NARROW WEB & LABEL REPORTER

Published: August 01, 2007

Narrow web converting industry news from: HP, PacSys and PAT Technology Systems, TLMI, and IDTechEx.

Track & Trace

Published: August 01, 2007

Continuing dramatic growth for RFID devices is forecast for a number of years, reaching 18+ billion units in 2010 and more than 700 billion units in 2015. Of the 2015 total, some 260 billion will be silicon chip-based RFID inlays mounted on a film substrate and a further 390 billion will be chipless RFID tag labels, while the share of non-label RFID devices will be reduced to 7% of the total.

AVT Nominated for Label Award

Published: July 31, 2007

Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) has been nominated for the 2007 Label Industry Award for New Innovation.

Automated Web Handling Reduces Costs

Published: July 31, 2007

Germark finds automated web handling equipment from Martin Automatic boosts productivity while offering fast payback.

In-Mold Label Event

Published: July 26, 2007

IMLCON07, the 15th Intl. In-Mold Labeling Conference, organized by AWA Conferences & Events, will be held this year in Scottsdale, AZ, October 10-12 at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort.

Treat 'em Right

Published: July 01, 2007

Offset printer adds corona treating to its eight-color press and improves print quality on a new product line: in-mold film labels.

Working Undercover

Published: July 01, 2007

Brand security and authentication are integral features of product design in today’s global economy. Converters have a role to play.

Rogers Highlights FLEXcon Tape

Published: June 14, 2007

FLEXcon announces the addition of three of its adhesive tapes to Rogers Corp.'s "General Adhesives Applications Guide" and on the Rogers' Web site.

Critical TRENDS

Published: June 01, 2007

Last year's April issue featured, for the first time, PFFC's special report on the critical trends affecting the converting industry. This year, we again

Updating Critical Trends

Published: June 01, 2007

This month, PFFC brings you the results of its annual Critical Trends survey that we published for the first time in April 2006. As with most they tend

World View

Published: May 01, 2007

The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. Global held its 10th Annual Operational Conference in Miami at the Radisson Hotel February 21-23. Attendance was

Light Show

Published: May 01, 2007

There's significance behind the phrase critical edge at Smith & McLaurin. The company's specialty is labels for retailers in Europe, Australia, and New

Multi-Color Leads Winners at TLMI

Published: April 23, 2007

Multi-Color Corp. captured nine awards in the Tag and Label Mfrs. Inst.'s 29th Annual Awards Competition, the highest total of all award-winning participants.

Beer and its Labels

Published: April 01, 2007

Europe's beer producers have had a hard time in recent years. Except in eastern Europe, sales of beer are declining annually at 1%-1.5% as consumers turn

TLMI Puts on the Ritz

Published: April 01, 2007

NAPLES, FL Accommodations certainly made the listening easy as the Tag & Label Mfrs. Inst. (TLMI) staged its 2007 converter meeting February 25-28 at