More than 4,500 converting professionals and 345 exhibiting companies attended the second biennial ICE USA in Orlando, FL, April 9-11, to see all the latest equipment and technologies on display from 345 exhibiting companies. In fact, the show had 10 percent more attendees and exhibitors than the inaugural 2011 event.
Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including Fives North American, DFE, Montalvo Corp., BST Pro Mark, Accuweb Inc., Erhardt + Leimer and Maxcess.
AccuWeb has announced the appointment of Shurtz Entreprises as its Western territory representative, covering the states of California, Arizona, and Nevada.
A look at today's cost-cutting web-handling technologies. TODAY'S PRESS OPERATORS don't have to be the fiddling wizards of yesteryear's press rooms. As technology continues to improve, operators have less tinkering to do in order to keep the web in register and maintain the appropriate tension control than compared to even a few years ago. Automatically adjusting edge detectors and rolls designed to mitigate web-troubling deflection, to name just a couple, make an operator's job that much easier. But even with the most advanced technology available, do all printers and converters need top-of-the-line web handling equipment? "If you define top-of-the-line equipment as expensive or
