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Making Advances

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... If all we do is put ink on paper, we'd be out of business. It's all about value-added.” While still predominantly a sheet-fed paper converter, Hammer says his company couldn't ignore the increased demand ...

Converting Industry News

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June 14, 2006, ... sheet-fed press with aqueous coater from KBA North America. While Gamco wanted the efficiencies of automation, there were other requirements as well, explains operations manager Ken Moses. “In our ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... computerized, touchscreen control of fountain ink keys for sheet-fed or web applications. Reportedly allows press operators to adjust ink key settings rapidly from a central, streamlined ink desk to speed ...

Puttin' On the Ritz

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March 30, 2006, ... and an internal divider comprises holographic polyester film metallized and laminated by GP. The carton is colorfully clad with sheet-fed surface printing plus a UV coating with a subtle embossed image ...

New Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ...  Company offers a free trial program for its 1077M-3 UV coating for sheet-fed offset printing with hybrid inks. Said to print glossier, high quality products with less gloss back and consistent results ...

A Family of Possibilities

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February 27, 2006, ... removed three presses for its latest investment: the MAN Roland 707 Plus, designed for high-speed, unitized, sheet-fed printing. The remaining two presses are a 56-in., seven-color MAN Roland 900 large-format ...

Converting Industry News

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February 27, 2006, ... of the new company will include advanced ink for flexible packaging, tobacco packaging, labels, paper and board, sheet-fed and UV, and decorative applications. Flex-Pack Advances Honored LINTHICUM, ...

Converting Industry News

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January 30, 2006, ... MAN Roland, Westmont, IL, Ken Hamel is appointed district sales manager for sheet-fed systems in the East, and George Fischer becomes general manager of the Central Region. Richard Gallimore is the ...

New Products

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December 30, 2005, ... sheet-fed ink for lithographic presses is formulated as a first-down ink and overprinted with CMYK process colors to create an almost infinite range of metallic colors in one pass. Tapes for ...

Blurring the Lines

(Archive)

November 29, 2005, Bigger is better. At least that's what more and more sheet-fed converters are finding as they try to increase their competitive edge in an even more competitive marketplace. Web Exclusive Bigger is better. ...

A Quality Standard

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October 30, 2005, ... company believes a newly installed Mitsubishi Diamond 1000LS sheet-fed press is the key to a new round of growth. Offset Printing Valdese Packaging & Label has expanded from a small, family-run startup ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

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June 29, 2005, ...  The Diamond 3000TP tandem perfector is a 40-in-wide machine said to enable printers to control front-to-back register when flipping paper in a sheet-fed press. Allows the printer to maintain the same ...

New Products, Part 2

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May 30, 2005, ... Roland, Westmont, IL; 800/268-4673; manroland.com The Roland 900XXL wide-format offset, sheet-fed press can be equipped to handle board thicknesses to 1.6 mm or 63 pt, reportedly positioning it as a productive ...

Materials

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May 30, 2005, ... alcohol-free fountain solution for sheet-fed printing with continuous dampening systems. Marketed under the Varn brand, solution is said to provide greater latitude for ink/water balance, better ink laydown, ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2005, ... Sheeters WESTERLY, RI—Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. has appointed MAN Roland, Westmont, IL, the exclusive worldwide distributor of Maxson’s in-line sheeters for wide-format, sheet-fed presses. A purpose-built ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, ... Global Sheetfed Div. to deliver ArrowStar products for sheet-fed package and commercial printing applications worldwide. Doug Aldred, who oversaw the development of the ArrowStar ink system, will serve ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, ... 732/346-5353; phoenixna.com The Tourmaline Carat printing blanket for sheet-fed offset has a new compressible intermediate layer said to guarantee outstanding printing results and a long service life. ...

UV/EB a Bright Spot in Economy

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February 27, 2005, ... use are folding cartons and labels. Whereas folding cartons are printed primarily by lithographic sheet-fed inks, labels typically are printed flexo narrow web. Use of UV gravure is negligible, as is UV ...

Profit for Printers

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December 30, 2004, ... by the trend toward shorter runs and just-in-time delivery, which are forcing wide web and sheet-fed offset printers to look at narrow web print to achieve acceptable margins and productivity. The existing ...

Die Options Explained

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December 30, 2004, ... as digital printers or laminators that can accommodate coil or sheet-fed materials and easily can be paired with different extractor modules. The best types of these systems also have a modular design ...