
Substrates

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), Chicago, has increased its capacity for direct thermal linerless label production by approximately 40% as a direct response to client demand. With the recent installation of an additional linerless press at its plant in Monroe, Wisconsin, RRD...
GPA, a market leader in substrate solutions for offset, digital and wide-format printing based in Chicago, announced that Anna Ruffolo has joined the company as the new senior vice president of finance and operations. In her new role, Ruffolo will advance GPA’s financial management strategy...
“There are plenty of fish in the sea” is a comforting sentiment in theory. But, when we stop to think about it, weeding through the sheer volume of “fish in the sea” to find the right match is a little overwhelming. Sometimes the tags and labels market feels that way, too...
Jacksonville, Florida-based Apex Color, a member of Strategic Print Alliance and PSDA, has added Konica Minolta's C8000 Bizhub and 1200 B&W to its equipment list.
Nekoosa, Wisconsin-based Nekoosa Coated Products introduced MagneCote® iSeries, a pre-magnetized RIT certified® sheet for HP Indigo® presses. A “white sensor strip” on the backside of each sheet satisfies sensors in the press to prevent feeding issues. It is the first pre-magnetized sheet certified for this machine.
Dover, New Hampshire-based Relyco announced a reseller partnership agreement with Toronto-based Ricoh Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Americas Corporation, to provide leading substrate products to its production printing customers. Ricoh has approved both Relyco’s DigiPOP personalized digital packaging solutions and REVLAR waterproof paper for use on its production printers and will offer the product to its customers in Canada.
Stow, Ohio-based MACtac Printing Products has enhanced its Vivid prime film label stocks line with a new, robust topcoat for optimal print receptivity.
Headquartered in Fenton, Mo., Masterpiece Graphix (MGX) now offers both a matte and gloss substrate coating for the EFI Jetrion UV inkjet label press, giving Jetrion users more substrate options to choose from. MGX tested these coatings on paper and film materials, with successful results in both cases. EFI Jetrion users can have their preferred substrate digitally optimized with either coating option.