RRD Debuts Enhanced Label Performance Center BY GREG KISHBAUGH
Southern Champion Installs Heidelberg Press Axiom Color Campus, an online education- al platform dedicated to preventing printing waste in the flexographic printing industry, has announced its official launch. With a mis- sion to cultivate fully trained press room staff
RRD has introduced an enhanced Label Performance Center within its St. Charles, Illinois, production facility. The new space serves as a ded- icated area for label and packaging material research, development and testing.
and transform them into color experts, Axiom Color Campus aims to produce repeatable color and prevent costly downtime. Etiplast Invests In New Nilpeter FA-22 Flexo Press Etiplast S.A., a converter based in Costa Rica, has just taken delivery of a brand-new Nil- peter FA-22 flexo press. The new press is specifically configured for flexible packaging. One of the first appli- cations will be coffee bags – a key market in the region. This is why the press has been equipped with solvent units to laminate inline. Etiplast also plans to target the growing shrink sleeves segment, using white ink in solvent. Although the press is fully capable of running label production, the main focus will remain flexible packaging. Currently, Etiplast operates two Nilpeter FA- 14 presses at high occupancy, producing tape for the agroindustrial sector. The plan is to shift part of that workload to the new FA-22.
RRD’s dedicated Label Performance Center is a one-stop hub for mechanical, chemical and environmental testing. Additionally, it can validate material and design changes, providing root-cause analysis, qualification, and validation of products. The lab can also duplicate customer results and test processes to uncover performance deficien- cies. The lab provides clients with extensive label testing capabilities Robert Challman, Director of Research and Development for Packaging and Labels at RRD, examines a label being tested inside a thermal chamber at RRD’s new Label Performance Center in St. Charles, Illinois. RRD tests labels under extreme hot and cold temperatures to mimic the hottest dry weather of Arizona to the coldest temperatures of Alaska. Testing labels under extreme conditions like temperature and sun exposure enables RRD to ensure the durability and reliability of its label products.
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