PADOVA, Italy—Eston Chimica, a leading supplier of inks and coatings to package printers in Italy and Southern Europe, announced a change in its company name and logo. Effective Feb. 1, the new company name is Eston Chimica, a Flint Group Company. In December 2017, Flint Group, a prominent global supplier of inks and coatings to … Continued
Keeping ahead of brand owners’ color demands is a constant challenge for flexo printers, and while printing technology has improved in many ways to help them do so, this has also enabled print buyers to raise the bar of their own expectations still higher. The simple fact is that not every print supplier is proving … Continued
Even in the best circumstances—new and gearless high speed presses, highly trained and attentive pressmen, atmospherically controlled environments, great ink suppliers, etc.—print issues still occur. And while there are plenty of possible causes, many of those issues could be related to ineffective viscosity measurement and control. Here are the 10 most common symptoms associated with … Continued
There is no question flexographic printing has come a long way. Flexography can hold density, maintain process stability and produce eye catching graphics with the best of them, and has evolved into a highly respected print category. As flexo technology has developed, there has been a concerted effort to print ever smaller highlight dots and … Continued
Chambered doctor blades are now standard on central impression (CI) presses and high definition (HD) corrugated post printers. Over time, HD flexo corrugated post printers have evolved from rubber fountain roll to 100 percent reverse angle chamber systems, as have CI presses for flexible packaging. The reason for this has been higher print quality. On … Continued
Most printers are aware LED inks offer low press maintenance, removal of heat and low energy consumption, but may not realize they can also provide significant improvements in cure speed. A common misconception regarding LED inks is that they can be formulated by simply changing the photoinitiator package of a traditional UV ink. While it’s … Continued
Ink should never be a limiting factor for a flexographic press achieving speeds that surpass as much as 2,000 fpm. In fact, most printers want high-speed inks that will minimize downtime for print defects. They also want a stable print process over a prolonged run, where there are minimal defects through material fatigue to plates, … Continued
Editor’s Note: Bilge Nazli Altay took second place in the 2015 FFTA Rossini North America Flexographic Research Scholarship, and her research is ongoing. As such, the information contained in this article should be considered her preliminary results. Smart inks are essentially inks with a purpose completely beyond mere coloring. These inks contain conductive pigments and … Continued
Tom DeBartolo & Jim Felsberg When done correctly, color management is like a non blemished apple. Nobody wants to buy an apple that is bruised and dented. The same can be said when a brand’s colors do not translate properly on its packaging. Approximately 60 percent of shoppers make purchasing decisions based on color, and … Continued
WYANDOTTE, MI—BASF has introduced Joncryl 2136-A, a low foaming, low gassing emulsion for brilliant metallic inks that are viscosity stable and resist hard settling. Joncryl2136-A enables the formulation of stable bronze and aluminum water-based printing inks with excellent printability and good resolubility. The film forming attributes of the polymer contributes adhesion and mar resistance properties … Continued
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