Spot On - PCMC's Flexo Blog

there are many customers that do not measure their coat weight (CW). They may maintain their coatings by gloss or scuff resistance, which is at least a benchmark to set but there are also many that do not measure their CW readings at all and just use visual acceptance. This is like driving a car without a gas gauge. You need to know in real time how much CW is being applied.

Smart Factory. Internet of Things. Industry 4.0. These buzzwords seem to be everywhere, but what does it all even mean?

Sustainability is a real movement for change, both in what we do and how we look at things. The earth has limited resources and as its inhabitants, it’s our responsibility to reduce our negative impact on these resources. Paper Converting Machine Company is committed to helping create a sustainable world by providing features on our flexographic printing presses that help our customers embrace sustainability.

Flexible packaging is on the rise as consumers and brands continue to drive the transition from rigid packaging formats to flexible. But as more pouches and bags reach store shelves, do you have what it takes to produce the high-quality graphics that can trigger a purchase?

Time is money. It’s a fact that all flexographic printers and converters understand. The faster a job can be set up, run to completion, and changed over to the next job, the more jobs a printer can run. Every minute that a press isn’t running is money lost.