DUSSELDORF, Germany—FTA Europe announced that five companies have already committed to sponsoring the 2020 Diamond Awards for flexographic printers. With just under a year to go until the 2020 edition, I&C—GAMA International, CAMIS, Kodak, Vetaphone and Windmöller & Hölscher have committed to sponsoring the next edition of the FTA Europe Diamond Awards. Having generously sponsored … Continued
Three jobs, three consecutive days; same press, same crew, same ink, same substrate, same plate mounting tape—fair, consistent and equal conditions had to be maintained in readying each job for public peer review at FTA’s Forum 2019. A daunting task? Perhaps for some. Interflex Group in Merrill, WI, presented with the potential assignment, answered affirmatively … Continued
ROCHESTER, NY—Miraclon, the new independent home of Kodak FLEXCEL Solutions, is only a few weeks old, but the company is moving quickly with its strategy for continuing to drive innovation in the flexo package printing sector. Customers, industry influencers, channel partners and Miraclon team members from around the world are meeting at a series of … Continued
Forum 2019‘s “FQC: Research Is the Key to a Successful Flexo Future,” co-chaired by Jason Cagle, MacDermid Graphics Solutions and Jean Engelke, FFTA Board chair-elect, spotlighted research projects completed by a handful of students, as well as a Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) project report and, for the first time, featured the Phoenix Challenge College Competition … Continued
In 2017, Comexi began a long-term project the company will continue to develop and improve in the upcoming years. The first part of this project was a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of its F2 MC flexographic press, which examined the environmental, social and economic impacts of the machine in order to make across-the-board improvements, as … Continued
The coach of “Team Flexo” Has Forever Enabled Others to Succeed & Brought Out the Best in His Players The bronzed bust of John Madden joined the sculpted facades of fellow NFL coaching greats Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, George Allen and 20 others enshrined in Canton, OH when he was inducted into the Pro Football … Continued
What does flexographic printing look like in five years? Or 10, or 20 or more? Looking to the process’ future and spotlighting some of the technologies that show how flexo can be applied in new and exciting ways, were the focuses of Forum 2019‘s “Flexo Boldly Goes Where No Process Has Gone Before,” co-chaired by … Continued
“I do believe, deep in my heart, that there is nothing flexo can’t do!” exclaimed Steve Smiley of SmileyColor & Associates LLC, the chair of Forum 2019‘s second session, titled Best Print Technology on the Planet. A Look Back at Forum 2012 Steve opened with a look back at Forum 2012 and Project FOG, where … Continued
ROCHESTER, NY—During 2018, Miraclon’s entire Flexographic US&C Technical Applications Group (TAG), as well as three members of the Global Product Support (GPS) team, achieved the Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances (FIRST) Implementation Specialist Certification. The team at Miraclon, the new company formed by the recent sale of Kodak’s flexographic business, are putting their new … Continued
ROCHESTER, NY—Formed by the sale of Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division to Montagu, Miraclon is a new independent company where Kodak FLEXCEL Solutions are brought to life for the package printing segment. A private equity firm, Miraclon is a global company with more than 300 employees, an innovative R&D team, manufacturing operations in the US and … Continued
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