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PFFC Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities Directory

Published: December 01, 2007, By Dr. Edward D. Cohen, AIMCAL consultant, contributed to the development of this directory.
Is there a problem with your process? Fix it! These technical facilities stand ready to help.

New Converting Products, Part 3

Published: December 01, 2007
Measure True Viscosity The VROC Flow-Thru viscometer and rheometer on a chip offers multiple sensors and micro fluidic interfaces to measure viscosity,

Getting Personal with Richard C. Detienne

Published: December 01, 2007
President of Great Northern Corp. Specialty Group Management style | Empowerment Hobbies | Volunteerism, racquetball, tennis, and golf How did you get

Making the Cut

Published: December 01, 2007

Clariant Masterbatches Acquires Latin American Manufacturer

Published: November 28, 2007, By pffc-online.com

Gear Up for Converters Expo 2008

Published: November 28, 2007, By pffc-online.com

Yupo Launches Web Site

Published: November 27, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Yupo Corp. of America has launched a new Web site that offers design tips, application insights, technical resources, and printing recommendations.

FTA Seeks Entries for Excellence in Flexography Awards

Published: November 27, 2007, By pffc-online.com
The Flexographic Technical Assn. invites printers, converters, prepress providers, suppliers, graphic designers, or students to submit their best print samples for judging in the annual Excellence in Flexography awards competition. Deadline is January 11, 2008.

Spear Opens Facility in South Africa

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Spear has begun operations at its new facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 5,500-sq.-m. facility will produce pressure-sensitive, cut-stack, and OPP wrap labels.

Profits and Revenue Grow at AVT

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) completed Q3 2007 with revenue of $8.2 million, up 13% compared to the same period in 2006 ($7.2 million). Revenues for the nine months to September 30 totaled $24.1 million, up 14.4% over the same period in 2006 ($21.1 million).

Neff Packaging Hosts Sustainability Seminars & Open House

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Neff Packaging Solutions invited customers, vendors, and local officials to an Open House that also featured seminars on important industry topics at its new 12,200-sq.-ft. facility in Simpsonville, KY.

Radiant Energy Inaugurates Pilot Coating Line

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Radiant Energy Systems has commissioned a pilot coating line that allows customers to run trials on new processes and materials before scaling up to production equipment.

Charter Films Announces Source Reduction Program

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Charter Films has been successful with source reduction efforts for its converting customers and plans to continue to expand on this initiative.

Packaging Film for Thermoform/Shrink Systems

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Curwood, a supplier of high-performance shrink packaging materials for meat and cheese applications, announces a breakthrough packaging film engineered for optimum performance on high-speed Multivac FormShrink machines.

Sense Objects On Web

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
The RPS-40-5 ultrasonic sensor from Migatron Corp. is useful for sensing objects on moving webs of materials.

Two-Roll Heated Laminator with Unwind/Rewind

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Independent Machine Co.'s laminating system with adjustable gap meter will laminate up to six layers of melt blown nonwoven, edge trim, and rewind the laminated filter material to maximum 700 mm diameter roll.

Top Coated Synthetic Paper for Indigo Printing

Published: November 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Hop Industries has introduced a new grade of white synthetic paper with a special top coating on two sides designed for Indigo printing.

Montalvo Offers Data Sheet for U-Series Load Cell

Published: November 21, 2007
Montalvo Corp. offers a free data sheet about its newly-redesigned U-Series load cell, designed to replace the company's UPB Series but with a lower profile.

2008 TAPPI PLACE Conference Calls for Papers

Published: November 21, 2007
TAPPI invites all industry professionals to participate in the 2008 PLACE Conference Technical Program, September 14-17, 2008 in Portsmouth, VA. Individuals interested in presenting at the conference should submit an abstract or technical paper online before January 25, 2008. Opportunities are available for individual papers, panel discussions, tutorial, and workshop sessions.

In-Mold Label Event

Published: November 20, 2007
IMLCON07, the 15th Intl. In-Mold Labeling Conference, organized was held October 10-12 at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort. This year's program focused on the key developments in the industry in terms of new materials, technologies, applications, and market trends, and featured a strong program of international speakers.

Find the Best Digital Paper from Mohawk

Published: November 20, 2007
Mohawk Fine Papers has released a new Digital Guide to enable printers, designers, and other specifiers to see instantly the full range of Mohawk's 300+ papers optimized to provide offset-quality across all printing platforms.

KBA and xpedx Form Marketing Agreement

Published: November 19, 2007, By pffc-online.com
KBA North America and xpedx have formed a joint marketing agreement under which KBA will use printing papers from xpedx and include xpedx products in its press demonstrations, education and training seminars, and print tests.

SVC Plans TechCon 2008

Published: November 19, 2007, By pffc-online.com
The 2008 of the Society of Vacuum Cleaners' (SVC) 51st TechCon will take place April 21-22, in Chicago. The program will address a number of technological breakthroughs and point to the most important, promising, and attractive developments for the future.

Ditrolio Flexographic Institute Gains New Inspection System

Published: November 16, 2007

Vacuum Coated Papers & Films World Sourcebook 2007

Published: November 16, 2007, By pffc-online.com
AWA Alexander Watson Associates have published the Vacuum Coated Papers & Films World Sourcebook 2007. This report is the successor of the industry standard Metallized Papers and Films World Sourcebook 2004.

Redesigned DSD Units

Published: November 14, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Kaeser Compressors has redesigned its DSD direct drive series rotary screw compressors.

SMS Announces Sale of BGE

Published: November 14, 2007, By pffc-online.com
In a deal officially announced at K, SMS has sold off the last vestige of its plastics unit, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering (BGE) to a group of senior managers plus two private investors who counted BGE as a longstanding customer from their previous venture.

Danfoss Named One of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2007

Published: November 14, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Danfoss has been recognized by Ethisphere Magazine as one of 2007's most ethical companies, one of five to be recognized in the Industrial Manufacturing category.

MetalFX Announces Design and Printing Competition

Published: November 14, 2007, By pffc-online.com
MetalFX Technology, a Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. subsidiary, has announced a design competition based on use of its MetalFXR software. Printers, graphic designers, and advertising agencies employing the process in a commercial product during 2007 are eligible to submit their designs and final printed products for consideration.

PLGA Announces Print Quality Award Competition

Published: November 13, 2007, By pffc-online.com
The Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. Print Awards program recognizes member printers and converters for outstanding achievement in gravure printing. Eligible companies can submit entries for any category and individual entries can be submitted for more than one category.

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