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Sleeve Label Awards | AWA Confers 4 with Top Honors
AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. bestows awards on four winners of its annual Sleeve Label Competition.
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More than 240 exhibitors from every facet of the package printing [ampersand] converting industries will meet more than 2000 attendees.
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News | New Products
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Smart Planet Technologies Starts Paper Cup Recycling Program
With support from Allan Company & Replenysh, company says reCUP Recycling Initiative takes a major step addressing global paper cup recycling problem
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Vetaphone Corona Units Installed at CeDo
The European company says it has used Vetaphone equipment for years and has always likes the quality and consistency it produces
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BALDWIN Acquires Digital Ink System
An agreement with Quad/Graphics results in the acquisition, allowing BALDWIN to continue development for packaging, corrugated, and more
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DowDuPont to Invest in Expansion
The company will invest $100 Million to expand manufacturing capacity of specialty materials at Sabine River Works
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Monadnock Announces Label Product
Envi 96 Label, part of company’s EnviPortfolio line of substrates, is said to offer high performance as well as graphics that “pop”
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New Era Partners with Adept Converting
New Era will service clients of Adept, a manufacturer’s representative, with both companies excited to bring their expertise together
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Flint Announces New-Generation Sleeves
The rotec Smart Sleeve and rotec High Performance Sleeve are said to provide easy mounting and superior performance
White Papers
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• Methods and Design Considerations for the Application of Hot Melt Coatings
• BOPP Laminate Structures for “Over-the-Mountain” VFFS Pouch Applications
Expert Advice
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People & Places
- Published: July 31, 2005, By PFFC staff
On the Move…
Enercon Industries Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI, names Jim Ludwig narrow web surface treating sales manager.
NDC Infrared Engineering, Irwindale, CA, expands operations with a new office in India. Pravin Kulkarni will serve as country manager for NDC India at 7A/12, Paschimanagari, Survey 21, Kothrud, Pune 411 029, India; +91 20 2543 5768.
The converting industry has lost three members in a short period of time: Comexi, Girona, Spain, reports the death of founder Manel Xifra Boada. Walter Frederick Bachelder, former chairman of Testing Machines Inc., Ronkonkoma, NY, passed away May 9 of heart failure. He was 86. H. Howard Flint II, chairman and retired CEO of Flint Ink Corp., Ann Arbor, MI, passed away June 14 after a brief illness. He was 66.
Stanford Products, Salem, IL, establishes five new sales agencies in Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina and Uruguay. Visit stanfordproductsllc.com for details.
At Praxair Surface Technologies, Ulrich Buckmann is named business development manager for the global printing business; Randy Davidson becomes sales representative for the North American printing business in Wisconsin, Minnesota, upper peninsula of Michigan, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Praxair also reports it is named Gold 2005 Supplier of the Year by the print members of the European Flexographic Technical Assn.
Brandtjen & Kluge, St. Croix Falls, WI, hires Bruce Kessler as sales manager for the western US and British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.
Steve James joins the North American sales team of Prime UV Systems, Carol Stream, IL, as southeastern regional sales manager.
AccuWeb, Madison, WI, signs an agency agreement with UEC Intl., which will cover Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.
Mohawk Paper Mills, Cohoes, NY, names Tom Senneff district sales manager for the south central region and Bart Robinson manager, channel development.
ISO Poly Films, Gray Court, SC, hires Brett Eager as plant manager.
The Flexographic Technical Assn., Ronkonkoma, NY, is awarded the 2005 Trade Assn. Environmental Leadership Award given by the National Steering Committee of the State Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Programs, in conjunction with the national compliance Advisory Panel. Also receiving the award are the Specialty Graphic Imaging Assn. and the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation.
Toray Plastics, North Kingstown, RI, is named 2004 “Supplier of the Year” by Frito-Lay, a div. of PepsiCo.