BOBST and Industry Partners Open Doors to New Flexo Center of Excellence

MEX, Switzerland—BOBST hosted an open house at its new Flexo Center of Excellence at Bobst Bielefeld on Feb. 13, giving attendees the opportunity to experience the entire flexo process from start to finish. The Competence Center at Bobst Bielefeld has been extended to include a prepress room, meaning it is now a fully comprehensive Center … Continued

Bobst & Partners to Present End-to-End Flexo Process at Open House Feb. 13

BIELEFELD, Germany—To support central impression (CI) flexo printers to achieve increasingly demanding expectations, Bobst and leading industry suppliers will follow an innovative route for the open house event they are hosting in the Competence Center of Bobst Bielefeld, in Germany, on Feb. 13. The leading industry suppliers will include Daetwyler, Esko, Flint Group, Follmann, Glunz … Continued

OMET Americas Inc’s Innovation Days Exhibited Industry-Changing Technology

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL—OMET Americas Inc and a collection of FTA members that included Durst, Nazdar, Flexografix and 11 other partners participated in the company’s Innovation Days event on May 22 and 23 at its US-based Technology Center. A part of OMET’s Future of Flexo initiative, the two-day open house attracted nearly 100 attendees. “Our … Continued

OMET Open House Inaugurated New Demo Center

LECCO, Italy—More than 250 people took part in the OMET Hybrid Experience open house dedicated to the opportunities of hybrid printing technology in the label industry. Held Jan 24-25 at the new OMET DROME, the event was enriched by technical presentations, live demos and visits to the OMET production sites. A gala dinner at the … Continued

Comexi Hosts Successful Seminar in São Paulo, Brazil

GIRONA, Spain—Comexi, a global leader in the flexible packaging industry, held a seminar in São Paulo, Brazil, with almost 100 professionals from 32 companies participating. The event, held at the Holiday Inn Parque Anhembi Hotel in São Paulo, was led by Comexi and the Manel Xifra Boada Technology Center (CTec). Comexi sent its best technicians and … Continued

OMET’s Future of Flexo Initiative Donates $5,000 to ISU Phoenix Challenge Students

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL—OMET Americas and a consortium of flexographic printers and suppliers—Rossini, RotoMetrics, SPGprints and Vetaphone—recently made a donation of $5,000 to the Illinois State University Department of Technology. The donation is meant to increase the growth of the industry’s future workforce and technology, as well as support this group of students as they … Continued

OMET’s Future of Flexo Initiative Donates $5,000 to ISU Phoenix Challenge Students

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL—OMET Americas and a consortium of flexographic printers and suppliers—Rossini, RotoMetrics, SPGprints and Vetaphone—recently made a donation of $5,000 to the Illinois State University Department of Technology. The donation is meant to increase the growth of the industry’s future workforce and technology, as well as support this group of students as they … Continued

Print Sleeves Flash Poll

FTA Members Weigh In on Print Sleeves Costs, Important Features, Factors When Buying Quality, cost, productivity—Everybody is talking about how imperative careful attention to such details is to a flexographic printing plant. Technological advancements are being monitored by production teams, new equipment is being deployed and its impact on bottom line performance carefully evaluated. In flexible … Continued

Repurposing Flexographic Printing Plates

[Editor’s Note: Two of the 2014 FFTA Rossini Scholarship Competition winners, Amanda Cockroft and Katherine Dayton, conducted research in connection with their project, which aimed to find ways to recycle flexo printing plates.] The flexographic industry is continuing to experience growth and compete with other printing industries like gravure for high quality jobs. In addition, … Continued

Uteco, Business Partners, Welcome Hundreds to Open House & Tabletop Exhibition

KENNESAW, GA—Uteco North America and 14 partners held a two-day Open House at its Technical Service Center, Nov. 5-6, 2013. The event, themed Print Technology 2013, combined a tabletop networking exhibition with live demonstrations of the firm’s 10-color Onyx Diamond HP 108 central impression press. It drew standing-room only crowds, approximating 200 on Day One … Continued