The path to plate productivity
26 October 2016
Esko CD Crystal 5080 XPS Flexo plate making is still mostly a process with many manual steps, but automation is arriving at every stage,…
Key articles
The heavy weights: mid wide web presses
25 October 2016
The Miraflex C The wider end of the flexo press spectrum has been upping its game recently. New presses have focused on making the…
In other news: ancillary products for the flexo printer
20 September 2016
The ROTOmaX-e 20 for sustainable solvent recovery from D.W. Renzmann There are many cogs in the wheel which turns at a flexographic printing facility.…
Mounting in motion
20 September 2016
Downtimes are the bugbear of every flexo printer across the globe and change over times play a huge part in determining how long the press…
Blades of Glory
19 September 2016
Antony Whiteside from Absolute Engineering with a shipment of the company’s 2G chambers for Dutch customer Fardem Packaging BV Doctor blades were used in other…
Unlocking the Power of Precision
24 August 2016
RotoMetrics’ AccuStrike Anvil allows the operator to adjust bearers independently or together for unparalleled control over die strike on various liner thicknesses With brand owners and…
Tools of the colour trade
23 August 2016
GMG has updated its OpenColor software, which can now create separation profiles that can be used in other programmes This drupa saw a number of…
The UV advantage: inks in focus
23 August 2016
High lustre UV silver ink from Siegwerk The introduction in the 1980s of UV cured inks for narrow web flexo not only took print quality…
Getting solidly on board
22 August 2016
The Sherwood Press Smart Centre with the Fujifilm Acuity Advance Select HD4006 Carton manufacturers are intent upon ensuring that there is sufficient common ground on…
Flexo touches the future
25 July 2016
The Kodak store showed products printed using Kodak technology As a technology flexo may well be outnumbered by the technologies serving the commercial market, but…
Fujifilm forms Flenex FW partnership with MPH
25 July 2016
James Whitehead (left) packaging solutions manager, Fujifilm UK with Brian Cawdron, director, MPH During drupa 2016, Fujifilm signed a partnership deal with Essex-based pre-press experts,…
Staying flexible in the label market
25 July 2016
The Proflex SE enables easy loading of ink cartridges and print cylinders Despite most label press manufacturers saving product launches for Labelexpo Americas in the…
Clean as a whistle
27 June 2016
Meech’s Hyperion 929IPS anti-static bars are being used by Werosys The idea that web cleaning is a luxury, or something that is only required for…
Preaching to the converting
24 June 2016
Atlas Converting Equipment demonstrated the Titan SR800 series at drupa Attention is turning to the slitting and rewinding capabilities of a flexo printer as run…
The wild card of flexible packaging
24 June 2016
Managing director Shahid Sheikh and the Clifton Packaging team celebrate winning the Company of the Year award at the Leicester Mercury Business Awards 2016 Set to…