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Agfa on the Road Again for Digital Solutions Tour

Published: February 11, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Agfa says it will be out on the road once again this spring. The company is gearing up for a repeat performance of its successful Digital Solutions Road Tour, which began April last year.

MacDermid ColorSpan Charts New Course

Published: February 11, 2002, By PFFC Staff
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- MacDermid ColorSpan, Inc., recently announced it's refocusing its business operations and marketing direction to better address the

Stora Enso Says 2001 Earnings "Satisfactory"

Published: February 08, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Stora Enso announced its 2001 earnings results last week. Finland-based paper company says earnings are "satisfactory."

Sun Chemical Div. Gets Gigasetter by Barco

Published: February 08, 2002, By PFFC Staff
NORTHLAKE, IL -- Sun Chemical Ink and and Barco Graphics announce the purchase of Barco Gigasetter --the largest format imagesetter available and reportedly

Ozone Generation: Sherman Treaters/Pillar Give the Goods

Published: February 07, 2002, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Ozone generation: What is it and how can it benefit your extrusion lamination applications? Those are a couple of the questions PFFC recently posed to the experts at Pillar Technologies and Sherman Treaters (both part of ITW, Inc.).

PCMC In-Line Holds First Open House

Published: February 06, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
GREEN BAY, WI, USAPCMC In-Line Systems (manufacturers of Webtron and Zigzag presses) will hold an open house later this month. According to the Paper

Digital Data Standard Gets Thumbs Up

Published: February 06, 2002, By PFFC Staff
RESTON, VA -- The first in a series of digital data exchange international standards has been approved by the International Organization for Standardization

FFTA Targets Better Box Print

Published: February 05, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
"There are major changes in store for the flexographic corrugated industry [this year] and beyond." That's according to the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA), and that's what members are going to be discussing at an FFTA corrugated/preprint session, which is slated for May 7, 2002, in Washington D.C.

AVT to Launch New Technology at IPEX

Published: February 01, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) reports it will launch its ReColor technology at IPEX 2002, the trade show for the printing, publishing, and converting industries, slated for April 9-17, 2002, in Birmingham, U.K.

Heidelberg Relocates Postpress Facility

Published: February 01, 2002, By PFFC Staff
Heidelberg will move all operations from its Dayton, Ohio, site to recently expanded facilities in Durham, NH.

NEX Films to Be Available via Internet Ordering

Published: January 30, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
New England Extrusion (NEX) will soon accept blown film online orders, reports the film manufacturer. Upgrades to the Nex Web site, which will enable users to order materials over the Internet, currently are in progress and will be completed early in 2002, the company adds.

Avery Dennison Launches Engineered Films Web Site

Published: January 30, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
The Engineered Films Division of Avery Dennison has launched a web site dedicated to servicing new and current customers and to providing valuable product, market, and personnel information.

'Ladies' Night at Smurfit

Published: January 28, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Smurfit-Stone Container’s "Customer 1 Packaging Center" (C1PC) was the site of a program/plant tour held by the Chicago Chapter of Women in Packaging (WIP) on January 23, 2002.

Folding Carton Outlook Favorable: Study Says US Will Want More Non-Flexible Food Containers

Published: January 28, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Demand for food containers is the US is forecast to increase more than three percent per year until 2005—to $12.6 billion (US) in 2005, according to "Food Containers," a new study conducted and composed by The Freedonia Group.

Xeikon to Be Liquidated, Says Agfa

Published: January 24, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Agfa-Gevaert releases announcement regarding its business with Xeikon.

GAA Calls for Entries for Annual Golden Cylinder Competition for Gravure Printers

Published: January 24, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Gravure Association of America (GAA) members (and even those of you non-members) only have until mid-February to submit your greastest gravure for 2001. "[We] conduct the Annual Golden Cylinder award competition to promote the gravure process and to provide peer recognition for technical achievements," says GAA.

Russian Flex-Pack Markets Holds Potential

Published: January 24, 2002, By Stanley Sacharow , Contributing Editor
With many problems still to overcome, the flexible packaging industry in The Russian Federation shows definite signs of life.

Graphic Converting Heads North

Published: January 18, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Graphic Converting, Inc. (GCI) reports it will relocate its point-of-sale and point-of-purchase (POP) display manufacturing from Fenton, MO (near St. Louis), to its corporate facility in Niles, IL (near Chicago).

OMET to Showcase Varyflex Gearless Flexo Press at Open House in Italy

Published: January 18, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
If you didn't get a peak at OMET's Varyflex at last fall's Labelexpo Europe, you still have a chance to see the press in action. According to the Italian press manufacturer, the Varyflex gearless, flexographic printing press will be on display during a three-day open house beginning in late February.

Purup-Eskofot and Barco Merger Effective

Published: January 14, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
BALLERUP, DENMARKAccording to Purup Eskofot, the final agreement for the amalgamation of the company and Barco Graphics has been signed. The merger, which

Ahlstrom Starts Up Super Calender

Published: January 14, 2002, By PFFC Staff
LA GERE, FRANCE --According to Ahlstrom LabelPack, the company is strengthening its position in the silicon base paper market with its start-up of a new

Harper Reports "Breakthrough" Anilox Technology

Published: January 14, 2002, By PFFC Staff
CHARLOTTE, NC --Harper Corp. now is offering Platinum anilox technology. According to the mfr., this major technological advancement in the production

Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide

Published: January 14, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Following a successful period of business growth and the launch of several new products over the past two years, Valmet Converting has announced the launch of a new Converting Technology Center (CTC) at Valmet Rotomec SpA, in San Giorgio Monferrato, near Milan in northern Italy.

ICC Review to Affect Color Software

Published: January 09, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
The International Color Consortium (ICC) has announced that a major revision to the ICC specification is available for review and comment.

Demand for Details and Innovation: FTA Surveys Towel and Tissue Manufacturers

Published: January 07, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
A non-scientific poll of Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) members engaged in the printing of towel, tissue, and napkin products (nonwovens and disposables) found this type of plant typically employs 200 workers; utilizes 11 presses; runs more than 20 jobs daily; and consumes some 5,000 gallons of ink monthly.

Enercon Names More Global Reps

Published: January 07, 2002, By PFFC Staff
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI -- Enercon now will be represented by United Printing and METI Spolka z o.o. for the treating manufacturer's narrow web corona treating

Summer in the City: Sheetfed Conference Slated for June in Chicago

Published: January 07, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
GATF and NAPL's 10th Annual Sheetfed Pressroom conference will feature printing experts from across the country, addressing mission critical issues, says conference sponsors, the Graphic Art Technical Foundation (GATF) and National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL).

Smurit-Stone Board Sales Division on Web to Provide More Customer Info.

Published: January 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. today announced the launch of a new web site, "an interactive [portal] with news and information about Smurfit-Stone containerboard products, mill and sales office locations, and an array of services offered by the Board sales division.

Polytype America Relocates US Offices to Hackettstown, NJ

Published: January 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Polytype America reports it has relocated its converting equipment office from its previous location in Easton, PA, to new offices in Hackettstown, NJ, USA.

Creo Invests Millions in printCafe

Published: January 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Creo Products Inc. reports it has invested $23.6 million (US) in printCafe, Inc., as part of a $39.6 million private placement of equity and debt.

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