Flint Group Awarded By Marvaco For Expanded Gamut Flint Group has been awarded the Expanded Gamut Printing (EGP) Partnership Certificate by Mar- vaco Ltd, a pioneer in modern EGP technology. The certificate recognizes the company’s capability of de- livering tools for successful implementation of this modern production process. The first Full HD EGP project between Flint Group and Marvaco was initiated 2015 and resulted a job printed in cooperation with Soma at Drupa’16. Since then, Flint Group and Marvaco have implemented the Full HD EGP also for water-based inks on paper, and both UV and solvent-based inks on self-adhesive labels. APT Celebrates 50 Years Of PRINT The Association for Print Technologies (APT), for- merly NPES, announced that its PRINT brand will be the name for its signature annual event. Held for the first time in 1968, the 50-year-old PRINT attracted more than 22,000 people in 2017. Founded in 1933 as NPEA, the Association for Print Technologies has served the printing and graphic communications industry for 85 years.
PRINT 18 will take place September 30- October 2, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. PIA Launches Customer Service Certification Program Printing Industries of America has launched a new Customer Service Professional Certification (CSP) program to train and validate the expertise of cus- tomer service representatives in a production print environment. Pamarco Increases Capacity With New Lasers Pamarco has invested in two new lasers for its ce- ramic anilox business and major plasma upgrades. The first laser is a 3.5 meter ALE to be installed in Pa- marco’s La Palma, California, location, in April. The second will be installed in May, a 5.5 meter ALE laser in the company’sWarrington, UK, facility. In addition to the lasers, the most recent plasma in- stallation, a fourth Sinplex at Pamarco’s Atlanta, Geor- gia, operation, company-wide plasma improvements are officially complete; each plant is now equipped with Triplex and Sinplex systems.
Industry Events
Expo Pack Latin America June 5-8, 2018 Location: Expo Santa Fe Mexico, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico
Graphics of the Americas February 22-24, 2018 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Labelexpo Americas September 25-27, 2018 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, IL
Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute March 11-14, 2018 Converter Meeting Fairmont Grand Del Mar San Diego, CA
PRINT 18 September 30 - October 3, 2018 Chicago's McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois
Pack Expo East April 16-18, 2018 Philadelphia, PA
TLMI Annual Meeting of Converters and Suppliers October 14-17, 2018 The Ritz-Carlton,Amelia Island Amelia Island, FL
Flexographic Technical Association Annual Forum May 6-9, 2018 Indianapolis, IN
Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute March 10 – March 13, 2019 Converter Meeting The Omni Grove Park Inn Ashville, NC
Labelexpo Southeast Asia May 10-12, 2018 Bangkok InternationalTrade & Exhibition Centre Bangkok,Thailand
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