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Eliminate the Dangers of Steel Doctor Blades with TruPoint® Blades
Every industry has its challenges, and for the flexo printing industry they include the dangers of steel doctor blades - anilox scoring and pressroom injuries. Fortunately, [...]
In Safe Hands with Polymer Doctor Blades Blog Series Part 1 “Numbers That Add Insults to Doctor Blade Injuries”
OSHA reports, “Businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses.” Also, "Employers pay almost $1 billion per week for direct workers’ [...]
3 Ways to Conquer UV Ink Spitting in your Pressroom
Ever seen your perfect print job turn into a messy, chaotic artwork? If you’re a label printer, you’ve probably faced the nightmare of UV ink spitting. [...]
Corrugated Converters at the Crossroads Blog Series Part 4 “The Digital Printing Revolution”
Our first post in the Corrugated Converters at the Crossroads blog series looked at changes in the corrugated printing market, the factors driving them and how big-box [...]
The Spectrum of Culture: From Employee to Customer
The Cultural Spectrum As printers, or as suppliers to printers, we obsess in the pursuit of perfection-- perhaps in no area with so much focus as on [...]
Corrugated Converters at the Crossroads Blog Series Part 3 “This Is Not Your Father’s Pressroom”
The third post in our Corrugated Converters at the Crossroads blog series will look at how some pressroom equipment and substrates have evolved to help printers keep up [...]
Corrugated Converters at the Crossroads Blog Series Part 2 “Necessity is the Mother of Ink Delivery Innovation”
The first blog post in our Corrugated Converters at the Crossroads series looked at how new consumer buying behaviors are changing what is expected of corrugated packaging [...]
Corrugated Converters at the Crossroads Blog Series Part 1 “The Consumer is King”
Corrugated package printing is evolving. Lead times are shortening, order sizes are decreasing and pressure to reduce turnaround times is growing. At the same time, brand owners [...]
The Environmental Impact of Doctor Blades
Generally, printers choose plastic or steel doctor blades according to their graphic requirements (or maybe blade life or safety). But, all else being equal, choosing the [...]
Doctor Blade Installation
Back to the basics with this doctor blade installation and best practice infographic, created by Flexo Concepts. This infographic is a simple 3-step guide to proper [...]
Doctor Blade Quality through Tight Manufacturing Control
From the moment raw material enters our building, Flexo Concepts® measures, analyzes and controls every step of the process of turning the polymer stock into high-precision, performance [...]
New, Improved MicroTip®
Since Flexo Concepts launched TruPoint Orange® with a MicroTip four years ago, it has been an overwhelming success in tag and label plants. Printers around the [...]
The World’s Most Innovative Doctor Blade Company
Flexo Concepts® wants to be the world’s most innovative doctor blade company. How are we going to do it? By creating products, services and a brand experience [...]
Hybrid Printing Technology Combines the Best of Both Worlds
The TeaToaster. An appliance that makes tea and toast? How nice would it be to have the option of preparing your breakfast and morning beverage at [...]
The 5 Ws of TruPoint Doctor Blade Tips
This infographic is a beginner's guide to Doctor Blade Tips, providing a brief overview of the 3 main tips offered with TruPoint doctor blades. Viewers will [...]
New Polymer Doctor Blade for High-Graphics Box Makers
If you are a producer of simple corrugated graphics, you are probably very familiar with UHMW as the best solution to optimize doctor blade life and [...]