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Diamond Packaging Recognized in Gold Ink Awards Competition

Published: September 26, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Diamond Packaging earned a Bronze Award in the 19th Annual gold Ink Awards Competition for the Redken "Color Gels" point-of-purchase display.

MEGTEC Opens Office in Asia

Published: September 26, 2006, By pffc-online.com
In June, MEGTEC Systems Shanghai opened a new manufacturing and office building in Shanghai. Including the land, this facility is 10 times larger than the previous facility.

Unified Workflow Roadshow Heads to Toronto

Published: September 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Kodak’s Unified Workflow Roadshow will take place on Thursday, October 5, 2006, in Toronto, Canada.

Dow Increases Prices of Latex Products

Published: September 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Dow Paper Latex business has increased prices of hollow plastic pigment, solid plastic pigment, styrene/butadiene latex, and styrene/acrylate latex products sold into the paper industry in the U.S. and Canada.

TI Releases Gen 2 Silicon

Published: September 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Texas Instruments (TI) has announced the availability of its EPCglobal-certified Gen 2 ultra-high frequency (UHF) silicon.

Sirit Announces Strategic Relationship with Microsoft

Published: September 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Sirit and Near Field Communication (NFC) have formed a strategic relationship with Microsoft, through which Microsoft's BizTalk RFID will offer automatic support for Sirit's readers for quick and easy "out of the box" integration and operation across multiple RFID and NFC applications.

Emerging Technologies in Plastic Packaging Symposium

Published: September 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Innoplast Solutions presents "Emerging Technologies in Plastic Packaging," to be held October 30-31, 2006, in Chicago.

W&H In-House Expo Highlights Numerous Innovations

Published: September 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
From October 10-12, 2006, Windmoeller & Hoelscher will hold an in-house Expo at its Lengerich, Germany, headquarters. It will feature the company's latest developments in the field of printing and extrusion.

FFTA Chooes Theme for 2007 Annual Forum

Published: September 21, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA) has chosen "Crossing Borders…Flexo's Global Gateway" as its theme for the 2007 annual forum, to be held May 6-9, 2007 at the Palais des Congres de Montreal in Quebec, Canada.

Tailored Solutions Opens European Office

Published: September 21, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Tailored Solutions has opened a sales and support office in the United Kingdom to service users in Europe.

Barrier Packaging Seminar

Published: September 20, 2006, By pffc-online.com
LatinPack and Tecniproyectos RG announce the 4th edition in Latin America of the international "Barrier Packaging--Technologies and Applications" seminar, to be held November 14-15, 2006, at Camara de Industriales in Venezuela.

Mark Andy Acquired by Morgenthaler Partners

Published: September 20, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Mark Andy has been acquired by Morgenthaler Partners and Mark Andy management as a result of its strong position and sales fuel investment interest.

Item Level RFID Market Outlook

Published: September 19, 2006, By pffc-online.com

RFID Troubleshooter

Published: September 19, 2006, By pffc-online.com

Food Packaging Law Seminar

Published: September 19, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Keller and Heckman LLP has scheduled its 7th Annual Food Packaging Law seminar, "What You Need to Know About U.S. and EU Food Packaging Regulations," for October 11-12, 2006, in Washington, DC.

Flexotecnica to Demonstrate Gearless Press

Published: September 19, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Flexotecnica will have a 52-inch-wide, eight-color Chronos sleeved gearless press available for print demonstrations from Wednesday, October 11 to Friday, October 13, 2006, at its global headquarters in Tavazzano, Italy.

UPM Raflatac Updates Raflink Business Line

Published: September 18, 2006, By pffc-online.com
UPM Raflatac is launching ordering and claim tracking self-service tools with the latest update of its eBusiness platform, the Raflink Business Line.

Esko Sees Growth in Second Quarter

Published: September 18, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Esko reports a 17% increase in consolidated net revenues compared to the first quarter of 2006, and an increase of 7.5% compared to the second quarter of last year.

Converting Industry News

Published: September 18, 2006
News from: Olmarc Packaging, All-Out, Fridrich Freund, Nordemeccanica, Freedonia Group, InnoPlast Solutions, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Julie Static Controls, Drent Goebel, Loparex, Badger Plug, SMS Plastics Technology, ECRM, Xaloy, MAN Roland, CAC, Ion Industrial, e|5, BASF, VantagePoint Systems, Michelman, DuPont, Polymer Packaging, Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Novatec, Midland Container, Rad-Cure, FILMtech, and people in the news.

Q&A with Jeff Damour

Published: September 18, 2006, By By PFFC staff
As outgoing president of CEMA, the Converting Equipment Manufacturers Assn., Jeff Damour shares his thoughts about the state of the US converting industry today.

Sensors and RFID Converge with Printed Electronics

Published: September 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
According RFID analysts IDTechEx, RFID and sensing are merging, with location of items using RFID triangulation, more sophisticated techniques, and some RFID technologies where sensing is a property of the chip rather than an add-on. (idtechex.com)

EPCGlobal and RFID4U Partner to Provide Training

Published: September 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
EPCglobal Canada and RFID4U, an RFID training company, have entered into a strategic multi-year partnership to jointly offer RFID training, including CompTIA RFID+ certification courses.

Video Inspection System Enhances Operator Proficiency

Published: September 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Fife Corp. announces key enhancements to its InPrint Video web inspection system to help operators quickly identify printing errors while the press is running.

New Metallizing Process

Published: September 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Celplast Metallized Products has developed a process for metallizing standard 48 g PET films, giving metal adhesion values that are equivalent or superior to those of chemically-treated metallized PET.

Hood Installs Nordmeccancia Laminator

Published: September 14, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Nordmeccanica successfully completed the installation and the start up of a Super Simplex laminator at Hood Packaging Corp.

Proctor & Gamble to Deliver Keynote at PLACE Conference

Published: September 14, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Kent Lynde of Proctor & Gamble will present the keynote address during TAPPI's annual PLACE Conference September 17-21, 2006, in Cincinnati.

CMM Names New Conference Advisory Board

Published: September 13, 2006, By pffc-online.com
A newly expanded CMM International Conference Advisory Board and the first Exhibitor Roundtable in the show's 30-year history both met at the Rosemont Convention Center June 22-23 to discuss ways to further enhance the event.

Toray Exhibits at Pack Expo

Published: September 13, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Toray Plastics (America) will present its ultra-high barrier Torayfan OPP and Lumirror PET films.

RFID Labeling Tip from Avery Dennison

Published: September 12, 2006, By Dan Williams, Avery Dennison Printer Systems
Consumer goods manufacturers, retailers and distribution centers should carefully balance application requirements and budget with the capabilities and costs of RFID technologies when planning in-house RFID labeling operations.

Secure ID Industry Promotes Privacy and Security Standards to State Legislators

Published: September 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Members of the Secure ID Coalition, an affiliation of companies advocating for secure identification technology standards to protect the privacy of citizens, educated policymakers at the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) August 16-18 at the NCSL's annual meeting and exhibit.

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