The Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) is excited to reveal the honorees in its 31st Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition. The competition evaluates print and packaging submissions that utilize a wide range of finishing techniques, from foil stamping and embossing to specialty coating, film laminating, laser cutting, diecutting and cold foil applications. … [Read more...] about 31st Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards
Enews June 2024
Top 5 Lighthearted Animated Films that Cover Serious Workplace Safety and Health
By Liz Stevens, writer, Post Press The Napo Film Consortium is a source for short, animated, lighthearted videos on a variety of workplace health and safety topics. The films are applicable for a wide range of industries and manufacturing operations. They were created for viewers of all backgrounds and for speakers of all languages. In these videos, Everyman Napo and his … [Read more...] about Top 5 Lighthearted Animated Films that Cover Serious Workplace Safety and Health
RotoMetrics Launches New Flexible Die Portfolio Improving Cut
Press release submitted on behalf of Maxcess. Maxcess, Oak Brook, Illinois, a global leader in innovative products and services for automated web handling applications, today announced a new RotoMetrics’ Flexible Die portfolio offering. The new RotoMetrics’ Flexible Die line combines the best manufacturing and operational processes of RotoMetrics, Electro Optic and MLC Brazil … [Read more...] about RotoMetrics Launches New Flexible Die Portfolio Improving Cut
Sakurai Demonstrates Specialty Coatings and Foils on 2024 Calendar
By Jeff Peterson, editor-in-chief, PostPress The 2024 Sakurai Calendar, entitled “Beyond Your Imagination,” utilized screen printing and UV coating technology as well as its foil decorating technology to create a spectacular, seven pass calendar that was designed and printed by Kumazawa Screen Printing, Tokyo, Japan. The seven passes were printed, coated and foiled on a … [Read more...] about Sakurai Demonstrates Specialty Coatings and Foils on 2024 Calendar
Protecting Print Businesses from Digital Disruption
By Tom Wojcinski, principal, and Michael J. Devereux II, CPA, CMP, partner, Wipfli Is there anything a manufacturer can do to ensure its operations are not hacked? Unfortunately, there is no way that’s possible, especially in today’s connected manufacturing environment. Even if a printer or print finisher disconnected everything from the internet, it still could be the victim … [Read more...] about Protecting Print Businesses from Digital Disruption
Applications Portfolio Pushes Boundaries with Extreme Embellishment
Edited by Erin La Row, writer, PostPress The team at Print Panther Direct, a commercial printer in Oakville, Canada, prides itself on creating beautiful, meaningful print. Printing print that matters is the philosophy that guides each project, including the Extreme Digital Guide 4 – the fourth of its Designer Guides – that was created to highlight the company’s print … [Read more...] about Applications Portfolio Pushes Boundaries with Extreme Embellishment
Graphiscan Installs Standard Finishing Systems’ Equipment
Press release submitted on behalf of Standard Finishing Systems. Standard Finishing Systems has announced that Graphiscan, a producer of case-bound and perfect-bound books, including photo books located in Montreal, Quebec, has installed the Horizon LBF-500 Book Block Feeder, BQ-500 Perfect Binder, GF-500 Gauze Feeder, and HT-1000V Three-Kinfe Trimmer. To meet customers’ … [Read more...] about Graphiscan Installs Standard Finishing Systems’ Equipment
Printing, Binding Companies Donate More than 13,500 Pocket Constitutions to Ohio Students
Press release submitted on behalf of the Bill of Rights Institute. The Bill of Rights Institute, Arlington, Virginia, reported that students across the state of Ohio will have their own copies of America’s founding documents, thanks to the generosity of two businesses in the state. Cleveland-based Foote Printing and BindTech, which operates a plant in Macedonia, Ohio, … [Read more...] about Printing, Binding Companies Donate More than 13,500 Pocket Constitutions to Ohio Students
Hampden Press Signs for a Scodix Ultra 2500 SHD
Press release submitted on behalf of Scodix. Scodix, Saddle Brook, New Jersey, the leading provider of digital print enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, announces today the sale of a Scodix Ultra 2500 SHD digital enhancement press to Hampden Press, a premier full-service printing company, in Denver, Colorado. Launched just over a month ago, the Scodix … [Read more...] about Hampden Press Signs for a Scodix Ultra 2500 SHD
drupa and PRINTING United Announce Strategic Partnership
Press release submitted on behalf of drupa and PRINTING United. Starting in 2024, the partnership of the world’s leading trade fairs drupa and PRINTING United Expo located in Europe and North America, respectively, will bolster the reach of each brand throughout the industry. Both organizations, with their customer-centric focus, will look to make all their events even more … [Read more...] about drupa and PRINTING United Announce Strategic Partnership