On the Straight and Narrow-web

Straight flexo, he observes, has become ever more favored for such jobs as carton labels and food labels, especially as those presses tend to be configured with more colors than in the past.

Mark Andy's Ken Daming, director of product management, finds narrow-web flexo to be an ideal match for short runs on unsupported films. He maintains, "We get better quality than a wide-web film press, and still have the advantages of lower tooling and plate costs, and less waste."