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ROANOKE, VA | SoftSolutions offers its Flex-RPM Real-time Production Management system, which provides intelligent shop floor information from any web browser.
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PLYMOUTH, MI | Flint Group Flexographic Products now offers its FlexoToolbox App for iPhone and Android devices. The app is an interactive collection of tools incorporating many different functions for simplifying flexo prepress, platemaking, and process control.
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 Join industry leaders Nordmeccanica, Dow and Enercon for an insightful webinar on the best practices for successful solventless laminating. Get insight on how variables such as machine design, adhesive mixing and surface treatment all play a part in your lamination success. Get full details.
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FEATURED STORY
 If you can't measure it, you can't control it is a basic manufacturing axiom. But when it comes to print appearance, only the density of primary colors over a range of screen levels is tracked numerically, although registration is mostly by closed loop control. Skin tone, mottle, resolution, and shade rendition typically are evaluated subjectively. Printing expert Dene Taylor reports on a print quality measurement service that provides a scorecard with ratings for 11 separate parameters.
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Improve your profits with Martin Automatic. Run your press faster, create less waste, reduce your costs and be more competitive. Continuous running improves quality, ink lay-down and consistency. Customers tell us their Martin equipment has increased throughput by 30-40% which directly improved their bottom line. From web-handling to roll change automation, Martin Automatic helps you hit your target. So why are you waiting? Give Martin Automatic a call or visit www.martinautomatic today.
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 LINTHICUM, MD | Curwood Inc., a Bemis Company, earns a Gold Award for Packaging Excellence from the Flexible Packaging Assn. for its Bonfire Wines standup pouches, which was said to hit all the hot buttons for next-generation wine drinkers. The 1.5-liter pouch combines sleek lines, fashion-driven graphics, a sharable size, easy portability, convenient opening, and one-touch dispensing.
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 Polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian reports on an open house at Sung An Machinery North America, which is positioning itself as an alternate supplier of extrusion coating, cast film, and laminating equipment. Key partners such as Enercon Industries, Nordson EDI, and ThermoFisher Scientific made presentations on their aspects of the pilot plant extrusion coating line.
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 Simco-Ion is the world's largest manufacturer of static control products and has been providing solutions to electrostatic issues since 1936. Continued years of research, engineering, and field experience enable Simco-Ion to put forth a comprehensive static control product line. Learn More Here.
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 Learn more about the digital solution for cost-efficient, high-quality, short-run label printing and how one company transitioned from flexographic to digital printing. See why "the future is inkjet, the future is digital" for printing beautiful labels.
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BALTIMORE, MD | The Flexographic Technical Assn. presented its 2014 Excellence in Flexography Awards during a gala event as part of the Annual Forum and INFO*FLEX exhibition held April 27-30 at the Hilton Baltimore. FTA handed out 28 gold medals, 34 silver medals, 38 bronze medals, and 6 best of show honors.
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Introducing our extensive PFFC Video Guide (view videos by category and share with your colleagues). We can add your videos at any time. To post your company video, contact Tim Janes at tjanes@pffc-online.com or call (303) 674--0577. Check out our new Video Guide here. We are constantly adding new videos and new categories, so check back often! Also, your company can be an Exclusive Sponsor of any specific video category! As an exclusive sponsor, you would own all Four Ad Positions on the page.
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W&H Opens Subsidiary in China
LENGERICH, GERMANY | Windmoeller & Hoelscher has set up its own subsidiary in China, approximately 30 miles from the center of Shanghai. The subsidiary will take care of new machinery sales as well as spare and replacement parts for the product line of machinery and equipment for flexible packaging applications.
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MADISON, NJ | According to the 2014 Manufacturing Training Trends Survey, released by Seminars for Engineers, lack of training is the biggest obstacle to manufacturing quality success. Lack of training was cited by 27% of respondents, 20% cited outmoded equipment, 16% cited poor quality control, and 14% cited company morale.
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Talk To Me
 PFFC's VP of sales, Tim Janes, got home from INFO*FLEX to find Boomer (top), his Boxer, hanging out with two new friends, Annie and Billy. Ever wonder what your dog is up to while you're away? Share your stories and pictures. Write to me at chine@pffc-online.com. - Claudia
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Featured Event
May 13-15 | PLACE Conference, TAPPI-Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings, Extrusions Div., Sawgrass Marriott, Ponte Vedra (Jacksonville), FL; 800-332-8686; www.tappi.org
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