Flexo

Anilox rolls can be cleaned, checked and returned for use on press within eight minutes

Parkside invests in Troika kit, develops sustainable food pack

Flexible packaging specialist Parkside Flexibles has installed a Troika AniCAM system for measuring its flexographic plates and anilox rolls at its Normanton manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire....

First product rolls off new production line

Heidelberg moves into printed sensors

Heidelberg has set up a new business unit focused on printed and organic electronics, with an initial €5m (£4.5m) investment in a production line to make printed sensors.

Latest ColorServer incarnation targets three defined applications

GMG revamps ColorServer with bespoke offerings

Colour management software specialist GMG has revamped its ColorServer profiling suite to create a triumvirate of products with each fine-tuned to specific processes and applications.

Nyloflex FTL Digital Flat Top Dot plate offers a hardness of 28

Flint unveils new corrugated plate

Flint Group has launched a new flexo plate that it claims offers the holy trinity of faster makereadies, improved quality and reduced costs.

Star Product: Bobst Master DM5

Bobst’s Master DM5 adds an inkjet module to the M5 flexo press to create a hybrid that can run flexo, digital or a combination of both.

Allum (left): "This particular option is a real game-changer not only for us, but for the flexo industry"

Abbey Labels in flexo first with MPS/AB combo

Abbey Labels has become the first company in the world to integrate an AB Graphic high-speed die-cutting module onto an MPS EFS 340 flexo press in a bid to increase efficiencies.

Watts (left) and production director Karl Jackson with the newest Edales

Me & my: Edale FL3

In 1996, Martin Jackson purchased a Mark Andy three-colour flexo press for his fledgling Bristol-based self-adhesive labels business Kingfisher Labels. Fast forward 24 years and today the business...

Sturdy Labels invests in eight-colour Edale FL-3 press

Sturdy Labels has invested around £600,000 in an eight-colour UV dual servo FL-3 flexo press from Edale and associated pre-press equipment.