Label printers and converters are the heartbeat of local and regional packaging needs. Food Label, Point of Purchase Label; Safety, Warning & Instructional Labels, Wine & Spirit Labels and Promotional Label demands continue to trend upwards. Customer requirements frequently change and are often rushed. How does a century old print provider adapt to ever-changing market needs and regulation changes? Join Freddy Blake, Plant Manager, Louisville Label speak about their operational efficiencies; the balance of flexo and digital production; challenges faced and overcome; and how Louisville's culture empowers an average employee tenure of 20+ years. It's not always about the biggest, it's about the power of a strong leader, a strong team and the right technology.
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Donna Covannon
Director of Marketing
Xeikon North America
Freddy Blake
Plant Manager
Louisville Label, Inc
Simple applications of Color Management - why applying color management to a production environment increases production efficiency and reduces waste. We will discuss the benefits of implementing color management properly, the consequences of ignoring color management, and provide recommendations on how to speak with your customers about color with confidence.
It’s no secret that our industry continues to grapple with significant supply chain challenges. Specifically, we have had to endure a shortage of materials. The problem does not seem to be resolving any time soon, either. This challenge has been evident for both suppliers and converters alike, and today Maxcess will help take us through some troubleshooting tips for overcoming these material shortages and dealing with various liner specifications.
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Maxcess saves you time and money by optimizing your peak output performance. We do this by leveraging the world’s best web handling brands, offering customized end-to-end web handling solutions that help you work better, faster and smarter.
We understand how winding equipment influences tension, tension influence guiding, and how guiding and tension together influence your ability to die-cut and slit the web effectively. We are actively investing in Industry 4.0 solutions, creating automated systems that help customers reduce dependency on manual labor and minimize human error. We’re Maxcess. We provide web handling equipment that helps you work better, faster and smarter. Visit us at Maxcess.com.
Are you a narrow web label converter ready to forge ahead with UV LED curing but unsure where to begin or how best to proceed? Are you feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and underwhelmed by the industry’s LED promotions that don’t seem to address your unique printing and converting needs? Are you unsure of whether UV LED or UV arc are best for your application?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join GEW on November 14th where GEW’s Jennifer Heathcote and Amir Dekel will discuss these questions, before opening up the presentation to viewer questions.
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GEW (EC) Limited designs and manufactures Arc and UV LED curing systems for printing, coating and converting applications. The company is the leading manufacturer of UV systems for label and narrow web printing and is experiencing a growing global presence in sheetfed and web offset for commercial printing and packaging. GEW’s UV systems are available for all new machinery, and can be retrofitted to any active press, allowing printers to breathe new life into older printing equipment. GEW has a world-class production facility at its UK headquarters, subsidiaries in the USA & Germany, and an extensive list of worldwide distributors.
GEW specializes in the design and installation of UV LED systems, having introduced its latest UV LED product, AeroLED, in early 2022. Representing the next generation for UV LED curing, AeroLED eliminates the need for a chiller by air-cooling from a single remote fan to bring UV LED within affordable reach for all. LeoLED, released in 2019, is GEW’s water-cooled solution, delivering maximum power and UV dose for more demanding applications. LeoLED is compatible with GEW’s renowned ArcLED hybrid system.
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The Epson SurePress team is made up of product specialists who have been working in the label and printing industry for over 20 years. They are especially focused on automation and the development of on-press automated tasks such as digital embellishment.
Mike Nyman and Mas Crawford will be discussing an added value they call Digital Varnish and covering frequently asked questions regarding the application process with the SurePress L-6534 to its capabilities.
Digital varnish is included standard with the L-6534VW and is done inline with the label printing without adding to press operating time. Some of the benefits our product experts will be discussing includes tactile finishes, matte and gloss finishes in a single pass, metallic gold foiling effects, and more.
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies and digital technologies to connect people, things, and information. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com. Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson’s regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson America, please visit epson.com.
So, you think you know Mactac? Think again.
