Apex Press Releases

New Service Offering Helps Printers and Converters Maximize Anilox Performance, Improve Print Consistency, and Reduce Production Costs

Apex International Reinforces Its Strategic Shift Toward Differentiated Solutions, Higher Service Levels, and Application-Driven Innovation

As printing and converting operations face rising complexity, tighter margins, and accelerating technological change, Apex International is reaffirming a clear strategic direction: delivering measurable customer value through differentiated products, elevated service levels, and application-driven innovation.

Apex International is proud to announce the global launch of Anilox Armor, a new line of premium protective covers engineered to safeguard anilox sleeves during storage, transport, and handling. This product will be available worldwide through Apex and its regional partners beginning March 2026.

Apex International is proud to announce its global participation and sponsorship of the 4^th Annual Women of Flexo Conference, taking place March 17–18 at the Watt Family Innovation Center at Clemson University in South Carolina. This year’s theme, “Unwind & Rewind,” brings together women from across the flexographic community to strengthen technical expertise, leadership skills, and industry connections.

Apex International, Lake County Press, and Stahl Collaborate on Print Demonstration Project Showcasing Real-World Coating Performance

Donora, Pennsylvania - Apex International has partnered with Lake County Press and Stahl on a collaborative print initiative designed to demonstrate real-world coating performance under true production conditions.

To meet soaring regional demand for premium anilox rolls and sleeves, Apex International’s Latin America facility in Brazil has installed a new state-of-the-art laser, significantly increasing their production capacity. This addition to Apex Latin America’s Curitiba facility is one of many upgrades across Apex International’s locations in keeping with its global expansion initiative, Vision: 2020s.

Free Registration is NOW OPEN for the July 8, 2021 live digital event unveiling BFM’s Sirio S-Plus equipped with Apex anilox sleeves

Broadcasting live from BFM’s Solbiate Olona headquarters in Italy, the unique technological innovations of the Sirio S-Plus will be unveiled, including:

1. Consistently higher print quality;
2. Better workflow efficiency and productivity through easy and precision-register job changes;
3. Greater substrate flexibility thanks to the machine’s ability to process various types of polymeric or paper materials — including raw organic origin;
4. Compact footprint, ergonomic lay-out, and modern design.
   
   The Sirio S-Plus press is a 6/8-color “stack type” machine designed for packaging printing on different plastic materials but also suitable for paper materials — either in-line with the extruder, or from reel-to-reel.

Flexo Print Quality Challenges Top the List of 2021 How-to Webinars

HAPERT, the Netherlands — FlexoKITE, a collaboration of leading flexo industry manufacturers, eagerly announces a series of technical problem-solving webinars in 2021, beginning with a February 3 deep-dive into White Ink Opacity Challenges. FlexoKITE’s mission is to empower its global webinar audience to examine and solve real-world print problems converters are facing today. FlexoKITE’s mission is the promotion of flexo methods that reduce product waste and press downtime. 

Leading Flexo Technology Suppliers Convene for Knowledge-Sharing and Live-Demo Collaboration

HAPERT, the Netherlands — Delivering a “New, Better Normal” to flexo users seeking insight into workflow mastery and print perfection is the mission of five industry leaders who’ve created FlexoKITE, an Experience Center where end-to-end product and procedural harmony is made practical. Packaging suppliers, brands, and retailers gain instant access to best practices in the full flexo print process via in-person demos and live webinars. Apex launched FlexoKITE with its partners to demonstrate state-of-the-art equipment at work — in real-time — from Experience Centers in the Netherlands and India. FlexoKITE runs a fully-equipped integrated workflow of the latest-version equipment from Apex International (anilox), BOBST (inline flexo press), DuPont (plate), ESKO (prepress), and MacDermid (plate).

“Knowledge, Innovation, Technology, and Exploration” (KITE) are the driving forces that unify these companies to deliver real-world technical content not limited to a single product area. FlexoKITE provides print converters and brands a comprehensive view of the entire plate-to-print process, focusing on the finished printed product. An optimum printed product is achieved through synchronizing the plate-imaging, plate-processing, anilox, and press — all under one roof, presented step-by-step, and delivered to your computer screen, or in-real-life as health regulations permit.

What is FlexoKITE?

DONORA, PA – Apex International, the globally leading manufacturer of anilox and metering solutions and exclusive distributor for Bellissima DMS, Hamillroad’s award-winning screening technology, is exhibiting at FTA’s 2019 Fall Conference in Charlotte on October 28-29.