Label & Narrow Web articles from July 2003

Label & Narrow Web archives from July 2003

This really happened.(removing adhesive labels from Home Depot wood boards is not easy)(Editorial)
July 1, 2003... A couple of weeks ago I had an exciting consumer label experience. At our home we have a magnificent clematis gracing a home-made trellis on one side of our front porch, so I decided to build a matching trellis for the opposite side of the...

CCL acquires Lucas-Insertco. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Label Division of CCL Industries Inc., Toronto, has acquired the shares of Lucas-Insertco, which manufactures consumer instructional leaflets, commonly known as "inserts" and "outserts", for the pharmaceutical industry. The price was about...

Tapp Technologies acquires Adams Labels. (Industry News).(Adams Label & Tag Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Tapp Technologies Inc., a Canadian printer of waterless offset pressure sensitive labels, and digital labels, has purchased Adams Label & Tag Ltd., located in Surrey, BC, and Apex Label Systems Inc. in Portland, OR. See this issue's Narrow...

Discount Labels creates an 11-color press in-house. (Industry News).(Discount Labels Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Discount Labels, of New Albany, IN, a PrintXcel company, has developed an 11-color press, built by joining three presses together to form a single unit that can support a large variety of ink, foil, and lamination combinations. The press...

Label.Com expands to larger facility. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Label.Com, of Bradford, PA has relocated to a larger facility within the city of Bradford. The move was necessary, says a company spokesperson, to accommodate an increase in sales personnel and the addition of more printing equipment in 2003....

NorthStar wins its 6th Miller Brewing award. (Industry News).(NorthStar Print Group)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... NorthStar Print Group has earned Miller Brewing Company's "Partners in Excellence " award for the sixth consecutive year for its performance in 2002. NorthStar supplies all of Miller's labels. "The employees of NorthStar Print Group have...

TLMI & FFTA to hold technical conference. (Industry News).(Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute and the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... A technical conference will be held jointly by the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) and the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA) September 11-12 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. The event will feature 31...

Chromas changes name back to Aquaflex. (Industry News).(Chromas Technologies becames Aquaflex, Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Chromas/Aquaflex, of Montreal, Canada, has changed its corporate name from Chromas Technologies to Aquaflex, Inc. Aquaflex is a manufacturer of flexographic presses. "The Chromas Technologies name was an earlier name change from the...

Tape & Label Engineering develops new booklet label. (Industry News).(ReseaLabels )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Tape & Label Engineering (TLE), of St. Petersburg, FL, has introduced a seven-panel bottle label that enables nutritional supplement manufacturers to make it easier for their customers to obtain detailed product information at the point of...

Electro Optic opens subsidiary in USA. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Electro Optic, a German manufacturer of flexible dies, has announced the opening of its subsidiary, Electro Optic US, in Roswell, GA. The company also manufactures a repair tool for damaged flexible dies. The US subsidiary is headed by...

Chemsultants receives award for the 2nd time. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Chemsultants International Network, Mentor, OH, has been awarded the Weatherhead 100 Award for 2002. Chemsultants first received a Weatherhead 100 award in 2001. The award, presented by the Weatherhead School of Business of Case Western...

GiDue and Stork Prints announce partnership. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... GiDue, the Italian press manufacturer, has formed a technical and commercial partnership with Stork Prints to develop Ready-RSI, a rotary screen head concept for existing and future models of the GiDue Combat series press. Stork Prints...

Mark Andy's John Eulich moves on; Paul Brauss is named president. (Industry News).(Company Profile)
July 1, 2003... John Eulich, president of Mark Andy Inc., handed over his position to Senior VP Paul Brauss at the end of June. The move was announced in mid-May at the company's St. Louis headquarters. Eulich, who has been with Mark Andy for 20 years and...

