FTA Annual Forum ( Cont’d from Page 1)
• Transcontinental Robbie for the Post Fruity Pebbles/Cocoa Pebbles Wrappers in the wide web category. •WestRock Company of Canada Inc for the Danone Oikos Greek Yogurt Box in the preprinted linerboard category • Mac Papers Envelope Converters Inc for the Tru- Green Welcome to TruGreen Envelope in the enve- lope category Technical Innovation Award Also at the award’s banquet, two winners were pre- sented with the 2018 Technical Innovation Award. The Award honors those who have helped in contin- uing to advance the flexographic industry toward ex- ceptional performance, productivity and efficiency. In the Prepress Graphics category, a 2018 Techni- cal Innovation Award went to Hamillroad Software Ltd, for its Bellissima Digitally Modulated Screening (DMS). This software reportedly dramatically im- proves flexography’s quality and minimizes com- mon “hardware” issues like press bounce, making it a very strong contender against both digital and gravure printing. It is targeted to address both bar- ring and slurring. The software is said to produce near-perfect flat tines, sharp tinted text and sharp reverse tinted text. In the Prepress – Pressroom category, a 2018 Tech- nical Innovation Award was given to Eaglewood Tech- nologies for its Sitexco Laser Anilox Cleaning System. This machine uses a laser to clean everything down to the microscopic cells of anilox rollers without cre- ating any waste or using consumables, and it logs the data to provide a comprehensive overview of inven- tory. Even further, the system’s power consumption ranges from 1.8-kW to 2.5k-W per hour, which is less than a major household appliance.
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Hall Of Fame The FTA inducted its 56th member, Lon Robinson, into its Hall of Fame during the Awards Banquet. Follow- ing in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, Robinson is a third gener- ation Tension Corp employee. He started as a pressman trainee and over the past 39 years worked his way up to ink technician, print lead and then moved into prepress
Lon Robinson
where he held various roles as technician, lead and manager. After becoming composing lead, he was a technical assistant for seven years before advancing
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