X-Rite Pantone and Sun Chemical Corporation have made it easier for smaller printers and converters to access PantoneLIVE libraries that cover the majority of substrates used in the packaging industry, including corrugated brown kraft, transparent film, carton board and labels.
QuadTech will exhibit its color and inspection technology at Converting and Package Printing Expo (CPP), co-located with PRINT 13, at booth 2472. Under the theme of "The Power of Better,” QuadTech offers packaging, commercial and newspaper print markets an extensive range of automated press controls that improve performance, productivity and output.
Smithers Pira is pleased to announce that X-Rite Incorporated, SCHAWK!, HP Scitex Industrial Printing, Xeikon, Esko and many others will present at the 2nd annual U.S. version of Digital Print for Packaging 2013.
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on Avery Dennison Corp., Creative Labels Inc. and Epson, Lotus Labels and Xeikon, Grafix Equipment and Mark Andy.
X-Rite Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Pantone LLC, have proposed a new program for the printing industry to harmonize different makes and models of instruments. "This is an important first step in an initiative to help everyone, up and down the supply chain, to work together seamlessly," said X-Rite executive vice president and chief technology officer Francis Lamy.
The newly enhanced i1Pro 2 device has been redesigned to provide an even higher level of accuracy, versatility, ergonomics, functionality and value. “It is a cost-effective and versatile solution that overcomes the problem created by optical brighteners in color critical work," said Mark Bohan, vice president, technology and research at Printing Industries of America.
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on Blue Dog Bakery and Hornall Anderson; Lebensbaum and Innovia Films; PIA's InterTech Technology Awards; UPM Raflatac; and Michelman.
Printing Industries of America has announced the recipients of the 2012 InterTech Technology Awards, with a total of 12 innovative technologies selected to receive an InterTech star. The technologies receiving this prestigious award have been judged as truly innovative and are expected to advance the performance of the graphic communications industry.
The EskoWorld User Conference brought rave reviews from everyone involved, and provided a complete update of all the new Esko products introduced during drupa 2012. The conference also offered a wide variety of industry outlooks, product presentations and future roadmaps.
The cooperative effort ties together in-line spectral data obtained from QuadTech, ink formulation data from X-Rite, and ink dispensing technology from Huber Group. “We’re combining the advantages of in-line and off-line color measurement to significantly reduce press downtime and waste,” said Randy Freeman, QuadTech’s vice president and general manager of packaging.
