A Year to Remember: 2020 in Review
2020 brought challenges, changes and adaptations to flexography, flexographers and the industry FTA services and supports.
Optimize Ink & Substrate
Substrates and the substantial benefits they bring to highly specialized print processes, like flexography, are not to be ignored, taken for granted or otherwise dismissed. Optimizing ink to substrate is essential in successful printing. Great attributes of a substrate, particularly plastic packaging, merit mention: Plastic packaging plays a key role in food freshness and preservation, […]
Virtual FORUM 2020 Recap: Press Optimization: Straight from the Mouths of Printers
The second session of Virtual FORUM 2020 was Press Optimization: Straight from the Mouths of Printers. The April 22 session was chaired by Bart Wright of Interflex Group and Laura Wright of CSW Inc. The session began with Bart and Laura explaining the goal of optimization—to identify the best possible combination or print variables to […]
FORUM 2020 Session Chairs Dive Deeper into Planned Proceedings
Drivers… Speakers… Messages… Take Homes—These are critical components of each of the nine technical sessions constituting FTA’s FORUM 2020. The event, set for April 19-22 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus in Columbus, OH, is built around a central theme—Color, Brands, Technology: The Complete Package. Over the course of four days: Benchmarks and data points will […]
Flexography in 2019: Looking Back on What the Year Meant to FTA, FLEXO Magazine & the Industry
With each passing year, innovations in flexography continue to grow and expand, and this year was no exception. In 2019, flexography was once again a preeminent force. Attendees to events like INFOFLEX and Labelexpo Europe saw firsthand the new and upcoming technologies that are allowing companies to streamline processes, automate and become more competitive. Printers […]
Heidelberg-Gallus Equipment Produces Best of Show Job at FTA Excellence in Flexography Awards
KENNESAW, GA—The Heidelberg-Gallus RCS 330 has a long history of success in producing award-winning print jobs at customer sites. Recently, Berry Global, headquartered in Evansville, IN, was recognized as a Best of Show at the 2019 Excellence in Flexography Awards in the narrow web category for its Vicious Styling Boost XTS Series Shampoo Tube, and […]
Controlling Press Characterization at Forum 2019
Day three of Forum 2019 was all about process control, and that theme continued into its second session with “Gaining Control of Your Process: The Characterization,” chaired by Ellen Farrell, DuPont Advanced Printing. Does This Really Work? Bookending the session was Jennye Scott, VP creative services at Berry Global and who opened by recalling her […]
The Next Generation of Flexographers Glimpse the Industry’s Future at Forum 2019
Forum 2019‘s “FQC: Research Is the Key to a Successful Flexo Future,” co-chaired by Jason Cagle, MacDermid Graphics Solutions and Jean Engelke, FFTA Board chair-elect, spotlighted research projects completed by a handful of students, as well as a Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) project report and, for the first time, featured the Phoenix Challenge College Competition […]
Berry Global Sees Success with Meech’s Hyperion Products
EVANSVILLE, IN—In 2014, to maintain and improve health and safety and efficiency in production, Berry Global invested in Meech’s Hyperion 929IPS and 971IPS pulsed DC ionizing bars. After experiencing static charge buildup on bulk packaging equipment and being aware of the negative effects that it can have on safety, cleanliness and production, Berry Global recognized […]
Labelexpo Americas 2018: “Explore Your Future” with FTA Members
Hall A, Booth 454—same as 2016—will be home base to Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) and FLEXO Magazine at Labelexpo Americas 2018, Sept. 25-27 in Rosemont, IL’s Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Association delegates look forward to meeting as many members as possible, examining the latest advances in technology found throughout the trade floor, partnering with […]
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