May
“This year marks the Silver Anniversary of the FTA Technical Innovation Award. In the past 25 years, 37 products, made by 29 firms, received the accolade.”
“From inaccurate color to dirty print, overcoming challenges is something every flexographer knows how to do well.”
June
“Trust, which is built in years, can easily be destroyed in seconds.”
“Retrofitting conventional chambered systems with new low-pressure, no-leak inking systems could be a low-cost, profit-boosting alternative to a new press.”
July
“It’s the melding of expertise, time, resources and new systems that we all juggle to maintain our competitiveness.”
“Simply put, package printers must adopt newer tools that employ the use of science and technology to remove the color ‘guesswork’ for press operators to ensure a much more predictable, accurate and repeatable print manufacturing process.”
“With LED plate exposure technology, you can make a good printer great, but you can’t make a bad printer good.”
August
“If we fail to assess, adapt and solve, we will be left behind… We all must constantly challenge ourselves, our workflows and our technologies, because if we don’t, someone with more ambition and desire will.”
“Seeing a problem coming, preparing for it and striking just before it hits, is the epitome of proactive vs. reactive maintenance. It’s a game changer!”