Plastic Packaging Technologies’ Journey to Improve Safety, Quality & Customer Satisfaction
The Columbus, OH facility of Plastic Packaging Technologies LLC has come a long way since it was founded in 1968 as Cello-Poly Corp. At the time, the focus was on cookie wrappers and paint brush packaging. It was all rubber plates and only a 4- to 6-color printing capability. Plastic Packaging Technologies purchased Cello-Poly Corp […]
Forum 2018: “FIRST in Motion” Looks at a Wide Web Job, Start to Finish
Demonstrating Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) in use on a real-world packaging job has been the guiding idea behind some of FTA’s most memorable individual presentations and even entire conferences. “I’ve been involved in a lot of these projects,” explained Mark Mazur, an FTA Hall of Fame member, “but they’ve always been on […]
Forum 2018: “FIRST in Motion” Looks at a Wide Web Job, Start to Finish
Demonstrating Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) in use on a real-world packaging job has been the guiding idea behind some of FTA’s most memorable individual presentations and even entire conferences. “I’ve been involved in a lot of these projects,” explained Mark Mazur, an FTA Hall of Fame member, “but they’ve always been on […]
FTA at 60: A Handful of Flexographers Look at the Association’s Past, Present & Future
On Nov. 13, 1958, the articles of incorporation were signed for a little thing called Flexographic Technical Association. Word had gotten out in the preceding months, and by September, outlets covering the nascent industry began reporting on the impending announcement. “Organization of the new Flexographic Technical Association now is being carried out…” read a news […]
The Year in Review: What 2017 Meant to FTA, FLEXO Magazine & the Flexographic Industry
Forum 2017 definitively answered a question on every flexographer’s mind: “What’s trending now?” Its four-day agenda focused on what’s en vogue in flexo and, by extension, enlightened attendees as to how they can shore up their present-day processes for the future. It was fitting, because for flexography at large, 2017 as a whole was a […]
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