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WHAT'S NEW
Energy Sciences Announces EB Flexo Ink
WILMINGTON, MA | Energy Sciences Inc. is offering GelFlex-EB ink, said to deliver year-over-year cost reductions from ink savings, waste savings, and productivity gains. Inks are also said to maintain graphics quality from better image quality and smaller dots, all while decreasing emissions 90%.
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MARLTON, NJ | Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) announces the availability of a new high-speed cartoner for the manufacturing of Zipbox, which combines the stability of a carton with the convenience of a resealable flexible package. The process for test marketing products utilizing Zipbox packaging has now been streamlined and simplified.
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APPLETON, WI | Inometa Flexo Systems announces the "Patriot" flexo plate mounting sleeve, said to offer increased accuracy and productivity. The sleeve, named for its red, white, and blue layers, features a core comprised of a specialized glass material with clamping characteristics that reportedly do not change throughout the core's entire service life.
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 In this webinar you will learn techniques used by the pros to prepare their corona treaters for the increased challenges presented when temperatures and humidity rise. More
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Winding is hard work--hard on your brain, says PFFC's web handling expert, Tim Walker. In your education of web handling, nearly all learned out of the university, your Bachelor's Degree is when you understand web tensioning, roller design, and guiding. Wrinkling and spreading get you your Master's Degree program in web handling. Working with winding, winders, and roll quality is your Ph.D. in web handling. Are you ready for your winding Ph.D.?
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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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 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND | Amcor Flexibles is the recipient of two awards in the Alufoil Trophy 2014 organized by the European Aluminium Foil Assn. EMEND Tri-pack Formpack with peelable lidding won in the Consumer Convenience category, and the Belmoca coffee capsules, which won in the Marketing & Design category, use Amcor Flexibles material to create eye-catching packaging for premium coffee.
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 The SurePress L-4033A digital label press employs a six-color (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Orange and Green) ink set to produce a wide range of professional, repeatable colors. The L-4033AW adds a seventh ink--White--making it ideal for transparent and metallic-type labels. Both presses can be customized with a number of options. For even faster speeds, choose the SurePress L6034V or VW. Powered by the new Epson® PrecisionCore™ printhead, they offer print speeds up to 49' per minute. Learn more
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FEATURED BLOG
 Agglomeration is a dispersion issue that can cause headaches for coating operations, says PFFC's fluid coating expert Mark Miller. Fundamentally, an agglomerate is a collection of particles that stick together and create a larger particle that can get stuck in narrow gaps or cause coating defects. Why is this such an issue?
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PFFC CONFERENCES AT CPP EXPO
PFFC's Web Lines columnist, Tim Walker, is presenting "The Secret of Web Tension: Follow the Strain" on Sunday, September 28, as part of CPP Expo's Conference Program. The machine direction control of a web is usually described as tension or speed control, but what is important to your web, your registration, and your lay-flat is web strain. Learn about this secret side of web tensioning and how understanding material and equipment contributions to web strain is the first step to solving most web handling problems.
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Meech has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence in high quality electrical engineering and for the last 50 years has specialized in the development of electro-static control solutions. Our product range includes both static control and web cleaning equipment for the printing, flexo and converting industries. We specialize in electrical AC and Pulsed DC ionization systems, which includes a range of ionizing bars, blowers and nozzles. We also offer a full line of static generation systems with various pinning heads and power capabilities. Learn more here.
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 Traditionally, packaging was developed and used for purely functional purposes, including the transport, storage and protection of everyday goods. Now we live in a different world where packaging drives sales, communication, advertising, branding, and product security.
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CHICAGO, IL | After a strategic realignment, drupa 2016 will be re-launched with a substantially revised nomenclature and a new key visual. With the slogan "touch the future," the event--scheduled for May 31-June 10, 2016, at the fairgrounds in Dusseldorf, Germany--will focus on the industry's innovative strength and establish a platform for future technologies. In addition to functional printing, printed electronics, and 3D printing, the realignment will focus on digital, package, and label printing.
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Glenroy a Six-Time Winner for Flexo Printing
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI | Glenroy took home six awards for flexographic printing at the 2014 Graphics Excellence Awards of the Great Lakes Graphics Assn., an affiliate of Printing Industries of America.
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WILMINGTON, DE | DuPont Packaging Graphics reports it has installed its newest DuPont Cyrel DigiFlow 2000 EC flexographic exposure system at Color Ad Packaging Ltd., a supplier of flexible packaging. The new system allows Color Ad to convert lower volume gravure printing projects to flexography.
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Talk To Me
 Dene Taylor, author of PFFC's On Print column, presented at the RadTech UB EB Conference last week. Regarding chemical migration in packaging, he said the industry has gone to great lengths to prevent this, so much so that we are, in general, beyond the levels that FDA says impact food/safety. Instead, we are dealing with the perception that the food is adulterated. The importance of food safety must not be dismissed. Do you agree? Write to me at chine@pffc-online.com. - Claudia
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