18 NEW COURTLAND ST, COHOES, NY 12047 • (P) 518.237.1436 (F) 518.237.0194
EMAIL:custservice@macaran.com
NEWS
Recent Investments
Gallus/Arsoma Press
Macaran recently invested in a 9 color Gallus/Arsoma UV Flexo press to help meet the growing demand for incredible graphics on film materials. The press includes several rotary screen stations and the ability to add more. The improved converting capability enhances our existing capabilities in the area of multi-paneled and resealable hinged labels. Call us to see how we can help you present your products.
Computer to Plate System
Vandalia, OH (USA), May 3, 2005 – Esko-Graphics, the market leader in packagingpre-production solutions and world leader in digital imaging of flexo plates, announces that Macaran Printed Products, a division of W. N. Van Alstine and Sons,Inc., has purchased and installed, with the help of the Pitman Company, a completeEsko-Graphics flexo prepress system including a Scope workflow and a Cyrel™Digital Imager (CDI) Spark.
Digital Proofing System
Macaran Printed Products prints high quality flexographic labels on a broad range of pressure-sensitive and non-p-s substrates ranging from paper, film, and foil to holographic and tag-stock material. Getting more accurate proofs for such a wide spectrum of substrates was a challenge that led the company to pursue a new proofing solution. Read More from this Paper, Film and Foil Converters Article or from the Latran Prediction Press Release
Mohawk Paper Reinvents its Labeling Operation
Glue-applied pre-printed labels were both unattractive and a drag on efficiency at Mohawk Paper, so the firm switched to online print-and-apply technology. Read More from this Packworld Article
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Narrow Web Profile
Cohoes is a small city about 10 miles north of Albany, the capital of the state of New York. Like most former mill towns in the quiet regions of the country, Cohoes could use some economic resuscitation. Check out more from this L and NW Article
Labels and the Environment
Label converters today, like their counterparts in just about every other industry in the developed world, are feeling pressure to pay attention to the environment as they go about their business. Check out more from this L and NW Article
Macaran Goes Green
Macaran increases its efforts toward sustainable packaging while reducing its carbon footprint: See our SUSTAINABILITY page for more
Pharmaceutical Labeling
Labeling pharmaceutical products poses challenges to converters unlike those encountered in other industries because of the regulations in place to ensure their accuracy. Check out more from this L and NW Article
Small Business of the Year
Since the early 1970s, VanAlstine and Sons and Macaran Printed Products has been printing high quality flexographic labels.Read More from the Albany County Chamber of Commerce Website
