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Pharma Packaging Demand to Expand $62 Billion by 2015

Published: June 29, 2011
According to industry market research firm Freedonia Group's new study, "World Pharmaceutical Packaging," demand for pharmaceutical packaging products will expand 5.5% annually to $62 billion in 2015

Menasha Packaging Installs Flexo/Folder/Gluer

Published: June 28, 2011
Menasha Packaging installs a four-color Isowa flexo/folder/gluer at its Lakeville, MN, plant with the capability to perform quick setup and fast run speeds and support customers with a lean supply chain and inventory control

Mission-Critical Microchips Adopted for DOD Applications

Published: June 22, 2011
Applied DNA Sciences (APDN) announces it has successfully completed a program to DNA-mark microchips for the Defense Logistics Agency of the US Dept. Of Defense

Open House Features Gallus Rock Press Demo

Published: June 15, 2011
It's not too late to drop in at All Printing Resources' open house on June 15 & 16 at APR’s headquarters at 140 W. Lake Dr. in Glendale Hts., IL, just west of Chicago

FSEA Names Best of Show Foil Stamped/Embossed Winner

Published: June 03, 2011
Only a few days ago, news was posted here regarding foil stamping equipment supplier Gietz receiving seven awards attributed to its customers’ equipment used in the foil stamping process

FTA Is on the Move

Published: June 02, 2011
Yes, Bohemia still exists-maybe not in Europe, but it does in the state of New York! The Flexographic Technical Assn. has picked up and moved its headquarters from Ronkonkoma to Bohemia, NY, as of June 2

Gietz Gets Seven FSEA Gold Leaf Honors

Published: June 01, 2011
Gietz, a leader in foil stamping technology, walked away with seven awards at the Foil & Specialty Effects Assn. (FSEA) Gold Leaf Awards banquet held on May 5 in concert with the International Assn. of Diecutting & Diemaking’s (IADD) Odyssey event

Coating, Not Printing

Published: June 01, 2011
Whether you work in the battery industry, the packaging industry, or the publishing industry, you have come across these two words: coating and printing

Study Looks at Consumables

Published: June 01, 2011
RESTON, VA | PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization, has funded a new research study entitled Printing Industry Consumables

UV Print on Heat-Sensitive PVC

Published: June 01, 2011
Company has demonstrated an LED UV printing system designed for heat-sensitive PVC sheet. Sheet-fed offset lithography printing system is powered by company's

Four-Color Edale Press Sold to Argentinian Mai S.A.

Published: May 26, 2011
Mai S.A., a provider of tea bag packaging machinery with a separate department for printing tea bag labels and envelopes, has purchased an Edale Alpha compact 250-mm-wide four-color flexo press with water-based drying capabilities

Monster Energy Drink Gets Military Decoration

Published: May 25, 2011
Starting with the Memorial Day holiday, Chromatic Technologies Inc. (CTI), the specialized ink company that provides temperature-changing colors on cans and labels of major beverage products

FTA Annual Forum & Info*Flex Just Keep Getting Better

Published: May 20, 2011
Last year I reported the Flexographic Technical Assn.'s Annual Forum and INFO*FLEX were significant successes. In fact, last year's Las Vegas rendition of the FTA’s annual event

IHMA Endorses Holograms Being Covered under National Trademark Law

Published: May 18, 2011
The International Hologram Mfrs. Assn. (IHMA) has welcomed a move which could lead to holograms being specifically covered under a national trademark law for the first time

Hands-On Flexo Seminars & Golf Outing for Education Set for 2011

Published: May 13, 2011
DiTrolio Flexographic Inst. (DFI) is kicking off the summer with new dates for the hands-on flexo seminars, encouraging companies to take advantage of the summer by having their employees brush up on their skills

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