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McNeely Plastics Orders VAREX Blown Film Line from W&H

Published: June 02, 2010
Mississippi-based McNeely Plastics of the Sigma Plastics Group has purchased another VAREX coextrusion line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher to increase the company's capacity and position itself for growth

Spinnaker Coating Launches SureLock Adhesive

Published: June 02, 2010
Spinnaker Coating introduces SureLock permanent adhesive specifically designed to adhere to textured surfaces without being gummy or leggy

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

Published: June 01, 2010, By Edited by Nsenga Thompson, Associate Editor
Consumer-driven innovations named as winners in packaging competition

PLA Films Coming

Published: June 01, 2010
SAN GIORGIO DI NOGARO, ITALY | BOPP film producer Taghleef Industries (Ti) is introducing a fully natural film range based on NatureWorks PLA (polylactic

Xennia Reports Successful Module Launch at IPEX

Published: June 01, 2010
Xennia, one of the world’s leading industrial inkjet solutions providers, recently held a successful launch of its range of industrial-strength inkjet modules at IPEX in Birmingham, UK

Edale Launches 'Hidden Secret': VLS-650

Published: June 01, 2010
Edale, the UK-based manufacturer of narrow web printing and converting presses, recently announced the launch of its "infinitely adjustable sheeter," the VLS-650

Ipex 2010 Demonstrates Printing Is 'Back in Business'

Published: May 28, 2010
Surveying the mood of exhibitors and visitors at Ipex 2010, Frank Romano, emeritus professor at the Rochester Inst. of Technology and international analyst and Ipex "Champion in Print" for yet the third time, declared "that the printing industry is back in business"

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Ups Price for Elvax Resins

Published: May 26, 2010
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced a price increase of $0.05/lb on all grades of DuPont Elvax ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) resins

CREO Color Server Technology To Power New HP INDIGO 7500 Digital Press

Published: May 25, 2010
Kodak's Print On-Demand Solutions Group has introduced a new version of the HP SmartStream Production Plus Print Server that will drive the new HP 7500 Digital Press being launched at IPEX

Service Point Deploying EFI MIS and Web-to-Print Software

Published: May 24, 2010
EFI has announced that Service Point, one of the world's largest digital print providers, has signed an agreement for the implementation of EFI Pace print management system and EFI Digital StoreFront (DSF) web-to-print solution

Product Authentication & Brand Security Conference Offers Solutions

Published: May 24, 2010
PABS 2010, to be held October 4-5, 2010, at the Hyatt Rosemont Hotel in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, is the annual AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.'s platform for experts in their respective areas

Epson Introduces Its First Digital Label Press

Published: May 21, 2010
Epson America has introduced at Ipex Booth 10-C260 the SurePress L-4033A, a versatile short-run digital label press designed to print labels efficiently and profitably

Dow Europe Announces Price Increases for Primacor

Published: May 20, 2010
Dow Europe GmbH has announced a price increase of 120€/mt for all PRIMACOR copolymers sold in Europe

Kodak's K-Zone at Ipex 2010 Features Discussions with Industry Experts

Published: May 20, 2010
Kodak's K-Zone, which debuted at Print 09, will be a main highlight of Kodak's stand 09-E320 at Ipex 2010. The K-Zone is a live talk-show set where unscripted discussions with industry expert

AF&PA Releases US Containerboard Report

Published: May 19, 2010
The American Forest & Paper Assn. has released its April 2010 US Containerboard Statistics Report. For the sixth straight month, containerboard paper production rose sharply when compared to last year

UK's Ipex Communications Desk Updates Travelers on Volcano Disruption

Published: May 18, 2010
Ipex 2010 has established a dedicated on-site communications desk in light of renewed activity of Iceland’s Eyjafjoell volcano that has disrupted air travel to northern Europe, including the UK

Körber PaperLink Group Shows Off New Equipment for Asian Market

Published: May 18, 2010
E.C.H. Will, Pemco, and Kugler-Womako, three companies of the Körber PaperLink Group

Fischer & Krecke Launches New FP 15-S Flexo Press at Open House

Published: May 17, 2010
At a recent open house, with a theme of "The Key to Premium Flex," Fischer & Krecke (F&K) presented its new FP 15-S flexo press as the first of a new series of compact CI flexo solutions

Info*Flex Visitors Laud Harper Exhibit

Published: May 17, 2010
Attendance and enthusiasm were clearly on the rise at the recently concluded Info*Flex 2010 in Las Vegas, according to a Flexographic Technical Assn. spokesperson and representatives from global anilox supplier Harper Corp. of America

MacDermid Introduces New LUX Process

Published: May 14, 2010
MacDermid Printing Solutions announced at the Flexographic Technical Assn.’s Info*Flex on May 2 a new platemaking process, called LUX, that’s claimed to allow printers to take flexo printing to the next level

Toyo Ink To Launch New Company

Published: May 14, 2010
Toyo Ink Mfg. Co. Ltd. will start Toyo Ink Brasil Ltda. as a new sales subsidiary in May 2010, dealing primarily in printing inks in São Paulo, Brazil

Toray Plastics Announces Commercialization of European Plant

Published: May 13, 2010
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., said to be the only US manufacturer of precision-performance polyester and polypropylene films, has announced that Toray Films Europe has achieved its first commercial volumes of bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP)

Montalvo Website Displays Martin System Upgrade

Published: May 12, 2010
The Montalvo Corp., international suppliers of industrial web control systems, has posted a PowerPoint presentation on its website to explain to customers how to upgrade Martin corrugator roll

Maxcess Univ. To Host Louisville Conference

Published: May 11, 2010
Maxcess Intl., a supplier of engineered components for the web handling industry, has announced open registration for Maxcess Univ. Conference Week 2010, to be held at the Graphic Packaging Training Ctr. in Louisville, KY, June 7-10

Ipex 2010 Set To Be a 'Sell Out'

Published: May 11, 2010
Ipex 2010, slated for May 18-25 at the NEC exhibition center, has reached almost full capacity with more than 75 new international suppliers signing up to exhibit in the last couple of months, adding a total of 1,300 sq m to the overall floor plan

Flint Group To Host Annual Print Awards

Published: May 10, 2010
lint Group will host the 6th Annual Narrow Web Print Awards celebrating the excellence and entrepreneurship in the wider world of narrow web printing

AF&PA Says Clean Air Regs Could Cost Jobs

Published: May 07, 2010
According to the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA), as our nation struggles to recover from the recession and the unemployment rate lingers near 10%, Clean Air Act rules recently announced

PennPac Expands with Bobst

Published: May 06, 2010
Contract converter and film supplier adds capacity with new Titan and Atlas slitters

Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference

Published: May 06, 2010, By By KeleMarie Lyons, Pinnacle XL
The TAPPI PLACE Conference, held April 18-21 at the Marriott Hotel, attracted members from around the globe, and while attendees from Europe found it impossible to attend due to volcanic eruptions, attendance nevertheless was strong

Range of UPM Raflatac Substrates Qualify for Xeikon Label Presses

Published: May 06, 2010
Xeikon has announced that it has worked closely with UPM Raflatac, one of the world's leading suppliers of self-adhesive label materials, to qualify an extensive range of label substrates on its Xeikon 3300 digital press

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