FQC/SWG Updates: Upcoming at Forum & Ongoing Around the World

Sessions are scheduled. Hotels are booked. Bags are packed. It’s time for Forum! This year’s iteration is ready to go, with the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) participating in two events: The first is the very popular preconference session. Dr. Sam Ingram, Jean Jackson and Steve Smiley are putting together a hands on program that is … Continued

FQC/SWG Updates: The Groups Wrap Up 2015 & Look Toward Next Year

This quarter, the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC) Executive Committee worked toward the initiation of new projects. During the FQC Pre Conference Session at Forum 2015 we brainstormed with attendees on topics of interest. After initial shyness, Jean Jackson and Dr. Sam Ingram got the crowd on board and we received a great response! The Executive … Continued

FQC/SWG Updates: A Look at Summer 2015 and What’s Next

The summer of 2015 has not been very active for the Standards Working Group (SWG) and the July meeting was canceled as it overlapped with the Forum 2015 planning meeting. The ISO TC 130 held its spring meeting in mid-May in Bologna, Italy.  Working Group 1 – Terminology Continues to work on and further expand the … Continued

Expanded Color Gamut Primaries: The FQC EG Project

Traditional flexography has been applied mainly to packaging printing. In this application, the printing process incorporates both standard 4-color process color printing for images and special spot color printing for brand identities, logos and graphics. With the advent and wide spread use of digital color management, it has become possible to extend process printing beyond … Continued

His Passion Is Packaging: Al Bowers Is 50th Inductee into FTA Hall of Fame

From files and formats to plate making and prepress, no one understands package production better than the 50th inductee into the FTA Hall of Fame. He’s been practicing his craft for decades. First attracted to a print shop in high school, he evolved into a soldier-printer. After three years of active duty, he enrolled in … Continued