FMN | May 14th, 2018

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May 14, 2018

Vol. 20 No. 10

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Best In Flexo Honored At FTA Forum reported by Greg Kishbaugh L ast week, the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) hosted its annual forum in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the as-

Mark Andy Plans UK Open House

Following a complete acquisition of Presstek, Mark Andy has an- nounced a co-sponsored United Kingdom Open House. Hosted in London, England, at the Presstek headquarters, the event further inte- grates the organizations under the Mark Andy brand portfolio and re- portedly strengthens both organiza- tions global commitment to pressroom profitability. Expanding Business The Open House, taking place June 6-8, will consist of a morning, afternoon, and evening session re- peated each of the three days. Pro- gramming for all time slots will address advancements catered to printers and converters across the industry spectrum highlighting pro- ductivity gains.The attendee pool is expected to consist of commercial printers interested in expanding their offset business into labels and label converters looking to enter the digital production space. Addi- tionally, as many European print

sociation’s annual awards ban- quet, held at the Indianapolis Marriott, 114 awards, plus six best of show recipients, were revealed to be the winners at the annual Awards Banquet. Winners consisted of 38 Gold awards, 39 Silver awards, 33 Bronze awards, 3 Self Promo- tion awards and 1 Non-Tradi- tional award. “Best of Show” designees (se- lected from the gold award re- cipients in their respective categories) in the 2018 Excel- lence in Flexography Awards included: • Industrias de Plásticos SA de CV for the Cappy Inf laditos Queso y Mantequilla Justice LeagueWrapper in the mid web category.

Howard Vreeland, Chairman and CEO, Anderson & Vreeland, was presented with a Distin- guished Service Award from the FTA.

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• Multi-Color Corp for the Francis Ford Coppola The Countess Walewska Authentic Potato Premium Vodka Label in the narrow web category. • Visual Communication Tech on behalf of Proactive Packag- ing & Display for the BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse Carton in the combined corrugated category.

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DuPont Launches Cyrel EASY BRITE At FTA InfoFlex DuPont Advanced Printing (DuPont) launched DuPont Cyrel EASY BRITE Screens and the Cyrel EASY BRITE Index during FTA Forum/InfoFlex 2018, held May 6-9 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The screens are designed to optimize ink laydown in high-volume printing, typically seen when printing a white undercoat, or solid areas with spot colors. They contain a suite of screens that have reportedly been shown to improve solid printing at volumes of 4.0 bcm and greater. There are five screens in total: two screens designed for customers without the HD Pixel+ imaging capability and three screens designed to take full advantage of HD Pixel+ imaging. The Gilman Brothers Joins SGP As Silver Patron The Gilman Brothers, Gilman, Connecticut, is the lat- est Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) Pa- tron at the silver level.The company, along with other industry leaders dedicated to promoting sustainabili- ty, support SGP and keep costs low for certification of print facilities. The Gilman Brothers Company is also certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.

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FTA Annual Forum ( Cont’d from Page 1)

• Transcontinental Robbie for the Post Fruity Pebbles/Cocoa Pebbles Wrappers in the wide web category. •WestRock Company of Canada Inc for the Danone Oikos Greek Yogurt Box in the preprinted linerboard category • Mac Papers Envelope Converters Inc for the Tru- Green Welcome to TruGreen Envelope in the enve- lope category Technical Innovation Award Also at the award’s banquet, two winners were pre- sented with the 2018 Technical Innovation Award. The Award honors those who have helped in contin- uing to advance the flexographic industry toward ex- ceptional performance, productivity and efficiency. In the Prepress Graphics category, a 2018 Techni- cal Innovation Award went to Hamillroad Software Ltd, for its Bellissima Digitally Modulated Screening (DMS). This software reportedly dramatically im- proves flexography’s quality and minimizes com- mon “hardware” issues like press bounce, making it a very strong contender against both digital and gravure printing. It is targeted to address both bar- ring and slurring. The software is said to produce near-perfect flat tines, sharp tinted text and sharp reverse tinted text. In the Prepress – Pressroom category, a 2018 Tech- nical Innovation Award was given to Eaglewood Tech- nologies for its Sitexco Laser Anilox Cleaning System. This machine uses a laser to clean everything down to the microscopic cells of anilox rollers without cre- ating any waste or using consumables, and it logs the >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16

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