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 […]
The Printer Perspective on Forum 2019’s “A Screening of Screening” Print Jobs
Three jobs, three consecutive days; same press, same crew, same ink, same substrate, same plate mounting tape—fair, consistent and equal conditions had to be maintained in readying each job for public peer review at FTA’s Forum 2019. A daunting task? Perhaps for some. Interflex Group in Merrill, WI, presented with the potential assignment, answered affirmatively […]
Phoenix Challenge Foundation Announces Annual Golf Tournament
CHARLOTTE, NC—For more than 20 years, the Phoenix Challenge Foundation (PCF) has been the premier organization who solely focuses on building tomorrow’s workforce. Its annual fundraiser to support growing flexo in education is the annual Phoenix Challenge Foundation Golf Tournament. This year’s event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the beautiful Stonebridge Golf Club […]
EskoWorld 2019 Sees Record Attendance
NASHVILLE, TN—A record number of packaging and print specialists from across the globe descended on Nashville Monday, as Music City becomes EskoWorld 2019 for the next three days. More than 550 delegates and 19 sponsoring companies are in town for EskoWorld 2019. With a huge selection of workshops and presentations to showcase the benefits of […]
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 […]
Esko Wins 2019 FTA Technical Innovation Award for Print Control Wizard
Print Control Wizard Automates Color Experts’ Roles Consider a world where there is a growing shortage of color geeks in the flexographic industry. The existing experts are retiring, and taking with them an enormous knowledge pool and well-honed set of skills. Consider this, and you may find yourself at the same conclusion Esko found itself […]
Fotograbados Longo SA Invests in Esko XPS Crystal 5080
AVELLANEDA, Argentina—Leading Argentinian packaging design and reprographics business Fotograbados Longo SA has invested in the latest XPS Crystal 5080 technology for optimum UV plate exposure from Esko. Having equipped itself with a range of Esko solutions in recent years, the company has now acquired an Esko XPS Crystal 5080, the very first in Latin America, to drive […]
MPS, Esko & CERM Organize Successful Labels Connected Event
ARNHEM, the Netherlands—During the first edition of Labels Connected, held on Feb. 28 at the MPS headquarters in Arnhem, the Netherlands, 60 invitees learned more about the benefits of systems connectivity in the label industry and how to implement this in their business. The event, organized by MPS, Esko and CERM and supporting partners AVT […]
FIRST in Motion: Final Results
Measuring Samples from the Forum 2018 Print Project at Different Locations This is the last in a series of articles chronicling the wide web, flexible packaging pouch job at the center of the Forum 2018 FIRST in Motion session. Other articles in the series include: FIRST in Motion: Objectives by FTA Hall of Fame Member […]
Bringing the Year Together: FTA, Flexography & the Industry Continued to Grow in 2018
The phrase “Bringing It All Together” may have only applied to the four days of Forum 2018—after all, that was its official theme. But the idea extended both before and after the early May event, with flexographers seeing it play out during the entire year. From Forum and INFOFLEX in May, to Labelexpo Americas in […]
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