Phoenix Challenge set for May of 2004. (Industry News).(Phoenix Challenge High School Flexography Competition)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Phoenix Challenge Foundation recently announced the dates for the seventh annual Phoenix Challenge High School Flexography Competition. Students from throughout the United States and Canada will compete in the international competition on...

www.prestigelabel.com. (Narrow Web Sites).
July 1, 2003... Label converter Prestige Label, of Burgaw, NC, has undertaken a major revision of its web site, which now contains updated information and details on the new technologies, processes and services offered by the converter.

www.harperscientific.com. (Narrow Web Sites).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... HarperScientific.com, a division of Harper Corporation of America, has redesigned its web site to include more features and offer greater ease of use. The site expands access to information about the company's products, which include hand...

J. Elwood Driscoll. (Industry News).(J. Elwood Driscoll)(Obituary)
July 1, 2003... J. Elwood Driscoll, founder of Driscoll Label Co. Inc., of Fairfield, NJ, died March 30 in Rochester, NY He was 92 years old. In July 1971, at age 61, he launched Driscoll Label with a Markem hot stamp press, selling during the day and...

Clemson symposia cover flexo and color. (Industry News).(Clemson University symposium)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Color reproduction for flexographic printing is the subject of a symposium scheduled for September 10-12 at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, sponsored by its Department of Graphic Communications in partnership with the Printing Industries of...

Graphic Solutions prints batteries for new cosmetic patches. (Industry News).(Graphic Solutions Inc. to manufacture the batteries for Power Paper Ltd.'s PowerCosmetics lines)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Graphic Solutions Inc. (GSI), of Burr Ridge, IL, has been selected by Power Paper Ltd. to manufacture the batteries for its new PowerCosmetics lines of micro-electronic patches, among other products. Power Paper, of Tel Aviv, Israel, is a...

Raflatac redesigns Spanish operation. (Industry News).(Raflatac Iberica S.A.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... After nearly a year of planning and preparation, Raflatac Iberica S.A. is fully operational. Located in Polinyn, Spain, just outside of Barcelona, the factory is central for the transportation of Raflatac material throughout the world. ...

Vivitek created by Sun Chemical. (Industry News).(Sun Chemical Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Sun Chemical, the world's largest manufacturer of printing inks and organic pigments, has announced the creation of Vivitek, a services and distribution company that will offer a range of services and non-ink consumable products for prepress,...

DNA-embedded ink introduced to market. (Industry News).(by Applied DNA Sciences Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Applied DNA Sciences Inc., of Los Angeles, has introduced DNA-embedded ink technology into the North American and European markets. Application of the ink is aimed at protecting corporate and government intellectual property from fraud and...

Pouch converting explored at Comco flexo seminar. (Industry News).(Comco International seminar)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The appearance of pouches in today's retail markets is growing. They offer reclosability to retain product freshness, and offer marketers the opportunity to dazzle consumers with graphics that often utilize metallics. A small group of...

Micro Clean represents Wandres, Cambridge. (Industry News).(Absolutely Micro-Clean International)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Absolutely Micro Clean, of Rancho Cordova, CA, announces it is now representing Wandres, in addition to the Micro Clean line of anilox roll cleaning systems. Wandres, of Ann Arbor, MI, specializes in the "micro-cleaning" of web surfaces before...

Plastic Suppliers wins award, earns ISO. (Industry News).(Plastic Suppliers Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Plastic Suppliers, a Columbus, OH, manufacturer of plastic films, has been awarded the SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program) award for the third time for its safety and health programs. The Ohio OSHA SHARP program is a...

Latran Technologies debuts digital proofers. (Industry News).(new name for Polaroid Graphics Imaging)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Latran Technologies LLC made its introduction recently as the new name for Polaroid Graphics Imaging, a manufacturer of digital halftone proofing systems. The announcement was made at the company's headquarters in Bedford, MA, by Anthony P....

BASF adds laser plate equipment to showroom. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... BASF Printing Systems recently installed a laser in its Charlotte, NC, technical center showroom. The laser eliminates the need for film processing and produces print quality said to be higher than conventional imaging. The new equipment...

