Comexi North America

NASHUA, N.H.—Comexi, Hudson Sharp, and Air Trim have joined Bobst/Schiavi and Profama as the major sponsors of the new Flexible Packaging Technology Center at CMM International 2007, June 4-7, in Rosemont, Ill. Designed to showcase the latest advancements in flexible packaging printing and converting, the new Technology Center will feature actual jobs being produced several times a day during the four days of the show. Preliminary plans call for plastic bags to be produced using the following equipment: • A new Bobst/Schiavi 10-color C.I. EF 50 press • Comexi’s 52˝ Nexus Solventless Laminator with Sleeve Option • Profama’s new Pratica 1200 slitter/rewinder • Hudson

PARAMUS, N.J.—At the recent CPP EXPO (co-located with PACK EXPO International and PROCESS EXPO), the concept of “bringing the supply chain together” was physically demonstrated within the McCormick Place Complex in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2006. According to CPP EXPO show managment, the combined attendance of the three events over the course of five days totaled 45,676, not including exhibitor attendance of 25,666 or a combined total of 71,407. Of the attendee total, 22 percent indicated converting/package printing and related services as their primary business. About 3,490 visitors indicated interest in package printing equipment/supplies; 3,106 were looking for innovations in coating/laminating, while 2,573

Wide-web printers are facing a transforming marketplace. The changes, however, are in many ways advantageous for wide-web print shops. For instance, consider the switch many brand owners have made in their packaging, swapping rigid packaging materials for retort and stand-up pouches. These packaging innovations have created a fast-growing market segment that benefits wide-web printers. In addition, competition on store shelves has forced brand owners to require higher print quality in their packaging in an attempt to make their products stand out from the crowd. This, in turn, has required wide-web press manufacturers to produce equipment that enables printers to meet and surpass these demands.

With so much focus on the narrow-web printing industry, many advances in wide-web presses have taken place under the radar. There have been a myriad of production enhancements, including faster changeovers, less waste, faster speeds, and higher productivity and quality. Technological enhancements across the board have increased the efficiency, economics, and caliber of wide-web printed packaging. These advances have attracted a lot of attention. “I see a continued high interest in any and all technological improvements associated with increasing productivity, quality and, of course, enhancing the profitability of the converter,” said Randy Wolf, product development manager, Comexi North America. In the June issue of packagePRINTING, we

The Comexi Group will be hosting customers at an open house to be held in Girona, Spain, May 30th through June 1st. At this time, and in collaboration with Sun Chemical and E.S.I., Comexi will be demonstrating its FW Press with EB technology. Two separate eight color jobs will be run using the same substrate, pearlised BOPP, and the same inks. One of these two jobs will also be run on an adjacent press using solvent inks and printing on the same substrate so that a direct comparison can be made between the print quality of solvent inks vs. EB. Please contact Comexi North America