Converting News
Tenth Annual EFI Connect Users¡Ç Conference to Kick-Off August 2nd
Printing ≫ Digital Printing 07/15 2009 16:32
Event is Huge Opportunity for PrintSmith, Pace, Hagen, Monarch, Logic, PSI and Digital StoreFront Customers to Help Set Product Direction; VUTEk, Fiery and Jetrion Technology Also on Display
Foster City, Calif. – July 15, 2009 – EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, will welcome customers to the 10th annual Connect users¡Ç conference from August 2 to August 5 at the Wynn Las Vegas. Connect enables leaders from around the globe to attend more than 160 educational sessions, test drive the latest EFI products, voice their opinions at user group meetings, discuss industry trends, and network with peers.¡¡» Read More
Print 09 Preview---Spartanics Showcases Hybrid Roll/Sheet Laser Die Cutting Machine
Coating 07/15 2009 08:49
(www.spartanics.com, Print 09 McCormick Place, Chicago, Booth 3619) Printers, converters, and others seeking technology for high-precision cutting in both sheet-fed and web applications will be able to see the newly released Spartanics Finecut Hybrid Roll/Sheet Laser Die Cutting Machine at Print ¡Ç09, September 11 – 16, Booth 3619.
For a sneak preview of this breakthrough technology please see live video from North America¡Çs first user, Southern Coating and Nameplate at http://www.spartanics.com/announcements_detail.cgi?id_num=34&styleid=2.¡¡» Read More
More than 3,000 suppliers of microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials at a glance
Materials 07/15 2009 08:29
The comprehensive database of the European microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries ¡ÈNano Guide of Europe¡É is available now from IVAM Research.
Due to a large interest in Japan, IVAM will present the comprehensive database during the Exhibition Micromachine/MEMS from July 29 to 31 in Tokyo.
If your are looking for micro or nano products and solutions in Europe, you will find them much easier and faster with the ¡ÈNano Guide of Europe¡É. You do not have to spend time for research in different directories or on the Internet. Throught the ¡ÈNano Guide¡É, you can identify suppliers, but also potential customers or project partners and contact them with just a few clicks.¡¡» Read More
New and unique: nyloflex FSC Digital, the softest solid flexo plate for corrugated postprint
Printing ≫ Flexography 07/13 2009 16:37
With the introduction of the new nyloflex® FSC Digital, Flint Group Flexographic Products offers a novel printing plate to the corrugated converting industry, which can contribute to lowering the total cost of ownership while increasing quality due to the unique low plate hardness of only 26 Shore A and finally making work life easier.
Particularly in the corrugated market the trend towards low cost liners has become accepted, this has resulted in special print requirements in order to obtain the high quality demanded by brand owners.
To print corrugated transit packaging, generally printing plates with a very low hardness are required to achieve sufficient ink transfer – previously this has only been possible with liquid plates. This meant that both the printer and the converter had to abstain from many advantages of a solid plate, such as the very low manufacturing tolerances. ¡¡» Read More
Tetra Pak inaugurates Chinese plant operating on 100 per cent green electricity
Packaging 07/10 2009 17:26
Tetra Pak today announced the inauguration of its new packaging material plant in Hohhot, Northern China which operates completely on power from renewable resources - often referred to as ¡Ægreen electricity¡Ç.
As one of Tetra Pak¡Çs most advanced manufacturing facilities for aseptic carton packages worldwide, the new plant in Hohhot marks a significant milestone in Tetra Pak¡Çs increasing presence in China. Tetra Pak invested €60 million to build the plant, bringing total investment in the country to €250 million, with a total capacity of approximately 50 billion packs a year in its four Chinese plants.¡¡» Read More