FIRST 5.0 Available From the Amazon Kindle Store

FIRST50_KindleBOHEMIA, NY – Nov. 19, 2014 – Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) recently revised perennial best seller, Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) 5.0, is now available as an eBook from Amazon’s Kindle Store.

The Kindle Edition of FIRST 5.0 can be purchased for $49.00 and can be read on all Kindle tablets, Kindle for PC, Kindle for Android, Mac and iPad reading apps. All apps are available for free download from Amazon.

FIRST 5.0 is a dramatic upgrade to an invaluable compendium of guidelines and procedures, designed to provide all members of the flexographic supply chain with the technical information needed to produce high-quality and consistent print results, pressrun after pressrun. Every chapter of 5.0 is updated to include the latest industry standards, practices and terminology.

For complete details visit flexographic.wpengine.com/first. The resource is also available in print for $99 for FTA members and $198 list price.

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About FTA: Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), chartered in 1958, is a professional society dedicated to bringing all members of the flexographic printing community—printers, suppliers, consumer product companies, institutions, prepress houses and others–together by providing opportunities for the free exchange of technical ideas and discussion of mutual concerns. It is a proponent of maintaining and advancing quality standards and includes 1,650 member sites that represent more than 1,400 companies and 60,000 individuals. Foundation of FTA, founded in 1974, is the educational arm of FTA and is dedicated to supporting and advancing the flexographic printing industry.