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CPP EXPO Las Vegas Relocates in Vegas Convention Center

Published: March 19, 2009
H.A. Bruno LLC, the organizers of CPP EXPO Las Vegas, will once again co-locate with PACK EXPO Las Vegas and PROCESS EXPO at the Las Vegas Convention Ctr. (LVCC) October 5-7, 2009.

TLMI Members Win World Label Awards

Published: March 19, 2009
Tag and Label Mfrs. Inst. (TLMI)has announced that eight of the association’s label-converter members have won first-place and/or honorable mention awards in the World Label Assn. Awards Competition

Pregis Forms Fabricator Council

Published: March 18, 2009
Pregis Corp., a supplier of protective, flexible, and foodservice packaging, has formed the Pregis Fabricator Council (PFC) to help bring new engineered protective packaging solutions to end-use customers.

Mondi Enters into a Long-term Supply Contract

Published: March 18, 2009
has entered into a long-term supply contract for sack paper with the Semen Gresik group for the next four years for an estimated at 75 MEUR.

Second Digital Offset Press Installed at Topknotch Prep & Print

Published: March 16, 2009
Presstek, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing solutions, has reported that Topknotch Prep & Print of Mississauga, ON, Canada, has acquired its second Presstek 34DI digital offset press.

IMDA Holds Third Annual Awards Competition

Published: March 13, 2009
The In-Mold Decorating Assn. announces its third Annual Awards Competition. The 2009 Competition will recognize the industry’s best in-mold labeled packaging and in-mold decorated durable products.

Rogers Corp. Promotes Olaf Burgers

Published: March 13, 2009
Rogers Corp. has promoted Olaf Burgers to the position of new market development manager–printing

FFTA Announces 2009, Regional Workshop Tour

Published: March 12, 2009
The Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA), the educational branch of the professional society dedicated to advancing the flexographic print process, has announced the 2009 lineup for its series of Regional Workshops.

New Komori Presses, Fujifilm's Taskero Universe Demonstrations

Published: March 12, 2009
Komori America Corp. and FUJIFILM Graphic Systems USA have come together to demonstrate the latest pressroom technologies

Rohm & Haas, Nordmeccanica Host Sustainable Packaging Demo

Published: March 10, 2009
A gathering of major equipment and materials companies who are leading development efforts for sustainable packaging for food and consumer products will take place in conjunction with Earth Day 2009 celebrations, Wednesday, April 22.

Study Documents Opportunities in European Medical Packaging

Published: March 10, 2009
As the adoption of single-use medical disposables grows faster in Europe, it has created a parallel market for specialty medical packaging that must meet the highest possible technical standards.

Coating & Ink Research Institute Will Host Open House

Published: March 10, 2009
Demonstrations of high tech printing-related test equipment recently imported from Testprint in the Netherlands will be among the highlights of an open house at the Coating and Ink Research Institute (CIRI) in Bethlehem on Wednesday, April 15.

Grafitalia, Converflex to Showcase Technological Innovation

Published: March 09, 2009
Grafitalia and Converflex, which will be held at Fiera Milano from March 24-28, 2009, will showcase a complete overview of technological innovations for the printing and paper converting industry.

Pregis Launches 'Advantage Team' Customer Service

Published: March 09, 2009
Pregis Corp., a supplier of protective packaging solutions, has launched The Advantage Team customer service brand and “we make it happen” tagline.

INFO*FLEX 2009 Is 85 Percent Sold Out

Published: March 09, 2009
Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Association’s (FFTA) 2009 INFO*FLEX Exhibition will be the United States’ largest printing and in-line converting event of the year.

Management Software Webinar Trains Flexo Narrow Web Label Printers

Published: March 06, 2009
Label Traxx by Tailored Solutions (www.tailored.com) —a popular print business management software for flexographic narrow web label printers and converters worldwide—has added webinar-based training to its training options, enabling users to reduce training costs while learning the latest software techniques and shortcuts.

CDigital Invests in Xeikon Imaged Film Technology

Published: March 05, 2009
Xeikon (www.xeikon.com), a div. of Punch Graphix (www.grafixx.com), has announced that CDigital, a leader in providing full color digital heat transfers to the product decoration industry, has made the decision to enhance their current operations by implementing new Xeikon technology.

DuPont Completes Hurricane Ike Recovery at Texas Plant

Published: March 04, 2009
DuPont’s (www.dupont.com) Sabine River Works plant marked the completion of the Hurricane Ike restart project. The site’s ethylene unit began operation the week of February 16 and was the site’s final unit to return to normal operation.

TLMI Announces Singer Award Winners

Published: March 03, 2009
Tag and Label Mfrs. Inst. (TLMI) recently announced the winners of the prestigious Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence.

Study Documents Opportunities in European Medical Packaging

Published: March 03, 2009
The specialty medical packaging is documented in a new study from AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. (www.awa-bv.com), European Specialty Packaging Market Outlook 2008, an overview of the market and the opportunities it presents for medical packaging companies and their suppliers.

Kopco Wins Eugene Singer Award

Published: March 02, 2009
Congratulations goes to Kopco Graphics, Inc., Brandenton, FL

Aquaflex Reports Impressive Sales Increase

Published: February 27, 2009
Aquaflex has reported that 2008 sales revenue increased 73% over 2007, with the number of presses sold internationally increasing four-fold

Global Conference Examines Release Liner Issues, Opportunities

Published: February 26, 2009
The 2009 Global Release Liner Industry Conference, to be held March 4–6, 2009, in Miami, FL, will explore both opportunities and issues in an industry that provides technical functionality across a variety of markets

SPI Opens 'Multilingual Online Resource'

Published: February 24, 2009
To help international visitors prepare for NPE2009 and increase the return on their NPE investment, the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.(SPI) this month opened a multilingual online resource as a special section of the NPE2009 website

Screen Creates New Product Support Group

Published: February 20, 2009
Screen (USA) has created an umbrella product support group for print-on-demand, computer-to-plate and workflow systems

IPACK-IMA 2009 Supports Growth of Pet Food Packaging

Published: February 19, 2009
IPACK-IMA 2009, to be held March 24 to 28, 2009, at FieraMilano, in Milano, Italy, is expected to be strategic to the growth of the pet food industry

Exclusive PFFC Interview with Mesirow Financial's John Chrysikopoulos

Published: February 18, 2009
Exclusive PFFC interview with John Chrysikopoulos, the new managing director at the New York office of Mesirow Financial.

SPE Names Finalists in Clean Plastics Technology Competition

Published: February 17, 2009
The Plastics Environmental Div. of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) or www.sperecycling.org has announced the finalists for a competition at the Clean Technology Business Forum

Mesirow Picks Managing Director

Published: February 17, 2009
Mesirow Financial (www.mesirowfinancial.com) announces today that John Chrysikopoulos joins the firm’s Corporate Investment Banking group as a managing director

Study Details Status of North American Tape Markets

Published: February 12, 2009
The North American Specialty Tape Market Supply-side Analysis 2008 is the first of a planned series of assessments of the current status of the regional specialty tape markets

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