No matter how well prepared you may be or how skilled your staff is, there can be times when things don’t quite go according to plan. So which resource do... Read More →
With 30 years of label printing experience behind him, Dave Nosker understands a few key subtleties of running a printing company. The first is to have equally good relationships with... Read More →
What’s really driving the decision when you decide it’s time to invest in new equipment? It might be the desire to keep up with competitors. Other times it’s because customers... Read More →
Some packaging printers and converters always push the envelope with the latest software and equipment while others take a more measured approach. Both strategies are sound and can yield positive... Read More →
FLEXO’S MOST DEPENDABLE DISTRIBUTOR 57 years ago, Anderson & Vreeland opened its doors with a set of values in place. We would invest in innovation to sell the most reliable... Read More →
Down on the shop floors and pre-press rooms of most flexographic printers, a near-magical brew of physics, chemistry, and material science creates flexographic plates. Making the best possible plate has... Read More →
The human eye and brain are hard-wired to be highly selective, right down to the elements of a label or package that influence purchase decisions. Some of those details are... Read More →
No matter the job, the one thing that absolutely always has to be right is color. From the “memory colors” of grass green and sky blue to the nuances of... Read More →
Label and packaging production is a world of “we need-it-yesterday” deadlines and escalating demands for print quality. Yet, while newer flexo presses and plates have raised the bar on print... Read More →
“We print and think outside the box,” says Glenn Correa, prepress manager at Alpha Poly in Brampton, Ontario. “We don’t turn to industry standards to dictate how we run, but... Read More →