Peter Kincaid Named VP of Sales, North America at HYBRID Software
HYBRID Software has announced the promotion of Peter Kincaid to the role of VP of sales, North America. His responsibilities will include a focus on the direct sales group and channel partners throughout the US and Canada.
FQC/SWG Updates: Projects Moving Along Amid COVID-19 Restrictions
What a year 2020 has been so far! From travel restrictions to Virtual FORUM, we have adapted our approach to information gathering and sharing. FQC @ FORUM The FQC session at Virtual FORUM 2020—FQC: Exploring Technology & Defining Value in Packaging—was well received. Our two current projects, the Ink Temp Project and the White Ink […]
Color Cards Make Matching Easier
Brands need to know how well a package printer can match their colors on press. If they are going to invest in an important packaging project, they want to be assured that a printer—and the press—are up to the challenge. A brand’s colors may appear in a variety of designs, on a wide variety of […]
Brad Wills Appointed Senior Vice President & General Manager at MacDermid Graphics Solutions
ATLANTA, GA—MacDermid Graphics Solutions, a subsidiary of Element Solutions Inc, announced the appointment of Brad Wills as senior vice president and general manager. Based out of Atlanta, GA, Wills is responsible for the global graphics solutions business and charged with leading this world-class organization to continued success. Wills joins MacDermid after a 26-year career at […]
Marc Levine Joins GMG Americas as Director of Business Development
HINGHAM, MA—GMG, a leading developer of high-end color management solutions, announced that Marc Levine will be joining GMG Americas as director of business development, effective Feb. 17. In this role, Levine will be working as part of GMG Americas’ senior management team to expand adoption of GMG technology into dealers and end users, across all […]
Figuring Out the Fingerprint at Forum 2019
Printers looking to improve their repeatability and consistency did well to attend Forum 2019‘s “Gaining Control of Your Process: The Fingerprint,” chaired by Zachery Blackburn of Central Piedmont Community College. Flexo 101: Preparing for a Fingerprint Mark Mazur, FTA Hall of Fame member, discussed how a printer can prepare for a press fingerprint. “I hate […]
Esko Acquires BLUE Software
GHENT, Belgium—Esko, a global provider of software and hardware for packaging design, collaboration, automation, workflow and production, has announced its acquisition of BLUE Software LLC, a label and artwork management software company based in Chicago, IL, from Diversis Capital and Schawk. “We are relentlessly seeking to reduce time to market, cost and quality risk in […]
Schawk’s ColorDrive to Add Support for New ISO Print Standards
DES PLAINES, IL—Schawk, a part of the SGK Brand Solutions group of Matthews International Corporation, a leading global brand development, activation and deployment provider, announced that their ColorDrive print quality programs and tools will add support for new ISO standards 20654 (SCTV, Spot Color Tone Value) and 20616 (PQX, Print Quality Exchange) in 2018. Managing […]
A Light Story About Color
When I think of color, I think of light. Light illuminates color. It gives it a reason for being there. Without light, every tree, every body, every blade of grass, every grain of sand—every thing would be the same; it would be black. Content creation is the business—my business—of creating imagery, visual language, stories that […]
The 2017 FLEXO Magazine Cover Project
Oh, to be a fly on the wall at Ford Motor Company in the mid-to-late 1950s. It was there and then that one of the greatest—if not the greatest—consumer product disasters in history was being birthed. It had a name: the Edsel, chosen to honor company founder Henry Ford’s son, Edsel Ford. It had a […]
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