Retroflex Inc.

Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries including Heidelberg, Retroflex, Dymax, ACTEGA, Ritrama, Dow Corning, Sun Chemical, Toyo Ink Group, Uteco, acpo, Grieve, and MacDermid.

Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries including Acucote, Comexi, FLEXcon, Heidelberg, Davis-Standard, Retroflex, Scodix, Hazen Paper and Thelamco.

Featured Products for the the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including doctor blade systems, chambered blade systems, anilox cells, ceramic anilox rolls, and more.

Many of us have relayed the line, “it’s the little things,” in response to something we find funny or which made us feel good. It’s the same for your print jobs—“little things” play crucial roles. Critical components of flexographic or gravure print jobs are the anilox rolls or gravure cylinders and the doctoring systems that work to control the ink that lays upon the finished product. Properly installed and maintained doctoring systems also go a long way toward improving your bottom line, as they can directly impact whether or not your rolls or cylinders last as long as they should. “Eighty percent of all

PARAMUS, N.J.—H.A. Bruno, LLC, organizers of CPP EXPO—to be held Oct. 15-17, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center/South Hall (LVCC)—is still experiencing a brisk sales pace as several package printing suppliers joined the Expo over the last 30 days. PLGA (Package Label & Gravure Association) and GAA (Gravure Association of America) are co-sponsoring the event and IBWA (International Bottled Water Association) is co-locating its annual convention in Las Vegas. A number of companies will be at CPP EXPO for its second showing in Las Vegas, including Mark Andy/Comco, KoTai, Radius Solutions, Retroflex, Totani, and Waterline. All will showcase equipment within their exhibit, and

PARAMUS, N.J.—H.A. Bruno, LLC, organizers of CPP EXPO—to be held Oct. 15-17, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center/South Hall (LVCC)—is still experiencing a brisk sales pace as several package printing suppliers joined the Expo over the last 30 days. PLGA (Package Label & Gravure Association) and GAA (Gravure Association of America) are co-sponsoring the event and IBWA (International Bottled Water Association) is co-locating its annual convention in Las Vegas. A number of companies will be at CPP EXPO for its second showing in Las Vegas, including Mark Andy/Comco, KoTai, Radius Solutions, Retroflex, Totani, and Waterline. All will showcase equipment within their exhibit, and

Anything in excess is never a good thing. Just like overdoing it by stuffing down that last bite of pie or filling your home with unnecessary material indulgences, printers can also overdo it with an excess amount of ink. Fortunately, this is where doctoring systems come in to save the day, and the printed material. But, like any piece of printing equipment, these systems are not problem-free. That is why converters need to be armed with the knowledge and skills necessary to make sure doctoring systems run properly and efficiently. Happy medium A doctoring blade can only do its job of wiping away excess

Several factors contribute to long doctor blade life. Coatings, proper setting of the blade, and properly selecting a blade for your application/press will go a long way toward prolonging the life of the blade, as well as other press components such as anilox rolls. Considering the plethora of coatings and materials available to printers, blade selection today goes far beyond simply considering price. According to Perry Lichon, president of Retroflex, “While blade materials should be judged by their ability to doctor, they should also be judged for ease of handling, blade life, impact on roll wear, and overall cost.” According to Anthony Foley, vice

Much research and development has gone into the design of modern doctor blades and systems, and knowing what is needed is the most important factor in choosing the correct blade. AUTOMATION. SIMPLICITY. PARTNERSHIP. These three elements are important to the converter involved in any aspect of the printing process, and doctor blades are no exception. "Fundamentally, the job of the printing doctor blade has not changed over the years. A doctor blade must remove excess ink from the ink transfer process without causing other problems," said Paul Sharkey, president, FLXON Inc. "What has changed is that more and more printers realize the doctor blade

Package printers are reaping the benefits from productivity enhancements that are built into today's wide-web flexo presses. BIGGER IS BETTER! That's a motto that suppliers of wide-web flexo presses wish all package printers would adopt. But bigger also conveys images of heavier, more cumbersome, and slower—all qualities that today's nimble, agile manufacturers can't afford to be. And they don't have to be—because today's wide-web flexo presses are getting better and better in many ways that make them "lighter on their feet." Steven F. Lekan, director of business development for Comexi America, gives credit to flexo printers for helping drive the positive