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Industry Giant Passes Away

Published: August 01, 2008
BRYAN, OH Howard B. Vreeland Sr., the owner and chairman emeritus of the board of directors for Anderson-Vreeland Co., died Friday, June 13. He was 87.

Best of Both Worlds

Published: August 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
With the price tag on a standard digital press approaching $750,000 without a finishing unit, many converters consider it an investment they simply can't afford to make

Packaging Buzz at Drupa Was Large - Very Large

Published: August 01, 2008, By By Jörg Dähnhardt, Heidelberg USA
Packaging was certainly a hot topic at Drupa this year, with new technologies on display for all areas. Perhaps the most buzz came from the largest machines

Green Gravure

Published: August 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
At a time when many flexographic printers and converters are focused on “growing green,” one New York-based converter of flexible packaging and labels is going one better: by going green — and gravure

Bagmaking Guiding: Air Solution

Published: August 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Productivity runs at a fast pace at privately owned Duro Bag Mfg. Co

August 2008 PFFC What's New Products: Part two

Published: August 01, 2008
Process Tags, Tickets With RFID The STP (Smart Tag and Ticket Processor) incorporates company's 2nd-generation RFID technology with the ability to read

Experience Speaks: Chaim Gofen

Published: August 01, 2008
Q&A with President of CLP Industries Ltd.

August 2008 PFFC Narrow Web & Label Reporter

Published: August 01, 2008
The NorthEast Label Mfrs. Assn. (NELMA) has made a $10,000 donation to the Dept. of Industry and Technology of Millersville Univ., allowing the school to purchase a Mark Andy 10-in., four-color 2200 model press and launch a hands-on flexo curriculum

August 2008 PFFC First Glance

Published: August 01, 2008
Breakdown Breakthrough A new biobag for Jordans Organic Cereals, converted by Alcan Packaging, Dublin, Ireland, wins a DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation.

Custom Core Shafts Do the Job

Published: August 01, 2008

NEW BERLIN, WI Premier Paper Converting Machinery, a company making machines that produce fiber and corrugated partitions, now offers a custom machine

Dirge for a Plastic Bag?

Published: August 01, 2008, By Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
While the dirge-like proliferating news on the subject of plastic bags isn't exactly a hymn or tune, certainly the negativity surrounding the topic is tending to sound slowly and very solemnly like grief and lamentation for the bag's future

Winding: What We Know & What We Don't Know

Published: August 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Winding is an amazingly complex process. Our understanding of winding can be broken into three areas: the winding process, winder design, and wound roll

Looking Back on Drupa

Published: August 01, 2008
DSSELDORF, GERMANY The giant Drupa fair is over, and the reviews are in, not only for the show but for the industry as well. Albrecht Bolza-Schnemann,

Coater Joins Tech Center

Published: August 01, 2008
GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN Faustel announces the addition of a pilot scale model of its Vari-Coat Gravure pressurized gravure coating system to its Process

August 2008 PFFC What's New Products: Part three

Published: August 01, 2008
Mounting Materials Eliminate Press Bounce Designed to handle easily, E/bak Cushions allow for printing on rough surfaces while eliminating gear banding

Start with Security

Published: July 01, 2008, By By Mike Fairley
Counterfeiting of packaging and labels has become far easier to perpetuate in recent years. Originally a problem related to items such as currency, passports,

Printing Partnerships

Published: July 01, 2008, By By Corey M. Reardon, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.
Product manufacturers today are facing a real battle to ensure that what they deliver to the consumer via the retailer is their genuine branded product

Fifty Years of Data

Published: July 01, 2008
RESTON, VA The Market Data Program of NPES, The Assn. for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, celebrated 50 years of data gathering

Food Packaging Boosts Demand for Plastic Sheet

Published: July 01, 2008
CLEVELAND, OH Demand for plastic sheet in the US is projected to grow almost 3%/yr to 7.7 billion lbs in 2011, valued at $7.2 billion (resin content only).

Paper's Pledge

Published: July 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor

The US Chamber of Commerce reports product counterfeiting costs US companies nearly $250 billion a year in lost revenue. While the problem is far too

Plate Demand Leads To Expansion

Published: July 01, 2008
VALHALLA, NY Fujifilm will expand its plate manufacturing facility in Tilburg, Netherlands, to meet the demand for Brillia HD CTP plates. The company

Edible Markers

Published: July 01, 2008, By By Peter D. Gabriele and Andrew Hogan, ARmark Authentication Technologies LLC
The Holy Grail in agricultural crisis quality management is to have a technology that provides authentication and traceability in situ or in contact with

Trends Impacting Converters

Published: July 01, 2008, By Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
It's that time of year again when PFFC checks the pulse of converters with our Critical Trends survey that we send out to the full breadth of our very

A Golden Opportunity

Published: July 01, 2008, By By Deborah Donberg, Assoc. Managing Editor
The Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX, was the setting for the 2008 Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA) Forum and INFO*FLEX exhibition, held

Idler Roller Bearings: Living the Good Long Life?

Published: July 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Most bearings are designed for a hard life, expecting to end up on a drive shaft of a high-speed motor with a heavy load. Some bearings, however, end

What's New Products

Published: July 01, 2008
Neutralize Static Effectively Super Ion air knife uses 8.7 scfm of compressed air at 5 psig to entrain high volumes of surrounding room air for effective

Coater Gets Battery Business

Published: July 01, 2008
MATTHEWS, NC Exopack Advanced Coatings has been awarded the business to supply critical current collectors for batteries designed to power a 100% electric

Dyne Levels Part 2

Published: July 01, 2008, By By David Argent Contributing Editor
Last month's column focused on dyne levels relating to surface wetting. This column expands the concept to include surface modification to improve adhesion.

ACC Owners

Published: July 01, 2008
Peter Bekx | Managing Member-Finance Gary Forehand | Managing Member-Engineering Mark Kyles | Managing Member-Operations How did you get into the converting

People

Published: July 01, 2008
Mark Quinlan joins Technicote, Miamisburg, OH, as director of new business development and national accounts. Mark Andy, St. Louis, MO, promotes Jerry

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