Building upon our legacy of paper on paper hot-melt constructions, and great service, we now have a breadth of service and product portfolio offerings that have grown our reach into truly specialty applications.
Global Resources. Local Service. With the support of our parent company, LINTEC, we aim to deliver unmatched technology, capability, service and value to our customers.
Through strategic market growth and operational expansion, the newest additions to the Mactac family include Duramark Products (formally Ritrama USA) and Spinnaker Coating.
Our integrated North American manufacturing and distribution footprint is 40% larger than it was just a few years ago. Our state-of-the-art assets allow us to provide in-house top coating formulation, enhanced opportunities in film in our world-class automated facility in Spartanburg, specialty labeling and custom product development in our Minneapolis facility, and overall manufacturing consistency, efficiency, and security of supply for our customers as a result of adding redundant capacity.
Now, more than ever, we have the technologies, tools and resources to help you solve your problems and grow your business — yet we remain true to our core values and our commitment by going above and beyond personalized service and support.
We will always be the Mactac you know, trust and count on.
Joel Ulrich
Senior Marketing Manager
Mactac
Brian Copeland
Product Manager
Mactac
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Brand owners, across many industries, seek differentiation as well as speed to market. Consumers expect appealing yet food safe packaging they trust.
In this webinar, you’ll learn from Gary Moody of Premier Markings as to how he works with his brand customers in meeting the needs of consumers.
Premier Markings is a manufacturer of top quality digitally printed labels and recently added flexible packaging pouches to their offering.
Digital printing enables Premier Markings to provide fantastic quality labels and pouches with small quantities and no press plate costs enabling quick and cost effective runs to meet demand.
Just about everything can be digitally printed at a lower cost to you!
If your work requires multiple colors and you’re starting out with low quantities or have many variations of the same label, then digital printing can save you money and still have a great looking output.
There are many advantages of digital printed labels and flexible pouches but number one is the quality. In years past, the only way to achieve this litho type quality was to print litho. The problem with litho is if you require or prefer a roll format that is not possible. As well die cutting, scoring and any other process is done secondary, which leads to increase in production, time and price.
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Join us for this information filled webinar about substrates and label applications. Why are there so many substrates? Our technical experts will provide a general overview of many different substrates types and ways to use each type of substrate most effectively.
Labels have become a ubiquitous product as every generated good requires some form of identification from providing product information to ensuring proper receipt from deliveries. Label usage continues to grow. This demand must be delivered by those supporting the label production process.
Substrates coated with the proper silicone can generate a release liner that provides the answer to a converter’s need for faster speed. Having a stable release profile from process start-up through full run speeds, accounting for varying needs across end use applications, is critical for ensuring uninterrupted workflow. Achieving flat release imparts consistency that allows for faster run times, increased throughput, and satisfies new demand on label converters.
During this webinar, our team of experts will focus on understanding label construction, the label conversion process, and silicone solutions for those potential conversion problems.
Elkem Silicones has more than 4,200 employees dedicated to delivering your potential by providing you innovative silicone solutions with a personal touch. Elkem Silicones, a division of Elkem, is a global leader in fully integrated silicone manufacturing, operating 13 multi-functional manufacturing sites and 13 Research & Innovation centers around the globe. Elkem Silicones offers a full range of silicone technologies for diverse specialty markets including aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer goods, energy, healthcare, paper, personal care and textiles. Elkem Silicones is committed to create new, innovative and green solutions and business models that promote a sustainable future.
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Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion.
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson’s regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
Shrink sleeves differentiate packaging on the shelf since they accommodate many different shapes and offer 360º coverage providing a no label look. ACTEGA’s presentation will focus on trends and opportunities for visual and haptic effects when producing shrink sleeve applications.
ACTEGA is an innovation leader and the preferred solution provider for specialty chemicals in the packaging industry. We are committed to innovation, agility and value creation. We promote new ideas and think outside the box. We actively drive technological change. We focus on meeting our customer’s needs. Whatever we do is aligned with our identity and brand values.