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All of these locations are integrated under
one corporate vision and structure, giving
wire manufacturers the assurance that, no
matter where your brand is sold in the world
with Fort Wayne Wire Die as single-source
supplier, clients canachieve theconsistency
your customers expect and maximise the
return on your die investment.
Fort Wayne Wire Die – USA
Website:
www.fwwd.com- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gem Gravure Co
Booth 121
Gem Gravure Co is a proud co-sponsor of
the keynote at Wire Expo 2014. Dr Philip
Cornwell, an award winning professor
and key official at Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology, will address the kind of
manufacturing expertise needed for
the future. Dr Cornwell will present ‘The
Technical Professional Of 2020’ on Tuesday,
6
th
May.
Gem is famous for ink. It designs and
manufactures premier inks for the wire
and cable industry, including low VOC
and VOC-exempt inks. Ink is the key to
successful ink jet printing. It contains the
components that actually form the printed
code. Materials used to create the ink are
responsible for appearance on the surface
when printed, adhesion and physical
characteristics of the code and operation
in the printer.
The colour of an ink can be created by
dye, soft pigment or heavy pigment. This
component gives the code its colour and
opacity.
Dye inks are bright colours but transparent.
They do not show up when printed on dark
surfaces. Dye inks run standard printers,
without any mixing during operation. They
tend to be easier to operate in the printer
with fewer maintenance requirements
(print head cleaning, etc). Dye inks are less
likely to survive exposure to direct sunlight
and high temperatures after printing.
Soft pigments run in most standard printers,
like the dye-based inks. Some are opaque,
producing codes that stand out on dark
surfaces. Soft pigments withstand more
A range of dies from FWWD
Gem Gravure – famous for its ink
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