packagePRINTING's 2002 Hot List
January 2003
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These products and companies were the most sought-after in 2002 by packagePRINTING readers.
Top 10: Prepress Equipment
1. Creo—PDF-based packaging workflow Prinergy Powerpack, copydot scanning systems, film imagers, and CtP devices
2. Agfa—Workflow and color management systems including the AgfaScan XY-15 Plus, Sherpa 43 Inkjet system, and Lithostar plates
3. Kodak Polychrome Graphics—Offers Digital and conventional plates, film, and proofing and color technologies including the Kodak Approval XP unit
4. BASF—Offers Nyloflex® and Nyloprint® equipment combinations for processing photopolymer flexo and letterpress plates and sleeves
5. MacDermid—Broad range of sheet, liquid, digital, and water-wash photopolymer plates, platemaking equipment, sleeves, and plate mounting systems
6. J.V. Imaging—Distributors of AsahiKASEI corrugated and process plates for flexo applications
7. Anderson & Vreeland—Photopolymer plate processing systems and rubber plate molding presses
8. X-Rite—Digital densitometers to ease prepress, ink, or press-side color evaluations
9. DuPont Cyrel—Cyrel® photopolymer plates/prepress systems, including the Cyrel FAST thermal technology
10. Corotron—Manufacturers of the eXact high-definition flexo plate exposure unit
Others: Beta Industries, Conversource, Esko-Graphics, and E.L. Harley
Top 10: Presses
1. Mark Andy/Comco—Printing and converting systems for the narrow-web packaging market
2. Gallus—Manufacturer of label printing and converting equipment including the Gallus EM 280 Plug & Print system
3. PCMC—Manufacturers of the Webtron and ZIGZAG press lines, for the flexographic printing industry
4. Ko-Pack—Equipment includes the All-in-One-Pass E-Class and C-Class letterpress, and specialty film and flexible packaging presses
5. Windmoeller & Hoelscher—Manufacturer and distributor of narrow-, mid-, and wide-web press lines
6. Chromas—Narrow-web presses for tags/labels, flexible packaging, folding cartons
7. Wolverine Flexographic—Mid- to wide-web flexo presses, including the Bull-Gear Stack-Type press
8. HP Indigo—Digital in-line, off-line presses for labels, films, and cartons, including the new web-fed ws4000
9. Kidder—6-, 8-, and 10-color flexo CI presses
10. Omet—Offers gearless flexographic print line, Varyflex, with quick sleeve-change technology
Others: Nilpeter, Uteco, Xeikon, and Bobst
Top 10: Converting/Finishing Equipment
1. CTC—Butt splicers, waste matrix winders, and turret rewinders for the label printing industry
2. Pinnacle—Makers of the LOG HOG single-blade slitter for economical cutting of vinyl, PSA, foam, and spun adhesive rolls
3. Elsner Engineering—Manufacturer of automatic rewinders, overwrappers, and folders for consumer products
4. LasX—Offers contract services for pre-production or production digital converting on in-house sheet-fed or roll-fed Laser-Sharp® systems
5. Pearl Technologies—Offers an extensive line of snap-in pre-gapped wicket punches, clamping wicketers, cross-web punches, wrinkle removers, hanger holes, and rotary perfs
6. American Int'l Machinery—Supplier of Signature® folder/gluers with 24 models in sizes from 24˝ to 57˝
Top 10: Prepress Equipment
1. Creo—PDF-based packaging workflow Prinergy Powerpack, copydot scanning systems, film imagers, and CtP devices
2. Agfa—Workflow and color management systems including the AgfaScan XY-15 Plus, Sherpa 43 Inkjet system, and Lithostar plates
3. Kodak Polychrome Graphics—Offers Digital and conventional plates, film, and proofing and color technologies including the Kodak Approval XP unit
4. BASF—Offers Nyloflex® and Nyloprint® equipment combinations for processing photopolymer flexo and letterpress plates and sleeves
5. MacDermid—Broad range of sheet, liquid, digital, and water-wash photopolymer plates, platemaking equipment, sleeves, and plate mounting systems
6. J.V. Imaging—Distributors of AsahiKASEI corrugated and process plates for flexo applications
7. Anderson & Vreeland—Photopolymer plate processing systems and rubber plate molding presses
8. X-Rite—Digital densitometers to ease prepress, ink, or press-side color evaluations
9. DuPont Cyrel—Cyrel® photopolymer plates/prepress systems, including the Cyrel FAST thermal technology
10. Corotron—Manufacturers of the eXact high-definition flexo plate exposure unit
Others: Beta Industries, Conversource, Esko-Graphics, and E.L. Harley
Top 10: Presses
1. Mark Andy/Comco—Printing and converting systems for the narrow-web packaging market
2. Gallus—Manufacturer of label printing and converting equipment including the Gallus EM 280 Plug & Print system
3. PCMC—Manufacturers of the Webtron and ZIGZAG press lines, for the flexographic printing industry
4. Ko-Pack—Equipment includes the All-in-One-Pass E-Class and C-Class letterpress, and specialty film and flexible packaging presses
5. Windmoeller & Hoelscher—Manufacturer and distributor of narrow-, mid-, and wide-web press lines
6. Chromas—Narrow-web presses for tags/labels, flexible packaging, folding cartons
7. Wolverine Flexographic—Mid- to wide-web flexo presses, including the Bull-Gear Stack-Type press
8. HP Indigo—Digital in-line, off-line presses for labels, films, and cartons, including the new web-fed ws4000
9. Kidder—6-, 8-, and 10-color flexo CI presses
10. Omet—Offers gearless flexographic print line, Varyflex, with quick sleeve-change technology
Others: Nilpeter, Uteco, Xeikon, and Bobst
Top 10: Converting/Finishing Equipment
1. CTC—Butt splicers, waste matrix winders, and turret rewinders for the label printing industry
2. Pinnacle—Makers of the LOG HOG single-blade slitter for economical cutting of vinyl, PSA, foam, and spun adhesive rolls
3. Elsner Engineering—Manufacturer of automatic rewinders, overwrappers, and folders for consumer products
4. LasX—Offers contract services for pre-production or production digital converting on in-house sheet-fed or roll-fed Laser-Sharp® systems
5. Pearl Technologies—Offers an extensive line of snap-in pre-gapped wicket punches, clamping wicketers, cross-web punches, wrinkle removers, hanger holes, and rotary perfs
6. American Int'l Machinery—Supplier of Signature® folder/gluers with 24 models in sizes from 24˝ to 57˝
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