Printing

Printer Helps Customers Manage Printing Needs

Published: January 01, 2001

Wallace Computer Services prints business forms, labels, and promotional materials for its customers and offers them a way to save money through print management.

Roll Cleaning Systems: Taking Advantage of Technology

Published: November 01, 2000

Is your operation's roll cleaning system like the "dishwasher" my family used to have when I was a kid? When asked if we had one, my mother would reply

Technology Puts Converter "In-Line" for More Success

Published: October 01, 2000

Phoenix Packaging, which made its name with in-line technology for producing popcorn bags, is taking its innovative ways into other areas.

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

Published: October 01, 2000

Today's consumers pay as much attention to the package as they do to what's in it. So brand managers and print buyers demand higher quality graphics,

Canadian Banknote Installs Brookfield Viscometers

Published: September 01, 2000

MISSISSAUGA, ONT., CANADACanadian Bank Note Intl. (CBN), a 50-employee printing operation specializing in lottery and gaming tickets for governments,

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

Published: September 01, 2000

What do flexography and lemonade have in common? Let's see. From humble beginnings 100 years ago as aniline printing, flexo is now the fastest-growing

How to Make Anilox Roll Improvements Work for You

Published: September 01, 2000

There are some exciting new developments in anilox roll technology, but they won't bring the results you want until you fine-tune your print process by

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

Published: September 01, 2000

The performance of water-based inks in flexographic printing is, to a large degree, based on additives that are incorporated into the ink to optimize

Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Pride

Published: August 31, 2000

Striving to be not the biggest but the best, award-winning Premiere Labels values its customers and its suppliers, including press manufacturer Mark Andy.

Converter Preps for Digitally Printed Packages

Published: August 01, 2000

Darwin, with his adaptation theory of natural selection, has nothing on Stora Enso's research center in Imatra, Finland. The packaging board manufacturer

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

Published: August 01, 2000

Printing on corrugated board is like printing on air," says Fernando Jorge da Silva, production manager at AssiDoman Packaging Benelux B.V. in Eindhoven,

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

Published: July 01, 2000

Sinel Systems S.A. is located about 30 miles from Barcelona's famous "La Rambla." The firm is Spain's leading manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

Published: July 01, 2000

"Cellophane brought about the first transparent...packaging concepts." So said Dr. Richard Podhajny, one of PFFC's contributing editors, in his feature,

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

Published: June 01, 2000

In 1455 Johann Gutenberg printed the Bible with movable metal type and, in doing so, changed the world. His invention was ranked by The History Channel