Over the next four years, roughly half of U.S. businesses will lose 10 percent to 20 percent of their workforce due to retirement, according to a June 2016 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That same report also predicts that by 2022, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce will be 55 … Continued
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL—On Friday, Oct. 27, Omet Americas, Inc. opened the doors to its demonstration facility in Elk Grove Village to Department of Technology students from Illinois State University, for its first annual Printing Technology and Innovation Days. Claudio Semenza, sales director at Omet Americas, Inc. welcomed the students to what he called “a fantastic … Continued
ST. LOUIS, MO—Mark Andy Print Products, the supplies and consumables division of Mark Andy Inc., has been appointed the preferred distributor of Praxair Surface Technologies’ Proline and Novaline ceramic laser engraved anilox rolls for narrow web presses in North America. Supporting Mark Andy Print Products’ commitment to maximizing uptime and pressroom efficiency, this strategic partnership … Continued
In measuring anilox volume, questions inevitably arise about how repeatable and reliable instruments really are because of the sheer number of methods available. A Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) committee was formed to explore that question. Statistics contained in this report were analyzed and compiled by Professor Tim Claypole, MBE, of Swansea University. Kern Cox, lecturer, … Continued
UV ink spitting, nemesis for many a narrow web printer, has been an elusive quarry for quite some time. It is a rare but certainly troublesome aspect of printing flexo. The process of inking an anilox roll, shearing off excess ink via the use of a doctor blade and transferring a consistent ink film is … Continued
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