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Retroflex Inc. has announced its plans for a $1.5 million addition to its Wrightstown, Wis. facility, which will add 12,500 sq. ft. The expansion is set to begin in the first quarter of 2019 and will increase the physical space of several Retroflex departments.

Windmöller & Hölscher will debut its newest flexo press, the NOVOFLEX II, during an open house on March 27 and 28 at its Printing Technology Center in Lengerich, Germany.

Great American Packaging, a Los Angeles-based flexible packaging manufacturer, has invested in a Koenig & Bauer-Flexotecnica EVO-XD Press. The press will provide an opportunity to meet increasing customer demand, and produce higher-quality printed output.

The Chicago branch of corrugated converter Welch Packaging achieved a record number of setups in a single shift, logging 103 setups of its BOBST FFG 8.20 DISCOVERY over the course of eight hours.

Paper Converting Machine Company announced it will hold a demonstration of SteadyPrint, its anti-bounce technology, at the Impact Summit later this month. This technology minimizes the effects of forces experienced during printing and monitors and reduces bounce in real time.

For more than 140 years, Smyth Companies has been a pioneer in labels and packaging, tackling new technologies and exploring ways to serve its customers.

Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica has appointed Dr. Peter Lechner as its new CEO, taking over the position from Christoph Müller. Müller will transition to the position of chairman of the company's supervisory board.

Welcome to the final edition of the Road Map of Progress series, which reveals insights that our reporter Patrick Henry learned from subject matter experts in each packaging segment. This week, Mark Mazur, consultant; chair of the FIRST committee, Flexographic Technical Association, discusses progress in flexible packaging.

Paper Converting Machine Company announced the launch of SteadyPrint, a new anti-bounce feature that is now part of the Fusion series of flexographic presses. The technology helps to mitigate the challenges of bounce and further enhance the Fusion’s ability to produce high-quality output through a wide speed range.

The Phoenix Challenge Foundation, an organization supporting flexography and graphic arts in education, held its 2018 competitions for both high school and college programs. This year’s two premier competitions, the PCF College Competition and PCF High School Skills Competition took place in March and April.