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OEC Graphics Introduces Seamex E3 Elastomer Sleeves

OEC Graphics, a Wisconsin-based prepress and graphics provider, announces the launch of Seamex E3, a new ITR (in-the-round) elastomer sleeve that will complement their original Seamex photopolymer sleeve product. With the purchase of a new Cosmos Flexo 2300 from German manufacturer AKK, OEC is now producing elastomer sleeves within its Oshkosh, WI headquarters.

Miraclon Appoints Brad Vette as Strategic Account Manager for North America

ROCHESTER, NY—Miraclon is pleased to announce the appointment of Brad Vette as the business’ new strategic accounts manager for the United States and Canada. In his position, Vette will support the wider regional sales team with building and nurturing relationships with key clients, while also helping to identify new business opportunities and untapped areas of […]

Plate and Sleeve Life: Factors Influencing Longevity and How to Extend Duration

The industry is always looking for ways to predict how long photopolymer flat plates and ITR (in-the-round) photopolymer sleeves will last in a press. How many times can plates and ITR polymer sleeves be reused? From experience, there is no standard to the predictability of plate life or the reuse of plates or sleeves. Twenty […]

CRON-ECRM Launching Global Flexo Business Unit

NORTH ANDOVER, MA—In September 2014, CRON Machinery & Electronics Co Ltd, global CTP manufacturer, decided to enter the North American graphic communications market, forming CRON-ECRM to serve that space. The company now has formed a new business unit designed to serve the global flexo industry, the CRON-ECRM Flexo Business Unit (FBU). The new unit will […]

The Continuing Evolution of Automated Plate Processing

From Henry Ford in 1908 to Elon Musk in 2017, automobile visionaries have embraced automation. Carts and brute force have made way for robots and intuitive software. Automation has been ever-present in many other industries as well, and solvent flexographic plate making, with automated plate processing, is no exception. Automation gives us the ability to […]