Akzo Nobel completes US plant investment. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Akzo Nobel Inks, a manufacturer of printing inks, has completed a major plant and technology investment program begun last year. New automated manufacturing concepts at three plants will enable the company to produce a variety of products...

Harper Thailand wins ISO certification. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Harper Thailand Ltd., an anilox roll manufacturer based in Bangkok, has been certified to the new ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Standard. The assessment was performed by National Quality Assurance.

Base-Line. (Industry People).(Anne Logman and Yara Lalonde )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... BASE-LINE, Auburn, WA -- Anne Logman has been promoted to operations manager. Yara Lalonde has been named customer support supervisor.

Chesapeake Corp. (Industry People).(Paul Harper)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... CHESAPEAKE CORP., Richmond, VA -- Paul Harper has been named group treasury manager for Field Group Plc, a subsidiary.

Cleveland Motion Controls. (Industry People).(Carl Richter)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... CLEVELAND MOTION CONTROLS, Cleveland, OH -- Carl Richter has joined as director of engineering and business development.

Creo. (Industry People).(Michael Ciaramella)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... CREO, Boston -- Michael Ciaramella has been appointed to the position of corporate director of sales development.

Davis-Standard. (Industry People).(Mark Woodgate)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... DAVIS-STANDARD, Pawcatuck, CT -- Mark Woodgate has been promoted to the newly created position of European marketing director of the aftermarket division.

Extrusion Dies Industries. (Industry People).(Jamie F. Foederer)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... EXTRUSION DIES INDUSTRIES, Chippewa Falls, WI -- Jamie F. Foederer has been placed in charge of direct sales in the US Northeast and eastern Canada.

Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association. (Industry People).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... FOUNDATION OF FLEXOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION, Ronkonkoma, NY -- Jim Brown of Sealed Air Corp., Cryovac Division, Ing. Guillermo Antonio, Colin Lizalde of CR Consulting de Mexico, and Jean Jackson of Allison Systems Corp. received the...

Hueck Foils. (Industry People).(Joanne McCartney Yonce )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... HUECK FOILS, Wall, NJ -- Joanne McCartney Yonce has been appointed healthcare sales specialist.

Jetrion. (Industry People).(new executive leadership team)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... JETRION, Ann Arbor, MI -- The executive leadership team has been announced. Key members include Kenneth Stack, president; Gary Swager, vice president of integrated solutions; Paul Edwards, technical director; Sean Skelly, director of product...

JLS Automation. (Industry People).(Gary Dessen)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... JLS AUTOMATION, York, PA -- Gary Dessen has joined as director of technology for the company's Printing Solutions Group.

Lastra America/Western Lithotech. (Industry People).(Paul Schunk, John J. Hsu and Jonathan Goodin )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... LASTRA AMERICA/ WESTERN LITHOTECH, Danbury, CT -- Paul Schunk has been named production manager. John J. Hsu has joined the company as the engineering/maintenance manager. Jonathan Goodin was appointed new methods manager. All will be working...

Latran Technologies. (Industry People).(John Huber)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... LATRAN TECHNOLOGIES, Bedford, MA -- John Huber has joined as area sales manager for the Central and Southwest. He will be based in the Dallas, TX area.

Macdermid Printing Solutions. (Industry People).(Pat Janssen)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS, Atlanta -- Pat Janssen is returning to the company as vice president and general manager of the packaging division.

National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers. (Industry People).(Jeffrey Koppelman - elected president )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRINTING INK MANUFACTURERS, Woodbridge, NJ -- Jeffrey Koppelman, president of Gans Ink and Supply Company, was elected president of the association.

PCMC. (Industry People).(Charles S. Baer and Robert A. Mathews)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... PCMC, Green Bay, WI -- Charles S. Baer has become a director. Robert A. Mathews was elected to the newly created position of vice president, business and strategic process development.

