Die-cutting: Utmost precision
4 July 2022
Good quality die-cutting needs pin point accuracy and razor sharp edges, but what happens when global material shortages play havoc with the substrates being used.
Key articles
What’s going on in colour management?
27 June 2022
Colour management tools have been around for many years and have evolved over time to become more integrated into the print process.
Leading label and print brands at Packaging Innovations and Empack 2022
13 May 2022
Packaging Innovations and Empack 2022 will reunite the packaging community when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 25 and 26 May.
Substance over style
15 March 2022
Press manufacturers naturally spend their R&D efforts and resources on pushing the boundaries of what flexo presses can do, but not all converters require state-of-the-art…
Plate pressures
1 March 2022
In the label and flexible packaging markets, there are many challenges facing printers today and they need a plate that can withstand modern demands.
New Year’s resolutions for flexo
22 December 2021
Editor Michal Lodej believe the flexo industry should resolve itself to being more open in 2022.
Digital has its uses
20 December 2021
As inkjet matures and improves in efficiency and productivity, more and more flexo printers adding the capability onto their presses.
Step into the light
15 December 2021
In a market where customers are increasingly more concerned about appearing sustainable, UV-LED inks have an advantage over their conventionally cured relatives. However, some printers…
Peacocking in packaging
10 December 2021
The competition between high-value consumer goods such as wines and spirits, is ever increasing and the demand for fine detail and unique effects on packaging…
Hitting the target
21 September 2021
Colour management may sound like a job for just the ink technicians, but every part of the press must be considered
Keeping watch
2 August 2021
Print businesses are becoming more data driven, and nowhere is a better place to gather this information than the printed web itself
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.
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.