Plate to Print: How Plate Defects Create Complex Issues

Achieving good print is not always as easy as 1-2-3. There are thousands of variables in the flexographic print process that must work in harmony to create good print. A very good print can turn into a terrible one in a matter of seconds if one variable isn’t optimal. But identifying a single variable can … Continued

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 … Continued

Previewing Recent FFTA Rossini Scholarship Recipients’ Research & Project Reports

The 2020 recipients of the FFTA Rossini North America Flexographic Research Scholarship were announced at Virtual FORUM 2020. Cat Bromels of Clemson University is this year’s first-place recipient, and Alice Ish of California Polytechnic State University is the second-place recipient. The Research Bromels’ research is titled “Can the Differential Distortion of Postprint Corrugated Be Calculated?” … Continued

Remembering Print Industry Veteran Larry Evans

Print industry veteran Larry Evans passed away on April 17 at age 64. Born and raised in Charlotte, NC, Evans graduated from Olympic High School in 1973. He then attended Rochester Institute of Technology and graduated in 1976. Following in his father’s footsteps to become a printer by trade, his career highlights including working at … Continued