Process optimisation for success
13 October 2020
Given the increasing cost pressures facing the printing industry, digitalisation and process optimisation are becoming ever more important for printing companies to reduce production costs.
Key articles
Inside the chamber
6 October 2020
For colour consistency and job repeatability, delivering and metering ink to the anilox roller needs to be done correctly.
Colour is king
30 September 2020
Everything that happens in the flexo printing process is intended to achieve a printed product that a brand can use to sell its goods.
Integration and automation
24 September 2020
In June it was announced that Esko and AVT Inspection Systems integrated their businesses.
Covid operational timeframe is ‘unclear’
22 September 2020
SMEs have had to put in place special operational arrangements to allow them to keep trading.
Printing in harmony
17 September 2020
By definition hybrid printing is no new concept, however, the term today has become short hand for digital/flexo hybrid machines.
Hit the switch
15 September 2020
There are many advantages to running UV inks, but no matter what the benefits are, the process of switching inks is a laborious.
Sweet screens are made of this
10 September 2020
The most technical part of the entire flexo process is the production of screens, pulling knowhow from the worlds of physics, chemistry and engineering.
Razzle dazzle them
29 June 2020
Whether it is just standing out from the crowd or whether it is helping the fight against the spread of pathogens, inks and coatings can…
Inspector gadgets
19 June 2020
The mantra of a modern day flexo printing operation is, ‘If you can measure it, you can control it’.
The right mindset fires innovation
18 June 2020
Flexo is continuing to take work away from other printing processes as the technology can offer outstanding print quality.
Repair or replace
27 April 2020
Companies are often faced with the dilemma — to repair or replace? Is it worth spending money on repairing aging equipment?
The right Connections
9 March 2020
Connect became a member of the global cross media production company Schawk in February 2017.
Inks for packaging: It’s a food contact sport
2 March 2020
It is up to the converter to know the regulations for choosing and handling inks.
Quality vs margins
28 January 2020
At a roundtable event FlexoTech spoke to a group of flexo print professionals about balancing high quality work with the day to day low margin…