Printxcel. (Industry People).(David Del Brocco )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... PRINTXCEL, Englewood, CO -- David Del Brocco has joined as vice president of regional sales. He will work out of Orlando, FL.

Propheteer International. (Industry People).(Kim Tanis)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... PROPHETEER INTERNATIONAL, Lake Zurick, IL -- Kim Tanis has been appointed regional sales manager.

Renaissance Mark. (Industry People).(Holly Valkama and Craig Groendyk )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... RENAISSANCE MARK, Denver, CO -- Holly Valkama has been hired as senior vice president of operations. Craig Groendyk has joined as vice president of operations.

Sartomer. (Industry People).(Steve Edwards)
July 1, 2003... SARTOMER, Exton, PA -- Steve Edwards has joined as business and marketing development manager for the Asia Pacific region. SATO AMERICA, Charlotte, NC -- Alicia Re has been appointed sales manager for Latin America.

South Mecklenburg High School. (Industry People).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... SOUTH MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL, Charlotte, NC -- Steven Nass and Matthew Mangum won the 2003 Phoenix Challenge, a flexographic skills contest held at The Harper National Flexographic Center.

Flexographers strive to 'reach new heights'. (FTA Forum 2003).(Flexographic Technical Association )
July 1, 2003... More than 800 flexographic professionals gathered in Salt Lake City in May for the annual exhibition of the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) and the educational forum sponsored by its foundation (FFTA). The two-day product...

RotoMetrics wins FTA Technical Innovation Award. (Association News).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... RotoMetrics, of Eureka, MO, received one of the highest honors in the flexographic industry this year when the FTA bestowed its Technical Innovation award on the rotary die manufacturer. The honored product is a magnetic cylinder, developed...

NELMA's 2nd Expo attracts 150 attendees. (North East Label Manufacturers Association).
July 1, 2003... The second NELMA Expo, held in central New Jersey in early May, attracted about 150 industry professionals, among them representatives from 55 converting companies and 35 supplier businesses. NELMA is the North East Label Manufacturers...

Global converters explore the value chain. (2003 FINAT/TLMI Congress in Vienna).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... More than 350 label converters and industry suppliers, from 24 countries and three continents, enjoyed the sights and culture of Vienna in early June as well as the educational offerings of the fourth FINAT/TLMI Joint Congress, an event held...

Gallus hosts TLMI members in Switzerland. (Association News).(Gallus Holding AG hosts Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute members)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... In advance of the FINAT/TLMI conference in Vienna, Swiss press manufacturer Gallus Ferd. Raesch AG welcomed the TLMI Board members and guests to explore the beautiful region of Eastern Switzerland and to tour the Gallus plant in St. Gallen. The...

Shedding some light on the private label market. (Narrow Web Europe).
July 1, 2003... Nobody can guess how many billions of prime product labels are produced for private label brands, also known as "own label" or retail brands, but they surely represent a large slice of the labeling market. As in the USA, they represent a large...

Giebeler moves in with Drent Goebel. (Narrow Web Europe).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Consolidation in the European narrow web world creeps along usually forced by someone hitting a financial brick wall. The latest casualty is Giebeler of Langenfeld, Germany, whose assets and intellectual property were acquired by Drent Goebel...

Scitex downgrades Creo shareholding. (Narrow Web Europe).(Scitex Corporation Ltd. sells Creo Inc. shares)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Scitex has sold half of its remaining shares in Creo. These were obtained when Scitex merged its graphic arts business with the Vancouver-based workflow and computer-to-plate specialist three years ago. At that time it held 13.25 million Creo...

It's a long trail a-winding to spread the digital gospel. (Narrow Web Europe).(Hewlett-Packard Co. organizes the HP Impressions Road Show to promote its products)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... This summer and early fall, spare a thought for the operators, organizers and sundry gofers involved in what is probably the graphics industry's largest ever European road show. The pan-European tour began in mid-May in Brussels and fetches up...

