inspection is a critical process in ensuring…
Shaping the future of packaging
4 June 2025
The Sheraton Hotel at Brussels Airport was the venue for the “Shaping the Future with Packaging” conference in mid-April. FlexoTech took its place amongst the…
From the wheel to the space shuttle
1 May 2025
Paul Teachout of Harper Corporation of America stepped up last summer as chair of the Flexographic Technical Association’s Board of Directors. He tells Andy Knaggs…
Print moves into a new era with AI
25 April 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a trending “buzzword” in the print industry. Taylor Sinclair takes an in-depth look at some of the applications of AI within…
Flexo colour by numbers
21 April 2025
Matching brand colours is a fundamental task for most flexo printers, and there are tools and approaches that can take the subjectivity out of colour…
The explosive rise of NC-free
15 April 2025
Nitrocellulose has long been used in the manufacture of some solvent inks for flexo printing. However, concerns over its compatibility with mechanical recycling processes are…
ProAmpac takes the top prize
10 March 2025
A flexible packaging job for beef dripping Yorkshire puddings had the FlexoTech Awards judges salivating over its print and repro quality in 2024, seeing ProAmpac…
Taking the flexible approach
7 March 2025
There may only be a matter of inches in web width between narrow and mid-web flexo technologies, but the leap it enables from label to…
No time like the present
4 March 2025
Ian Schofield has enjoyed a busy consultancy life since taking semi-retirement in 2019. He reflects on the impact of sustainability on the packaging sector and…