Esko and Vianord connect to automate plate production
6 June 2017
Vianord’s new Evo 5 Fusion E concept Vianord Engineering and Esko have worked together to offer an automatic flexo plate production line that combines…
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Colortek becomes first FlexoExpert in USA
3 January 2017
Colortek passed the final audit to earn the FlexoExpert Certification Having participated in Flint Group’s FlexoExpert Certification programme, Colortek has received FlexoExpert Certification for…
Esko Device Manager aids plate-making at VCG-Connect
13 December 2016
Device Manager bridges the gap between the pre-press department and the plate room Reprographic and plate-making specialist VCG-Connect has improved its operational visibility and…
Vianord enhances Evo 3 range
8 December 2016
Vianord Evo 3 EDLF French flexographic plate-making systems company, Vianord Engineering, has developed Evo 3 ELF New and EDLF New exposure, dryer and light…
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,…
Esko’s 3000th CDI goes to Clicheria Blumenau
21 September 2016
Alexsandro Pires, technical manager of Clicheria Blumenau Brazilian flexographic repro house Clicheria Blumenau has installed Esko’s 3000th CDI Spark 5080 flexo platemaking system. The…
Esko to present new platemaking system at drupa
5 April 2016
Esko CDI Crystal 5080 XPS Under its ‘Packaging Simplified’ banner, Esko will be introducing its next generation of platemaking equipment at drupa, with two…
UK’s first ThermoFlexX 80-D installed
15 December 2015
Lincolnshire pre-press house Waldo has installed the UK’s first ThermoFlexX 80-D. The digital flexo plate imager is now in full production at the supplier of…
Nordic market leader invests in Vianord pre-press technology
19 May 2015
(L-R) Kai Lankinen, Mogens Rijs, Marko Valkamo and Pascal Miola with the new Vianord EVO line at the Marvaco plant in Ulvila, Finland Marvaco,…
FlexoPartner acquired by Marvaco
4 March 2015
(L-R) Kai Lankinen managing director, Marvaco Oy; Erik Rundqvist, Mats Johansson, Leif Backman managing director, FlexoPartner Ab; Mats Lind managing director, Marvaco Ab; Tomas Eriksson…
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…
Platemaking QA programme established by DuPont
5 November 2014
DuPont Packaging Graphics has introduced the DuPont Cyrel Quality Assured Platemaking programme designed to help users to achieve the highest print quality from flexographic printing…
Asahi celebrates 40th anniversary
27 October 2014
(L-R) Akihiro Kato, Kenji Takeda and Hiroaki Sugiyama from Asahi Kasei Corporation, Japan, with Chris Lodge, Anthony Miltiadou, David Galton, Alex Downes and Ron Byfield, Asahi Photoproducts UK The…
Bemis Graphics installs second Cyrel FAST processor
25 September 2014
Bemis Graphics recently installed DuPont Cyrel FAST 3000TD thermal processing equipment DuPont Packaging Graphics has installed a second DuPont Cyrel FAST 3000TD processor at Bemis…
Flexo screen launch enables new quality standards
11 September 2014
Paul Hagen, VP of sales, Global Graphics Software (left) and Bart Calis, product manager flexo pre-press, Xeikon Recent development work between ThermoFlexX and Global…