May 2003 Issue
Materials?Substrates
Acucote Pressure-sensitive labelstocks with environmentally safe, water-based, permanent, removable, and specialty adhesive formulations. Specialists in thermal transfer media. Visit www.acucote.com API Foils Hot stamping foils and supplies: metallic, pigment, pearl, specialty, and holographic foils. Visit www.api-worldwide.com Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll N.A. Innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label products. Fasson-brand pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive coated papers, films, and foils in roll form are widely used in brand identity, bar code labeling systems, product identification, and other applications by label converters and consumer products package designers and manufacturers. Visit www.fasson.com Contract Converting Contract Converting's Roll Express™ program
OffPress?Adhesives and Coating
acpo ltd. Manufacturer of self-wound overlaminates for the label industry. Offering UL-listed products, thermal transfer-printables, mattes, and easy-release polyesters. Visit www.acpo.com ADM Tronics Manufactures diversified line of water-based, environmentally safe chemical products for the converting, food packaging, printing, and related industries. Visit www.admtronics.com Basic Adhesives Manufactures adhesives for the packaging, laminating, printing, and label industries. Adhesive types include acrylic, latex, pressure sensitive, microwaveable, FDA-compliant, EVA, PVA, and neoprene. Visit www.basicadhesives.com Adheso Graphics Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes—sticky back, transfer, and d/C. Visitwww.adhesographics.com Adhesives Research High-performance, pressure-sensitive adhesive splicing tape technology for pulp and paper, laminating, converting, packaging,
OnPress?Doctor Blades
J AAA PRESS INT'L Doctor blade assemblies and parts for all narrow-web presses. Blade compounds: fiberglass, metal, and plastic. Sizes from 0.4˝ to 2˝ wide and custom lengths. Visit www.aaapress.com Allison Systems Advanced doctor blade systems/ holders, specialized steel, laser-hardened alloy, composite, lubricant plastic blades. Visit www.allisonblades.com J ARC International Offers a complete line of Xcalibur steel doctor blades in various sizes and configurations, including the X-90 linear edge blade, the X-91 beveled blade, the popular X-92 extra smooth radius blade, the X-95 lamella blade, and X-97 synthetic retainer blades. Visit www.arcinternational.com J MAX DAETWYLER CORP. High quality, custom-made blades available from MDC include:
Prepress?Input and Output
Input J Agfa Packaging Solutions The AgfaScan XY-15 Plus is an oversized A3 format CCD flatbed scanner designed for high-productivity scanning. A hand-selected, premium 8,000-element CCD allows the system to achieve a maximum density of 4.1 and resolution of up to 15,000 pixels per inch. Visit www.agfa.com Artwork Systems ArtPro®, PackFlow™, LabelFlow™, FlexoCal™, and Hybrid Screening. System platforms include Macintosh and Windows NT. Support multiple output devices. Visit www.artwork-systems.com J Creo Creo offers everything you need to deliver high-impact packaging: from creative software tools, superior scanners, and scalable production workflow solutions, to proofing options and proven, reliable output devices. Now you can go
