Doctor Blade Chambers Play a Key Role in Print Quality and Pressroom Efficiency
After years of being relegated to jobs with low graphics requirements, flexography now rivals other printing methods for quality and efficiency thanks to advances in the ink delivery [...]
How Flexo Concepts® Was Digitally Transformed
Flexo Concepts has completely transformed the way it does business. Digitally, that is. It began the way all of our projects do, with a vision - [...]
XL Blade Holder by TRESU Gives P-Line Users Access to TruPoint® Blades
As part of a program to expand doctor blade options for its chamber users, TRESU has introduced a modification to its P-Line Clamp System to fit TruPoint [...]
Flexo Concepts Joins Local “Scallop Roll”
Flexo Concepts recently joined 29 other area businesses participating in the latest Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce street-side art project - "The Scallop Roll." Part of a [...]
Flexo Concepts®: Distinguished Exporter of TruPoint® Doctor Blades
If a time period in a company’s history can be characterized by a single phrase, 2018 could be called the “year of the export” for Flexo Concepts. [...]
Manufacturing Manager Adam Yock Talks about Plant Safety at Flexo Concepts
One of Flexo Concepts’ most important cultural values relates to its people and keeping them safe is one of its highest priorities. For this reason, the company [...]
In Safe Hands with Polymer Doctor Blades Blog Series Part 3 “Not the Sharpest Doctor Blade in the Pressroom”
Everyone knows that plastic doctor blades are safer than steel. But did you ever wonder why plastic is a safe doctor blade option? The answer is [...]
In Safe Hands with Polymer Doctor Blades Blog Series Part 2 “Steel Doctor Blade Risk Management”
Workplace hazards are present in almost every industry, and the printing industry is no exception. A press operator faces many dangers at work every day. One [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]