Fall Conference 2017 Will Lead Attendees Through “The Gateway to Technology”
If you’ve ever set out to buy a TV, you’ve no doubt come face-to-face with a smorgasbord of acronyms and letter/number combinations, insincere sales pitches and the cognitive dissonance that comes a year later when a new model replaces yours. The amount of new stuff being thrust into the marketplace—in flexography as much as television […]
Steve Smiley, a Standard Bearer, Joins FTA Hall of Fame
For Bringing Repeatability & Consistency to All, Steve Smiley Joins the FTA Hall of Fame Steve Smiley grabs the microphone: “It’s really simple! And if you use ISO 10128, you can calculate what you need to do from your press to your customer’s expectations—it’s real simple! You can use TVI, you can use Near Neutral […]
FQC/SWG Updates: Winding Down 2016 & Preparing for 2017
Greetings from the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) Executive Committee! We have got a full plate of projects underway and they are gaining momentum as we head through the holidays. They include the CxF Characterization Comparison, the Flexographic Plate and Stickyback Optimization Project, the Environmental Impact on Flexo Printing – Temperature Effects of NW Waterbase and […]
Nilpeter Training Staff Earn FIRST Certification
CINCINNATI, OH—The training staff at Nilpeter’s Technology Center in Cincinnati, OH have earned its FTA FIRST Operator Certifications by completing all three levels of the FIRST Certification training and passing rigorous and comprehensive examinations, designed specifically to test knowledge and advanced competencies in specific areas of expertise. FIRST Certification enables Nilpeter’s Technology Center team to bring increased […]
Following FIRST: Applying Methodology to Plate Making
Andy Kannurpatti & Brad Taylor Ask any plate maker for their top three issues in the plateroom and you will get the following, in their order of preference: fulfill the day’s production needs, eliminate rework and quality issues, and enable the pressroom to deliver consistent print results. At a high level, these make sense, as […]
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