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PRX Projects 50 Percent Growth After Mark Andy Digital One Install

(News | New Products)

October 12, 2018, ... do it!”  Our in-house graphic designer came up with a design based on a photo the customer provided, and it was approved and printed within hours and the entire order was delivered the following morning. ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 11, 2018, ... tower, and then onto the winder.  Blown film line speeds are typically limited to a few hundred feet per minute (100-200 m/min). Figure 1.  Alpha Marathon 77-layer nanofilm blown film line (Photo ...

Coating Matters | Rigid Panel Coating with Slot Die Equipment

(Coating/Laminating)

August 29, 2018, Panel coating is a unique application of fluid coating technology that provides capability and functionality to a discrete substrate.  But what is important to understand and what tradeoffs exist?  ...

Knowledge is Power: Tracking Machine Performance

(Bag Pouch)

August 29, 2018, ... the seals and tack hole punches. In the case that there is a defective pouch, sensors would be able to detect this and register the position, in the machine, of this particular pouch or range of pouches. Photo ...

SGIA Announces 2018 Product of the Year Winners

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2018, All 255 entries will be displayed in the Golden Image Gallery/Product of the Year Gallery at the 2018 SGIA Expo. : FAIRFAX, VA | After evaluating a record-setting field of 255 submissions, judges of ...

Epson SurePress Receives 91 Percent Pantone Coverage Certification

(News | New Products)

July 31, 2018, ... Epson SurePress L-4533A/AW to address more applications, such as flexible packaging with photographic images. ID Products, a company that specializes in labels, screen printed overlays and more, has ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 05, 2018, ... in the 1990’s when this experiment was done.  Many thanks to my colleague and friend, the late Dragan Djordjevic of Er-We-Pa of Erkrath, Germany, for these photographs.  From this photograph, it can be ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold Innovation & Sophistication Lead the Way

(IML/IMD)

June 13, 2018, ... Colorful soup bowl photography provides appetite-tempting imagery while color-coded labels make it easy to grab the desired flavor. Labels increase shelf impact and clearly impart the message that this ...

Catapult Opens Its Doors

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2018, ... Crystal CDI from Esko, the Bellissima Digitally Modulated Screening (DMS) from Hamillroad Software, as well as what it says is the most advanced photopolymer plate technology from MacDermid. Two of the ...

Fujifilm Releases Wide-Format Press

(News | New Products)

May 07, 2018, The Acuity LED 1600R is a dedicated roll-to-roll press that handles heat-sensitive media and offers options to seven colors HANOVER PARK, IL | Fujifilm reports that the new Acuity LED 1600R is the ...

Contact Originators Offers Wide Plate for Corrugated

(Carton Box)

April 21, 2018, ... has designed and manufactured what it says is the first 2.8-m-wide mounted multi-piece photopolymer flexographic plate. The plate is said to be dimensionally accurate to 100 micron across the 2.8-m width ...

Iggesund Invercote Paperboard Used for Jimmy Choo Perfume Box

(Carton Box)

April 16, 2018, ... production even starts. When people hire the best creatives and choose star photographers and models but don’t understand that the quality of the packaging material must be correspondingly high, then I ...

Grafikontrol to Show Press Controls

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2018, ... including all the LYNEX features. LYNEX C/S: System has been designed to inspect the 100% of the web for coating, varnish, or cold-seal on printed or base substrates. CHROMALAB: An in-line real spectrophotometer ...

Provident Offers Scanning Microscope

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2018, ... in fractions of a micron. The 3D images are generated from a number of “photos” taken at a different focus depths. Software combines the sharp parts of each image and creates the 3D representation of the ...

Cannabis and My Mom

(Yo's Yarns)

March 29, 2018, ... on what will work for you. The packaging for these products, as I'm obligated in this industry blog to share, is not only functional, it's quite slick as you can see from the photo. Tamper-evident cartons—that ...

Partners Join Forces To Develop RGB Printing for Packaging

(Carton Box)

March 25, 2018, Permits printing of images directly on a black substrate. Photo source: Istock and Kobrin_photo PARIS, FRANCE | Recently, Merck, Saueressig, Siegwerk and Vrijdag Premium Printing – all suppliers ...

X-Rite Announces Color Management System

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2018, The IntelliTrax2 system is said to be ultra-fast and automated, shortening makeready time and reducing waste GRAND RAPIDS, MI | X-Rite announces the IntelliTrax2 color management solution for high-end, ...

Montalvo Launches Line of Core Chucks

(News | New Products)

March 17, 2018, ... while reportedly making core ejection fast and easy, reducing risk of jammed cores Photocell Ready Option allows use of photocell or other sensors Customer-Specified Mounting Holes—ready for immediate ...

UPM Raflatac Offers New Label Stock

(Label/Tape)

March 12, 2018, ... stock for UV inkjet printing. Product is said to be ideal for multicolor labels requiring excellent print definition and fine details. Company says labels using this materials have an almost photograph-like ...

Bobst Technology a Winner in France

(News | New Products)

February 25, 2018, ... and photogravure, adding that the rendering can reach very high definition far greater than 350 lines/centimeter, and the cheaper tools associated with the flexographic process allow very competitive production ...