Presses: some basic differences. (Reality Check).
July 1, 2003... Technology -- Isn't it great, or is it? I have been in a lot of plants that have old presses and produce some of the best quality work I have seen. I have seen four-color process that looks great printed without doctor blades and on chrome...

Roping in the mavericks. (Minding My Own Business).(Column)
July 1, 2003... You may have heard about the European immigrant who arrives on Ellis Island in the 1930s and if shortly finds work as a New York City bus driver. He is assigned a route that takes him up and down Avenue C, and at the end of his first day he...

Adams & Tapp: two Canadian converters join forces to create a powerful presence in the wine and food labeling markets. (Narrow Web Profile).(Adams Label and Tag Ltd. and Tapp Technologies merge)
July 1, 2003... The prime label business in the Pacific Northwest is he prime fairly healthy and highly competitive. Over the past several years a powerful contributor to the success of several pressure sensitive label converters has been the wine industry,...

An industry grapples with change. (Mid-Year Economic Report).
July 1, 2003... One certainty about the performance of today's narrow web converting market is that there is no discernable pattern. Business is up, business is down, the first quarter was great, the first quarter was terrible. Another certainty is that a...

A challenge for the common converter: constructing coupons successfully requires a careful and knowledgeable approach to adhesives, coatings and substrates. (Coupon Construction).
July 1, 2003... Coupon constructions are frequently used for instant redeemable or promotional pressure sensitive label constructions. They consist of two functional substrates: a bottom release base and a removable top ply (coupon). Ideally these two...

Digital inkjet press & converting system. (Product Preview: Mark Andy).
July 1, 2003... The new DT2200 Digital Printing and Converting System features an inkjet printing module, developed with dotrix (formerly Barco Graphics) integrated into a 13 Mark Andy 2200 flexo press. The four-color system is capable of printing high-end...

UV rotary screen ink series. (Product Preview: Encres Dubuit).
July 1, 2003... New Rotoprint UV rotary screen inks do not require overprint varnish, and accept hot stamping without an additive. They offer high gloss, opacity and reactivity, and good adhesion on most top coated film and paper stocks. Mitry Cedex,...

Adhesion technology. (Product Preview: Ciba Specialty Chemicals).
July 1, 2003... Prime IT is a new technology for top adhesion performance of UV curable inks, coatings and adhesives on plastics. It can be used for printing on flexible and rigid packaging, smart cards, commercial and film lamination. It gives superior...

Smart label/ticket laminating system. (Product Preview: Bielomatik).
July 1, 2003... TTL-100V (V = "versatile") stands for Transponder Ticket and Label Laminating Machine. It is configured for beginners and for the initial stage of the RFID market, but can be upgraded easily for the changing requirements of the industry. The...

Tyvek, Cyrel, Cromalin. (Product Preview: DuPont).
July 1, 2003... DuPont Tyvek, made of pure polyethylene fibers, is tear, water and chemical resistant. Tyvek tags and labels are light, flexible and can be sewn, glued or mechanically fixed in place. They are widely used in a multitude of applications fields...

Shaftless flexo press. (Product Preview: GiDue).
July 1, 2003... The E-Combat (Electronic Combat) shaftless press features the new IML-EDL delivery system for in-mold labels. Servo motors control all press functions. It is available in web widths of 280mm (11") 370mm (14.5") 430mm (17") and 530 mm (21"). A...

Release & Adhesion testing system. (Product Preview: Buchel BV).
July 1, 2003... The Lab Master Release and Adhesion testing system operates with Windows-based software, and features the ability to create user-defined test set-up, individual test speed selection, user-definable default areas for analysis, exporting graphs...

Injector System. (Product Preview: Arpeco Engineering).
July 1, 2003... The award winning Injector System, a processing system for web based printing and converting of folding cartons, will be introduced at Labelexpo Europe 2003. Using flexible steel tooling, the system processes the printed board inline without...

