Optimizing Relief Height: First-Place 2018 FFTA Rossini Scholarship Recipient’s Research on FIRST Relief Guidance
This study examines the issue of relief depth for flexographic printing plates. Smaller dots supported by less plate relief than the current standard is hypothesized to be more stable and to print with less gain on press due to more structure. I observed the effects of a decreased plate relief on the highlight dots across […]
Addressing Recruitment and Training Challenges with Virtual Reality
One of the most common problems we hear from printing companies is the inability to attract new press operators. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the printing industry has seen a 25 percent decrease in employment over the last decade, an issue shared with most manufacturing sectors. Discussions on how to attract the next […]
Techkon Announces Donation to Clemson’s Sonoco Institute
DANVERS, MA—Techkon, an innovation leader in high-precision color measurement solutions for the global print and packaging communities, announced a donation to Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics. The donation is valued at more than $100,000 and includes the SpectroVision Inline Quality Inspection System, SpectroDens handheld devices and multiple seats of ChromQA, Techkon’s […]
Brand Protection: How a Premedia Team Can Guarantee Predictable, Consistent, Repeatable Results
Brands spend significant amounts of money on developing a brand strategy and package design using guidance from market research to ensure their product will excel during that first moment of truth. As we’ve all heard—and Deloitte research confirms—84 percent of buyers purchase on impulse when presented with an average of 20 items for consideration, leaving […]
Hybrid Software Expands North American Coverage with Sales and Technical Resources
TREVOSE, PA—After recording its 10th consecutive year of double-digit sales growth, HYBRID Software Inc has restructured its sales force to provide a greater level of local support to customers in the US, Canada and Mexico. HYBRID Software had four sales managers covering all of North America at the beginning of 2018, and has doubled that […]
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 […]
Finding and Fixing Common Print Problems at Forum 2019 with The Defectives
What if there was a group of detectives able to identify and solve print problems? Bobby Congdon of Clemson University and Amy Jungerberg of Inland Packaging put together Forum 2019‘s The Defectives® with that question in mind, bringing to the stage a foursome of print experts to provide their perspectives on a half-dozen defects and […]
A Flexography-Focused Discussion of Age Groups, Their Traits & How They Can Work Together
The differences between generations are becoming more apparent, if for no other reason that we keep talking about them. With the emergence of Generation Z, that group younger than Millennials, the mix of ages in the workforce is ever-changing, bringing together different collections of individuals, with their varying backgrounds and experiences. Kelly Raber, a graphics […]
OMET Americas Presents Future of Flexo Event at Clemson’s Sonoco Institute
CLEMSON, SC—On Feb. 6-7, an inaugural Future of Flexo event was hosted at Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics, presented by OMET Americas. The event centered around “New Year, New Technology” and was sponsored by industry print suppliers Eaglewood Technologies, Siegwerk, Phoseon Technology, Nazdar Ink Technologies, DuPont, Techkon USA, DBT Coatings and […]
The Expanding Role of Premedia Companies in Package Prototyping
When the creators of the National Biscuit Co (Nabisco) entered American retail in the 1890s with their first branded and nationally marketed packaging—Uneeda Biscuits—they would never have imagined the kind of convoluted and expensive movement they had just started. Trillions of dollars later, packaging’s protective properties have become equally important to its “decoration.” Packaging materials […]
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