Coast to Coast February 2011
DuPont Cyrel® DigiCorr Installations
WILMINGTON, Del.—DuPont Packaging Graphics announced the installation of four new DuPont™ Cyrel® DigiCorr flexo platemaking systems, which raises the total number of DigiCorr Tradeshops to 13 in North America. The new Cyrel® DigiCorr system is designed as a low-cost, highly productive workflow enhancement for digital corrugated platemaking.
The new tradeshop installations include: United Engraving of Schaumburg, Ill.; VT Graphics of Yeadon, Pa.; Preflex Digital Prepress Services of Lakewood, Wash.; and an additional Southern Graphics Systems location in Marrietta, Ga.
"The corrugated industry has truly embraced Cyrel® DigiCorr since its introduction in 2008," stated Bob Hannum, industry segment manager DuPont Packaging Graphics. "The immediate improvement in corrugated print quality when using digital Cyrel® in the DigiCorr workflow allows corrugated box plants to compete for work that previously could only be done by litho label printers. We are pleased by the response and appreciative of the opportunity to advance flexography with the Cyrel® DigiCorr Tradeshops."
CALIFORNIA
SANTA FE SPRINGS—Epson America, Inc. has installed the first SurePress™ L-4033A digital label press in North America at label printer Tape & Label Converters. The company will be using the short-run digital label press to respond to the changing demands of the label printing industry, including more complex images requiring higher print resolution and multiple spot colors.
NEW JERSEY
LAKEWOOD—Luminer Converting Group has purchased its first PCMC-Aquaflex ELS 13˝, 9-color ELS servo printing press. "We needed to purchase a press that not only gave us superior printing and registration capabilities, but also a press that we could customize to allow us the ability to run a variety of different applications," stated John Borrelli, partner and general manager of Luminer Converting.
NORTH CAROLINA
VALDESE—Valdese Packaging & Label, Inc. purchased a Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX 6-color, 40˝ sheetfed press. The new press is the third Mitsubishi press acquired by the company, having previously operated two 6-color, 28˝ presses. Valdese Packaging provides textile packaging, wraps, tags, pressure-sensitive labels, and consumer boxes for the retail, food, and pharmaceutical industries.
TEXAS
FT. WORTH—KBA North America announced that Motivating Graphics, a global printing company based here, has added a new KBA Rapida 162 64˝ 6-color press. It will be the third KBA press for the large sheetfed and web firm that provides packaging and printing for the high-tech telecommunications market in North America, South America, Central America, China, and Europe.
WISCONSIN
APPLETON—Flexo Wash LLC announced the installation of two new cleaning systems for Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) Graphic Arts and Printing Technologies Department located here. The systems include an Anilox Roll Cleaning System and a Plate Cleaning System. Mark Keller, package & label printing instructor said, "Our trial customers are using the Flexo Wash systems before each print trial FVTC performs. The Flexo Wash systems have increased our productivity and lessened our downtime in between trials." FVTC will also serve as a demo site for Flexo Wash LLC.
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