New Releases by Chris Ellison

Flexible packaging today has one of the highest growth rates across all printing sectors, achieving an annual global growth of close to five percent. Important trends include smaller run lengths, a requirement for multi-versions and variations, personalization and a growing interest in adding in-line value ‒ all undoubted opportunities for narrow- and mid-web label converters (using both flexo and digital technology) to capture a growing portion of the flexibles market. Jobs with the shortest run sizes are in pouches of any kind, as well as in single serve and one-dose packs and sachets. These are key areas where label converters can most readily enter the flexible packaging market. Indeed, narrower and mid-web conventional and digital printing has effectively opened up the market to a whole range of new customers who have never previously had a solution for short-run flexible packaging orders. But it''s not all quite straightforward for a label converter to move into flexible packaging. They need to have a comprehensive understanding of paper, foil and filmic substrates ‒ as well as multi-layer constructions and barrier properties, of pack sealing, and of the specific user requirements needed for the many different types of liquids, powders, gels, creams and solids that have to be packaged. Pre-press requirements are different, inks have to withstand sealing, web- and sealing widths are important, co-efficient of slip can be critical, while a good understanding of form, fill and seal machines is ideal. This book has set out to provide both the knowledge and expert guidance for label and other converters looking to enter or expand their production into flexible packaging ‒ a key stepping stone to success. Chapters include: Flexible packaging - an introduction Paper and board, metallic foil, films and multi-layer constructions Types of flexible packaging and special constructions Pre-press, printing and converting Understanding forming, filling, sealing and lidding operations Markets, applications and opportunities

‘God Child’ is a work of fiction about a young man who is determined to destroy the God of Darkness. The story opens with a tale of creation. Four Gods: Trax, Ploy, Tarlcon and Nopi create the world, its creatures, and finally man. Each of them brings a certain gift to mankind. Tarlcon, the God of Darkness, is jealous of Nopi, the Goddess of Light. She is able to send forth Her spirit in the hopes that it will reach the one who can rescue her. The first recipient, Dari, fails at this task. Her spirit moves on, and centuries later shows up again in the form of a young man named Dewlorien. Starting with a quest to avenge his mother’s death, Dewlorien embarks on an adventure that will span many years and many lands. He and his companions slowly realize that he has special powers. An oracle confirms that he is “Guldari” the chosen one. He learns that before he has any chance to defeat Tarlcon, he must find the missing pieces of a legendary artifact. So he begins a new quest to find these essential magical items. In the meantime, the woman he loves is kidnapped and he must also rescue her.