Bellissima DMS delivers superior dots and increases flexography’s print quality to gravure levels while improving its short-run capability to challenge digital. If you have ever picked up your smartphone only to discover its battery is dead, then you are well aware of the power of software. Even the $999 iPhone X is reduced to a … Continued
ST. LOUIS, MO—Mark Andy announced a suite of enhancements to its Digital Series platform. The production-class digital solution has been reimagined to bring greater levels of productivity and profitability to the modern converter. Building off the platform’s successes, the latest true hybrid offering will take on the name Digital Series HD and combines flexibility of … Continued
GHENT, Belgium—Esko announced its XPS Crystal flexo plate Exposure Unit has received the prestigious 2018 EFIA Gold Award for Technical Innovation. The EFIA Awards were held at The Vox Centre in Birmingham, UK on Wednesday, March 14. The Gold Award was presented to Robert Bruce of Esko by Paula Birch, sales director at Parkside Flexibles. Esko … Continued
Forum 2017 definitively answered a question on every flexographer’s mind: “What’s trending now?” Its four-day agenda focused on what’s en vogue in flexo and, by extension, enlightened attendees as to how they can shore up their present-day processes for the future. It was fitting, because for flexography at large, 2017 as a whole was a … 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
The quality found in flexographic printing today rivals both offset and gravure. There are many reasons for this, but one is that flexographic printers are now optimizing their processes more effectively with flat top dot plate solutions. Just like printing with traditional digital plates when optimizing one’s print process, the printing plate and the effects … Continued
Editor’s Note: Given their nature, FLEXO Magazine’s non-commercialism policy was relaxed for all Technical Innovation Award-winning articles. The articles utilize and expand upon information submitted and considered in their receipt of the award. As converter demands continue to evolve, Mark Andy is proud to be 70 years strong helping converters in the label and packaging … Continued
Editor’s Note: Given their nature, FLEXO Magazine’s non-commercialism policy was relaxed for all Technical Innovation Award-winning articles. The articles utilize and expand upon information submitted and considered in their receipt of the award. After receiving a 2017 FTA Technical Innovation Award for our UV LED Low Migration EkoCure ANCORA Ink technology, Flint Group has noticed … Continued
Editor’s Note: Given their nature, FLEXO Magazine’s non-commercialism policy was relaxed for all Technical Innovation Award-winning articles. The articles utilize and expand upon information submitted and considered in their receipt of the award. There is no denying that flexo plate imaging has seen extensive advancements over the past decade. Companies have introduced higher resolutions as … Continued
GHENT, Belgium—Esko, a global leader in integrated hardware and software solutions for packaging brand management, design and prepress has installed the first XPS Crystal 5080 exposure units at Reprographic Systems in Ireland. The company has also invested in two of the latest Kongsberg digital finishing cutting tables plus Esko WebCenter software. Esko’s new Crystal technology recently won … Continued
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