Anilox Rolls for Coatings
When print designers of the past thought of adding value to the printing for a product, they thought about plate screens, color combinations and fineness of print. For many years, added value also meant hot-foil stamping, cold foil, couponing or some other downstream enhancement. Today, 4-color process—and to a large degree 7-color process—have become well-established, […]
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 […]
Kodak Flexcel Solutions Technical Team Earns FIRST Implementation Specialist Certification
ROCHESTER, NY—During 2018, Miraclon’s entire Flexographic US&C Technical Applications Group (TAG), as well as three members of the Global Product Support (GPS) team, achieved the Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) Implementation Specialist Certification. The team at Miraclon, the new company formed by the recent sale of Kodak’s flexographic business, are putting their new […]
FQC/SWG Updates: Looking Toward Forum 2019 & Spring
In our last FQC update, we communicated the importance of the Standards Working Group (SWG) and its impact on developing standards that may affect our industry. We reached out to you, the membership, to take an active role in the discussions. There are several items under current discussion that will shape how we work in […]
FTA Member Yellowstone Plastics Identifies as Preferred Flexible Packaging Partner
Pursuing the dream: “Print anything we want, on any machine, with no inabilities to comply with what the customer asks for.” That’s the team-wide passion at Yellowstone Plastics in Idaho Falls, ID, says Lou Figueria, print production manager. It’s been committed to the cause for going on 20 years, even longer if you dig into […]
Suppliers Applaud Flexographic Printer/Converter Promise & Potential for 2019
Priorities, advantages, impact—suppliers are pressing flexographic printers and converters to focus on this trio of overarching concerns in 2019. They claim doing so will help advance the industry, facilitate moving out on 10 commonly cited strategic directions, enhance flexography’s competitive posture and maintain its position as packaging’s print process of choice. Included in that top […]
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 […]
Flexographic Printers & Performance: Identifying & Delivering Value Will Prove Critical in 2019
“First-time right!” FTA printer members continue to live by that mantra, based on response to FLEXO Magazine’s recent call for a quick take on 2019 business prospects. Comment addresses: likely strategic moves, top priorities, utilization of technology as an advantage and overall perception of the impact of standards and process controls on performance. Printer Opinion […]
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 […]
“FIRST in Motion”: Characterization
The Details Behind the Profiling Portion of the Forum 2018 Print Project This is the fifth installment 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 […]
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