Printing

Extreme Makeovers

Published: July 01, 2004

After driving through the splash and pop literally of the Midwest's largest vacation destination, the Wisconsin Dells, you'll soon arrive in Adams population:

The Latitudes of LEAN

Published: June 30, 2004

Value-stream mapping is among the many lean-oriented actions your operation can take. But how do you navigate the swelling "lean" lexicon that's appearing on the converting industry horizon?

Keeping Score

Published: June 30, 2004

Using incentives to motivate employees pays off for Consolidated Label, named "Best Managed Company" by TLMI.

A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum

Published: June 01, 2004

Big D was the setting for the 2004 Annual Forum of the Flexographic Technical Assn (FTA). Appropriately titled Think Big, Think Flexo, the event's program,

Leading POP Producer Simpsongroup Installs First Scitex Vision CORjet in UK

Published: May 17, 2004

Scitex Vision reports its customer, Simpsongroup, a UK-based manufacturer of point-of-purchase (POP) and point-of-sale (POS) corrugated displays, is the first converter to install the OEM's CORjet, "the world's first industrial, digital inkjet press for corrugated applications."

Proofing System Lives Up to Expectations

Published: May 01, 2004

When printer/converter Group 360 Atlanta, a member of the St. Louis-based Group 360 Inc., decided to enter the world of digital proofing, operations manager

Top of the Line

Published: April 30, 2004

Premium products deserve premium packaging. NPA honors the year's best folding cartons and rigid boxes.

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

Published: April 30, 2004

One of the major advances in flexible packaging was the introduction of film laminated structures. Film lamination allowed different properties to be

Innovation on Board

Published: April 30, 2004

A consumer favorite gets a facelift thanks to innovative use of paperboard packaging.

Getting Better with Time

Published: April 30, 2004

It wasn't too long ago water-based inks were thought of more as a solution to protecting the environment than a choice for high quality printing. But

The Secret's Out!

Published: April 30, 2004

Fortune 500 companies took notice when LaFiesta Label added new capabilities with a multi-substrate press from Comco.

UV Flexo Press Competes with Gravure

Published: April 01, 2004

Casia s.r.o., Trutnov, Czech Republic, is making inroads into the gravure market so prevalent in that part of the world. What's making this happen is

PLGA Conference Draws a Crowd

Published: April 01, 2004

JACKSONVILLE, FL The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) held its Seventh Technical & Operational Conference February 18-20 at the Adam's Mark Hotel.

Film Wettability Not So Simple

Published: April 01, 2004

When it comes to the subject of everyone has some degree of experience. However, the wetting of a film by a printing ink is a complicated physical/chemical