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The Amcor Story Continues

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March 31, 2001, ...  The plant has five rotogravure presses: one 12-color Cerutti and four Rotomecs with capabilities of 11, 10, 8, and 7 colors. The in-line Cerutti was installed in mid-2000 and is a fully state-of-the-art ...

Tension Control

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March 31, 2001, ... in Richmond, VA, is said to be the largest rotogravure facility under one roof in the US. Boasting an annual capacity in the hundreds of millions, this converter has 460 full-time employees and runs three ...

New Printing Equipment: Who? How? What? When?

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March 31, 2001, We asked converters about their plans for purchasing printing equipment. Here are the results. We asked converters about their plans for purchasing printing equipment. Here are the results. Purchasing ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... rotogravure presses are in operation: a Cerutti 100-cm-wide, eight-color press with in-line laminating capability; a Cerutti 120-cm-wide, nine-color press that can perform coating with cold seal capacity; ...

Doctor Blades: Making the Most of Mission Critical

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February 28, 2001, ... NY. “On either a [flexo or gravure press], typically they are located right in the printhead and make physical contact with the engraved cylinder in rotogravure and the anilox roll in flexo printing.” ...

Reporter Clips

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February 28, 2001, ... Java has chosen Seal-It Inc., to print shrink labels for its new line of coffee drinks. The labels, featuring jazzy and kaleidoscopic designs, are printed on co.'s ten-color rotogravure press. Seal-It ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... 1900 rotogravure press provides an extension of co.'s Supra 1600 technology. It incorporates direct print technology, a sleeve-based system, and an interchangeable flexo and screen capability. Reported ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

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January 31, 2001, ... much slower. Step 2: Doctoring the ink: Like rotogravure and flexo, this process involves doctoring the excess ink by use of a metal doctor blade. Step 3: Transferring the ink from the engraved plate ...

In-Mold Labeling Makes Strides Worldwide

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December 31, 2000, ... for the medium- to large-volume market is on a rotogravure press." Double coating technology, logistics systems, metallic inks, prepress solutions, and a reel-to-sheet cutter help converters gain a ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 30, 2000, ... 704/845-1540; arcdoyle.com Rotogravure press features automatic trolley printing system and sturdy bed plates to ensure a vibration-free press that can handle delicate material, mfr. says. Can reportedly ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... as it can switch unused elements off on command. Improved Doctor Blades Offer Benefits Flxon Inc., Charlotte, NC; 800/756-6474 Microflex II doctor blades for flexo and rotogravure printers offer new ...

International Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ...  Chinese Engraver Buys Gravure Proofing Presses CHESHIRE, ENGLAND—Yuncheng Plate Making Group, the largest Chinese cylinder engraving company, has purchased 12 open-fronted rotogravure proofing presses ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ... of a small flexographic press. This was followed rapidly with a switch to rotogravure. Presently, Enplater has four rotogravure presses. Two are from Cerutti (eight and nine colors, both 1,200 m), and ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ... rotogravure, offset gravure, wirewound bar, nip-fed reverse knife/roll Coating techniques: Meyer rod, two-sided Annual sales: Less than $20 million No. of lab employees: 7 B.F. Perkins 701 Jefferson ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... in.), paper, paperboard, nonwoven Coating processes: Extrusion, offset gravure, roll coating, rotogravure, saturators, knife, reverse roll, slot die Coating techniques: Doctor blade, meyer rod No. of ...

Reporter Clips

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September 30, 2000, ... is reverse-printed in rotogravure in six to eight colors. The ability of the label to shrink to the contours of the can allows the cap to be sealed to the can before it is sold to the consumer. Included ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

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August 31, 2000, ... of all package printing. While it is expected that flexo will continue to grow, limitations in consistency and predictability are delaying further penetration into conventional sectors, such as rotogravure ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

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August 31, 2000, ... is recorded on an optical plate so the rotogravure cylinder can be prepared. (Printing is about 60% rotogravure and 40% flexographic.) Anton says that this process enables 100% consistency between the ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... for inspecting and measuring engraved cells on rotogravure cylinders and anilox rolls. Allows production operators to control quality accurately and easily, says mfr. Equipped with Rollscope and CCD color ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... has been around for 40 years, it had never printed prior to last year, so it definitely hit the ground running on the printing front line. And with the installation of its new Toshiba eight-color rotogravure ...