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Four Star Color Adds Folder/Gluer from Masterwork

(Carton Box News)

June 24, 2013, ... hot and cold glue systems, and bar code scanner with ejector. Four Star’s workflow incorporates its new KBA Rapida 105 41-in. six-color press, which after the printed sheet is produced, sends the sheet ...

General Converting Installs Speedmaster XL 106

(Carton Box News)

May 23, 2013, ... to Prinect Inpress Control, GCI is up to saleable color in fewer than 300 sheets, even before the Heidelberg PCM (Print Color Management) specialists finish optimizing the XL 106’s print performance. (By ...

Digital Impact Adds Durst UV Inkjet Printer for POP Displays

(Carton Box News)

April 15, 2013, ... of boards, sheets and roll media—along with impressive output of up to 5,380 sq ft per hr. The 98-in. wide continuous production system is equipped with the most productive, accurate media transport ...

Show Preview | INFO*FLEX 2013

(Flexography)

April 03, 2013, ... of uncoated and coated sheet or web materials for labels, tags, tickets, forms, security products, and more. The Bitjet+ is a solvent-based inkjet for printing on high-speed webs, folder/gluer, packaging, ...

Maxson Upgrades Design of Rotary Cutters

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2013, Dancer roll design reportedly allows rotary cutter to maintain sheet length accurately at high speeds   WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. has incorporated a dancer roll design into the ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... order to provide an early indication of coat weight during start-up and product change, the Fast Start feature launches both scanners once the sheet is threaded without the same spot time lag, so operators ...

Flexible Packaging | Exopack Wins FPA’s Top Award for Kraft’s YES Pack

(Flexpack)

January 21, 2013, ... volume by 32% and weight by 50%. Innovative packaging design collaboration resulted in a die-cut tray with functional components, which are cut from a single sheet of 0.035 in. flexible HDPE. Key features ...

Coating Matters | It’s a Turbulent World

(Coating/Laminating)

January 10, 2013, ... food on the other. As long as the geometry of the mold or die is defined, the layers will maintain the shape of that definition (i.e., a rectangular extrusion die will create a flat rectangular sheet with ...

Show Preview | Graphics of the Americas

(Print)

January 03, 2013, ... for sheetfed, web, digital, and wide format printing. Goss International (Booth 715) will show its recently launched Sunday Vpack press series for folding carton, flexible packaging, preprint, and label ...

Another Review of Die Streaks

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 25, 2012, We really have to talk about this topic again.  It is amazing how many times I get calls on this seemingly simple, yet universal subject.  From film to sheet, cast film, extrusion coating, laminating, ...

LasX Reports Alliance with Brandtjen & Kluge

(Carton Box)

October 31, 2012, ... glued products. “LasX has been providing sheet-fed laser cutting and robot handling systems since 2008,” says LasX CEO William Dinauer. “We are very pleased to be working with Kluge to provide a near-digital ...

Coating Matters | Understanding Rheology

(Coating/Laminating)

October 01, 2012, ... the polymer would like to “spring back” into a tight set of coils (this can result in edge bead). The trick is to “teach” the polymer a new position of rest (as a sheet instead of a pellet). Once the polymer ...

Emirates Printing Press Gains Flexibility with Gallus

(Carton Box)

August 08, 2012, ... and regularly wins prestigious awards at international quality competitions. A total of 16 heatset web offset, sheetfed offset, and sheetfed gravure presses have so far been available at the printing company. ...

Executive Report | drupa & Digital Package Printing

(Digital)

July 18, 2012, ... OEMs demonstrated wide web as well as wide sheet-fed presses, nominally 30 in. These digital print press formats will open a gateway into the flexible film and folding carton markets and disrupt analogue-dominant ...

Gietz Shows Its Stuff at drupa

(Carton Box)

July 16, 2012, ... time regardless of speed • Narrow foil web application on a platen press • Full foil pull across the sheet • Patented VACUFOIL foil transport • Programmable dwell time • Rapid job setup on platform ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ... or sheeting. Delta also will be unveiling its high capacity (18-24 in.) converter. This practical extension of the Delta Mod-Tech line of converting systems was designed to provide a full modular platform ...

Screen USA Media Day Has Busy Agenda

(News | New Products)

July 01, 2012, ... drupa, and the Truepress JetSX variable-data B2 sheetfed inkjet press now can print on paperboard to 0.6 mm thick. Media Day at Screen concluded in a tent where the trade press enjoyed a barbeque dinner ...

Heidelberg Sells Drupa Display Machine to Colordruck

(Carton Box)

June 03, 2012, Folding carton manufacturer buys world’s first Speedmaster XL 106 six-color press with dual coating unit DUSSELDORF, GERMANY | Heidelberg reports colordruck Baiersbronn has invested in a Speedmaster ...

Duncan Print Group Adds New Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105

(Carton Box)

March 27, 2012, Machine's capacity for printing on plastic allows company to tap new market opportunities Flexibility and productivity were critical to Duncan Print Group's decision to purchase a new press. As a commercial ...

Highcon, Esko Report Cutting/Software Agreement

(Carton Box)

March 20, 2012, ... cutting and creasing revolution together with Highcon.” Highcon’s Direct-to-Pack solution uses new technology to eliminate conventional dies and deliver high quality cut and creased sheets from digital ...