Supplier News
Anilox Troubleshooting Guide from Harper
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Harper GraphicSolutions™, the technical service arm of global anilox supplier Harper Corporation of America, has produced an illustrated guide for troubleshooting anilox roll applications.
Available free upon request, the 24-page illustrated guide provides a comprehensive reference to common and not-so-common conditions that frequently arise during the anilox printing process.
Sun Chemical Opens New Plant
FRANKFURT, Germany—Sun Chemical displayed its commitment to the food package printing market through the grand opening of its new manufacturing plant in Frankfurt, Germany.
The plant was built using clean room and HACCP directives to ensure that industry standards are adopted in manufacturing of Sun Chemical inks. The new facility is dedicated to the highest level of cleanliness and uses advanced technology to create high-quality sheetfed packaging inks.
Mark Andy Increases Installed Base in Australia
ST. LOUIS—Mark Andy Inc. has seen a recent surge of machine orders in Australia. With support from distributor Aldus Engineering Pty. Ltd., the company has taken orders for Comco and Mark Andy printing presses and Rotoflex finishing solutions.
The several Mark Andy equipment orders include two Performance Series P7 presses, a Comco C1 press, and four Rotoflex machines sold into the region, including multiple VSI machines.
DuPont Recognized as Innovator by FPPA
WILMINGTON, Del.—The DuPont™ Cyrel® DigiCorr System for printing on corrugated packaging has received the 2010 Technological Innovator of the Year award from the Flexographic Prepress Platemakers Association (FPPA).
The association noted the unique technical attributes of the Cyrel® DigiCorr System, as well as its contribution to advancing flexography in the corrugated printing industry.
CGS, Océ Partner
VENLO, Netherlands and HAINBURG, Germany—Océ and CGS Publishing Technologies International announced a preferred solution partnership, enabling Océ to offer more comprehensive solutions for the quality-driven graphic arts market, particularly in hybrid environments.
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DALLAS—KBA North America announced that Soren Larsen has joined the company as its senior vice president of sheetfed sales.
PASADENA, Calif.—Avery Dennison announced that its board of directors has elected president and CEO Dean A. Scarborough to succeed Kent Kresa as chairman of the board and has selected Director David E. I. Pyott as lead independent director.
WESTMONT, Ill.—manroland, Inc. has appointed Marty Pierce to the position of PRINTVALUE director, sheetfed for North America. manroland has also appointed Julie Kreger to the position of district sales manager, sheetfed for the Western region.
ATLANTA—Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) has appointed William Fleck to the AVT/GMI sales team. He will be responsible for all of AVT's product lines targeted to the printing, packaging, commercial, newspaper, and label converting market segments in the central to upper Midwest and upper West Coast regions. pP
