Announcement: Solar Communications

Solar Communications, Naperville, IL, will cease operations as of July 1, 2009. The firm will exit the printing industry after nearly five decades as a leading heatset and flexographic printer serving newspaper and magazine publishers, card pack distributors, packaged goods companies and ad agencies. The company was best known for printing direct mail card packs.  Continued
 

Flexo Concepts Teams with Mark Andy to Install Narrow Web MicroClean Unit in Press Demo Center

Plymouth, MA, June 4, 2009 -- Flexo Concepts has teamed with Mark Andy to install a MicroClean™ unit in the press builder's Milford, Ohio demo center. The MicroClean model is being used to clean anilox rolls between press demonstrations and confirm its status as a viable cleaning method for the narrow web industry.

Flexo Concepts donated the MicroClean Model 48 in a move to demonstrate the system's ability to effectively clean line screens up to 1400 lpi without damaging the anilox engraving.    Continued
 

Zevrix Releases LinkOptimizer 4 Public Beta for Adobe InDesign

Toronto (ON), Canada - June 3, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of LinkOptimizer 4 public beta,  a pre-release version of its major upgrade to the workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign job optimization. LinkOptimizer dramatically benefits the workflows of publishing houses, printers, prepress providers and design studios by reducing InDesign job cost through faster output, reduced turnaround time, smaller job size, and automatic image conversion and editing.

In the core of LinkOptimizer functionality is its ability to reduce the linked image size by eliminating excessive image data. LinkOptimizer reduces the image resolution, scales and crops the images in Photoshop according to their dimensions in InDesign and the target resolution specified, and reimports them to InDesign at 100%. In addition, LinkOptimizer can automate the image color conversion, sharpening and layer merging, as well as run Photoshop Actions during processing.   Continued
 

Schawk Wins Two Best-in-Show and Gold Awards for its Packaging Premedia Work at 2009 FTA Excellence in Flexography Competition

DES PLAINES, IL, Jun 03, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand point management services enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers to create deeper brand affinity, announced today that it has been recognized by the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) with two Best in Show and Gold Awards for its packaging premedia work in the Wide Web Process Film Category and the Folding Carton Process Category at the 2009 Excellence in Flexography Awards.   Continued
 

Sun Chemical Introduces New UV Flexo Narrow Web Ink

JUNE 3, 2009 -- Sun Chemical, the world's leading producer of inks and pigments, is today launching SolarFlex® Nova, a new generation ink that is designed to meet the demands of the evolving narrow web market and suitable for a variety of flexo press models.

SolarFlex Nova joins the Solaris® System of products and services, a global product line of complete, proven printing inks, coatings and services dedicated to narrow web printing. Delivering productivity, versatility and value to printers, the Solaris range, including SolarFlex Nova, caters to almost all narrow web processes including UV flexo, water-based flexo, screen whites and colours, letterpress and lithography.   Continued
 

Smart Meters Just Got Smarter

LACONIA, N.H., June 2, 2009 -- (Business Wire) PaladinID is pleased to announce revolutionary outdoor weather resistant flexographic ink for the barcode label industry. “This product was specifically developed for the Smart Meter market and is suitable for any outdoor label application requiring both a color label and the capability of printing variable information, “ says Dana Ritchie, Owner of PaladinID, LLC.   Continued
 

Web-Based Solutions Joint Venture Aids Digital Printing

ROCHESTER, NY, June 2, 2009 -- A new alliance between Kodak and Xeikon enables label printers to extend their Web-based businesses with branded online ordering of tags, labels, and other print products. It also simplifies and streamlines production, from order origination on the web, via KODAK Web to Print Solutions, to final output on the XEIKON 3300 Digital Color Label Press. The agreement is effective in the United States and Canada.   Continued
 

Hine Labels Showcases Digital and Flexo Pairing in Open House

United Kingdom, June 2, 2009 -- Rotherham-based Hine Labels and Punch Graphix, which manufactures Xeikon presses, has feted the success of its recent open house, which showcased the compatibility of digital and flexo label printing.

The event took place under the theme "Digital and Flexo, a Perfect Match" and compared print jobs produced on the company's flexo machine and its newly-installed Xeikon 3000 digital label press.   Continued
 

Product Spotlight: Medical Electrode Inks

Tyngsboro, MA – May 2009 – Two Creative Materials’ products, 113-09, Electrically Conductive Ink, and 117-23, Medical Grade Electrically Conductive Ink, are used in a range of medical electrode applications, including ECG and TENS electrode applications, transdermal drug delivery, defibrillation, and monitoring systems.  These products feature excellent adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces, including polyester, polyimide, and glass.  With a high percentage silver filler, 117-23 is often used in defibrillator electrodes, while 113-09 is commonly used to make disposable ECG electrodes.  Both inks are formulated using tight quality controls and in conformance with ISO standards to provide improved conductivity and high electrical dissipation properties.  Extremely flexible, these inks offer excellent resistance to creasing.   Learn More
 

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