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Carton & Box 3 See more products on p23 & p49. WHAT’S NEW PRODUCTS A Shape That Sells 4 | Central Graphics & Container Group, Mississauga, ON, Canada, scored big points with its customer, Molsons Canada, for a 15-can football pack entered in the category of Innovative Structural Design–Consumer Focus. Designed to address the decline in multi-serve can packs in convenience stores, the converter reports the promotion was so successful the product was sold out one month in advance of forecast. The graphics were A Promo That Pops designed to mirror the look of a football, 3 | In creating this entry in the Best dimples and all. Direct print offset was Corrugated Self-Promotion category, chosen as the print method to reproduce Jamestown Container Co., Rochester, the authentic leather look of the football NY, stretched the talents of its Hycorr and as well as to give the client flexibility in Bobst equipment and its assembly team, order quantities. designers, and suppliers. Structurally, the The structure was shaped to piece was a challenge due to the necescomplement the football look and feel. sity to incorporate a pop-up effect with a Besides the uniqueness in the structure’s storage area for samples, an insert for give- shape, the key was that it incorporated a away items, ease of assembly, and the abil- stress release feature in the handle area ity to ship the item in a standard FedEx (no reinforcement or other materials carton. The team collaborated with required). It fits in the fridge well and graphic and structural designers at CSW has a die-cut integral zipper dispenser Inc., Ludlow, MA, to meet these goals. that’s easy to open and releases one can The finished product is constructed from at a time. two die-cut folders with the popcorn tray and extra screen cut from 4 the scrap areas. The car’s tail fins are rubber-band loaded to force the piece to self-assemble when opened and to hold it in the open position when it sits on the customer’s desk. The piece is made of two threecolor printed sheets with a spot varnish applied on the second pass, with all printing done on a Hycorr HyGraphics rotary die-cutter. The printing plates were 0.107 Epic plate material mounted on R-bak with 120 lpi Agfa Graphic’s :Sublima XM screening, furnished by CSW. The inks performed as needed in the trap areas and held density throughout the run to maintain the colors and desired finished look. The 3D cowboy and robot images pop off the screen as colors are inuMatik North America | tentionally printed slightly out of register to 860-232-2323 | www.matik.com achieve the anaglyphic 3D effect with the PFFC-ASAP 312 supplied glasses. 26 | DECEMBER 2007 Inkjet Printer for Secondary Packaging The 2330 and 2310 large-character inkjet printers are for online printing on secondary packaging such as corrugated boxes and cases. Printers are said to provide perfect, repeatable, high quality characters as large as 2.75 in. and 0.66 in., respectively. Patented automatic self-cleaning and self-maintenance system keeps printheads free of dust and debris throughout production. uVideojet Technologies | 800-843-3610 | www.videojet.com PFFC-ASAP 310 Inking Unit Uses Expanded Anicolor technology, a zoneless short inking unit with dampening system, is said to make very short runs profitable using a standardized offset workflow. Process is designed to deliver fast makeready times and color consistency with minimal waste sheets. Extended stock range option now allows for a wider range of applications. Printers have the ability to print up to 24-pt board with this option. uHeidelberg USA | 888-472-9655 | www.us.heidelberg.com PFFC-ASAP 437 Folder/Gluer in Three Models The Pyrena high-speed folder/gluer from Inramik comes in three models, with widths of 37, 45, and 53 in. Offers semiautomatic job parameter storage system for quick changeovers and high-speed production to 1,650 fpm for straight line, crash lock bottom, four- and six-corner boxes. Design is modular. WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://www.videojet.com http://www.us.heidelberg.com http://www.matik.com http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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