UV curing lamps. (Product Preview: Primarc).
July 1, 2003... Primarc will display its extended series of spectrally enhanced metal halide lamps, developed in line with the trend to use a varied spectrum of UV curable coatings and inks in the label printing process. Also on exhibit are medium pressure...

Silicone base paper. (Product Preview: Cham Paper Group).
July 1, 2003... The Chain Paper Group extends its range of silicone base papers with Silico SW, designed for the American market. The face is double clay coated to guarantee a homogeneous, smooth silicone side and to minimize silicone consumption. Silico SW is...

Labeling equipment. (Product Preview: A.L. Tech).
July 1, 2003... A.L. Tech -- Advanced Labelling Technologies -- introduces new developments to the ALritma labeling machine head, primarily in the controlling software, allowing for variable labeling speeds above 80 meters per minute. The ALcode...

Water washable plate maker. (Product Preview: AV Flexologic).
July 1, 2003... The Aquasuper MK II manufactures water washable flexo printing plates of various thicknesses. The plate to be washed out is fixed in the orbital washout unit on a sticky base plate. The plate is washed out in a mixture of water and dishwasher...

Packaging press. (Product Preview: Edale).
July 1, 2003... Edale's Sigma packaging press, developed from the design of its predecessor, the E430/5l0i, is a "shaftless" machine equipped with the latest servo technology. The company will demonstrate a UV flexo shrink sleeve application developed for high...

UV power supply. (Product Preview: Honle UV).
July 1, 2003... Honle presents the newly designed electronic power supply EPS 61 for UV-discharge lamps. The EPS 61 is a 6 kW power supply, adjustable from 15 to 100 percent output and cascadable up to 12 kW. It improves the high efficiency of the existing...

Web cleaning systems. (Poduct Preview: AB Kelva).
July 1, 2003... AB Kelva supplies contact and non-contact web cleaning systems. The non-cntact systems feature technology that creates micro vibrations on the web surface by blowing pressurized air toward the web, causing the particles to loosen and allowing...

Controller. (Product Preview: Baumuller).
July 1, 2003... Baumuller presents the b maXX-drivePLC controller, requiring only 100 [micro]s for 1,000 lines of STL. The drive system can perform complex motion control tasks, and offers access to the bus systems of automation. The controller supports the...

Bar code production. (Product Preview: EasyLabel Europa).
July 1, 2003... EasyLabel 5 Platinum, from Tharo Systems Inc. provides a new EAN/UCC-128 Wizard, which prompts the user for the required information and builds the bar code automatically. EasyLabel 5 Gold now has the same database capabilities as the Platinum...

Rotary dies & accessories. (Product Preview: RotoMetrics).
July 1, 2003... RotaMetrics will display its line of rotary dies and accessories, including CNC and EDM dies, flexible dies, magnetic cylinders, print cylinders, specialty dies, sheeters, pressure gauging systems and more. New to the product line are rotary...

Core cutters. (Product Preview: Adolf Brodbeck).
July 1, 2003... Adolf Brodbeck GmbH will exhibit the Multi-ID Core Cutter Model UNI 1000. The tube is manually loaded onto the cutting mandrel, and the required cutting length and batch quantity are keyed into the input terminal. The one cutting mandrel...

Label dispensers. (Product Preview: Pinewood Label Systems).
July 1, 2003... Pinewood Label Systems supplies manual dispensers, hand held applicators and semi-automatic dispensers, which will dispense and apply most types of labels, The latest additions are the Dispensamatic 10 land 16 II for large roll and fanfold...

UV flexo presses. (Product Preview: MPS).
July 1, 2003... MPS -- Multi Print Systems -- will demonstrate its new EF (Effective Flexo) UV flexo press. The EF is servo-driven, and offers quality similar to the EP press but at a reduced cost. Also to be launched at Labelexpo is the EC (Effective...