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Printing

Developments in printing for flexible packaging, including flexo, gravure, digital and offset.

ARTICLES

Printing: Offset

Offset Printing Offers Considerable Advantages Over Rotogravure Printing

April 1, 2013
With the shrink sleeve market recording annual growth of between 6 and 8 percent, Hammer Packaging, located in Rochester, New York, invested in a brand-new VSOP web printing press with nine printing units and an additional flexo unit.
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Ensuring Exact Brand Colors with Color Management

Patrice Aurenty is the business leader for Color Management at Sun Chemical. He has offered Sun Chemical 17 years of experience.
April 1, 2013

Mainly, who is in charge of color management when printing flexible packaging?


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Flexo Press Changes Pressroom Operations

March 15, 2013
Introduced at Drupa 2012, the 20SIX has already sold more than 40 units worldwide.


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New Printing Opportunities for Flexible Packaging Converters

February 6, 2013
Over the last decade digital printing has moved from a niche market to a high growth segment embraced by a large number of print service providers (PSPs) that acknowledge the
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Labels & Labeling: Green Adhesives

January 15, 2013
For years, the industry has promoted water-based adhesive (acrylic, urethane, etc.) alternatives to solvent-based adhesives as the answer to environmental concerns related to volatile organic components (VOCs). Now the realization
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Flexo Plates: High-Definition Flexo for Cost-Effective Print Production

November 8, 2012
Fixed color palette printing for maximum flexibility and cost effectiveness.The industry is awash with talk of high-definition flexo – new solutions that are designed to improve image-highlight reproduction, increase printed
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Winning at the Point of Sale with Olfaction Packaging

October 1, 2012
Humans react to scents and smells because aromas are processed in the same part of the brain as memory and impulses are processed, the Limbic Cortex. For decades, brand owners
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Keeping Quality & Cost in Check: Digital Sample Bags for Retail Sell-In

October 1, 2012
Packaged in an OPP bag, this latex-free household glove is quickly becoming one of the most in demand.There are a few good reasons bags are so prevalent on the shelves
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Security Inks Help Prevent Counterfeiting for Pharmaceutical Company

August 6, 2012
Sun Chemical recommended an infrared coding solution called Verigard, a security system that adds a small quantity of taggants (or chemical markers) to inks, varnishes or coatings for use in
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Flexo Printer's Pouch Lamination and New Press

July 3, 2012
PolyCello’s SmartPack is unique in that the package can be recycled as a #2 or #4, instead of the traditional lamination of a #7 plastic.“To provide the highest quality flexible
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Multimedia

Videos

Image Galleries

2012 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards

The entries of the 2012 FPA Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition underscore the value of flexible packaging and encompass outstanding breakthroughs in flexible packaging materials, shelf impact, product protection, and sustainability. The 86 flexible packaging entries (126 competition category entries) of the 2012 competition are featured.

Podcasts

Jumping off the Shelves - HD Plate technology from Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical's SunGraphics division is offering a new way to create attention-getting graphics through the use of High Definition (HD) plate technology. This podcast will help you learn about the benefits of HD plate technology.

Speaker - Lee Luckey, General Manager, Sun Chemical

Lee Luckey has been in the flexographic printing plate industry for the past 27 years. He has advanced throughout his career from Sales Rep to Manager and now to General Manager for Sun Chemical's Sun Graphics Pre-press/Flexographic Plate Division. Since 2007, Lee has focused on making graphics pop of the shelf!

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THE MAGAZINE

Flexible Packaging

May, cover, flexible packaging

May 2013

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