Finishing - Digital
As package printing technology continues to evolve and improve, finishing capabilities are also on the rise.
A B Graphic International will display the latest advancements of the Digicon Series 3 for modular digital converting at Xeikon Café. The advancements include spot and flood coat varnishing, matrix stripping, slitting, non-stop high speed turret rewinding and camera inspection with integrated workflow.
Spartanics has engineered and released the Roll-to-Part Laser Die Cutting Solution. The Roll-to-Part Laser Die Cutting System is best suited for label converters that have a need to extract through cut parts and labels; most useful for label converters handling sticker and decal orders.
The benefits of digital printing are becoming well-established in the industry. But, without the proper finishing processes in place for digitally produced output, converters may find that those digital advantages are being sacrificed.
Komori America has installed a Highcon Euclid III in its Graphic Technology Center. Komori America and Highcon entered into a strategic selling agreement in late 2016 and Komori America will sell and support the entire Highcon product line.
DataLase will feature its in-line digital case coding solutions at SuperCorrExpo. The process uses lasers to digitally apply multiple SKUs onto boxes. The technology utilizes a unique additive that changes color when exposed to CO2 or Near InfraRed lasers.
Toray Plastics (America) has been selected as a film provider for the HP Indigo Pack Ready system. HP Indigo Pack Ready allows for digitally printed flexible packaging to be printed, laminated and packed for immediate time to market.
James Martin, the former CEO of the Printing Association of Florida, has been appointed as president of MBO America. Martin has also worked at Unisource Worldwide and Heidelberg Americas.
DataLase, the market leader in in-line digital printing, has been named Innovator of the Year 2016 at The Stationers’ Co. Innovation Excellence Awards at Stationers’ Hall, London.
To further strengthen the company's position as a global leader in offline finishing solutions, Rotoflex recently moved its Canadian regional facility to a larger, new 12,000-square-foot building near Toronto.