ST. LOUIS, MO—Mark Andy, Inc. has been appointed the exclusive distributor of DuPont Cyrel flexographic plate making systems in the United States. Mark Andy Print Products, the supplies and consumables division of Mark Andy, first entered into business with DuPont in early 2014, serving as a distributor for the Cyrel product line including plate material, processing … Continued
A cynical flexo printer once told me, “We use the flexographic printing process because we have to, not because we want to.” He went on to explain that with the substrates he printed on, the inks he was required to use, and the economic necessity to print roll to roll with variable repeat and inline … Continued
Assessments of Labelexpo Europe 2017 are in: “Traffic flow from start to finish was strong. Four days flew by in no time!” Labelexpo Europe 2017’s footprint grew 12 percent from the event two years ago, with 679 exhibitors filling nine halls of the Brussels Expo. The event shattered past records, counting 37,724 visitors, up 5.6 … Continued
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 … Continued
Four days… 30 hours… nine halls… 700 exhibitors… 375,000 sq. ft., covered by both machinery and materials… 35,000 attendees, all eager to establish a competitive edge. These are the defining marks of Labelexpo Europe 2017. The event, set for Sept. 25-28 at Belgium’s Brussels Expo, is forecast to break all records posted over the last … Continued
MISSISSAUGA, Canada—Rotoflex has confirmed another VLI sale to Label Technology, a North American printer that specializes in flexible packaging and pressure sensitive labels solutions. Purchased was a VLI 700 premier inspection, slitting and rewind system for tension-sensitive materials, integrated with an EyeC ProofRunner 760 system for advanced print quality verification. Also purchased by Label … Continued
HOD HASHARON, Israel—AVT (Advanced Vision Technology Ltd)—a leader in print automatic inspection, process control, quality assurance and color control for the packaging, label and commercial print markets—has been selected by industry leading printing press manufacturer Mark Andy to provide print quality and control for its high-end, innovation award winning Digital Series hybrid inkjet label press. The AVT … Continued
Simple, smart and adaptable—that’s what today’s printers and converters are looking for in a narrow web press, according to machinery experts servicing their needs. To no surprise, engineering and marketing teams from most original equipment manufacturers point to shorter runs, tighter delivery windows, expanded color options, multi-substrate and multiprocess capabilities, plus single-pass production, as driving … Continued
A long time ago in the north of Italy, Angelo Bartesaghi, a young designer with a passion for innovation, created a small workshop. He said innovation comes from having the ability to interpret customer requirements and develop them with future perspective—a skill that converts a need into an idea, and then translates that idea into … Continued
ST. LOUIS, MO—Pressure sensitive label and hang tag manufacturer Labels Unlimited recently installed a Mark Andy Digital One in a push to bring digital label production in-house. The company was first introduced to the Digital One solution at Labelexpo Americas 2016 in their hometown of Chicago, IL and signed a purchase agreement on the show floor. … Continued
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