Apex North America

Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including Harper Corporation of America, All Printing Resources, Pamarco Global Graphics, Flexo Concepts and Apex.

HIGH POINT, N.C.—FlexoExchange, in cooperation with Apex North America, will offer new anilox roll technology to the North American market. Apex UniFli 2G anilox rolls and UltraQuick sleeves will be marketed and sold online through FlexoExchange's e-commerce site.

Flexographic printing’s gains in the market are unmistakable, and the quality of its end products continues to improve. Anilox rolls are a key component in the quality equation in flexo printing, and also in the equation for its productivity. Improving prepress operations for flexographic printing means, in part, improving efficiencies of anilox roll change-out and preparation. To a large degree, anilox roll preparation equates to engraving. Anilox sleeves are enjoying increased usage in this arena, and some might be surprised that the sleeved alternative to engraved anilox rolls can sometimes exceed the LPI (lines per inch) of rolls. Plus anilox engravers can employ the

AAA PRESS INT'L Praxair™ laser-engraved ceramic anilox rolls; tint sleeve kits. Write 604, Visit www.aaapress.com, ABSOLUTELY MICRO*CLEAN Micro*Clean use a unique plastic media to deep-clean anilox rolls. The well-proven method is used off-press in an enclosed blast cabinet. The media is cleaned and recycled for reduced costs/elimination of hazardous waste. Write 605, Visit www.microcleanintl.com ADVANCED CYLINDER REPAIR Recognized leader in "In Press" cylinder repair services. We serve the offset, web, and flexo industries with the most up-to-date repair technology available. Write 606 American Die Technology Anvil rolls and printing cylinders for narrow-web flexo equipment with web widths to 30˝. Write 607, Visit