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Specialty Papers Market Report

Published: July 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
According to a new market report from Pira Intl. entitled "The Future of Specialty Papers: Global Forecasts to 2011," global consumption of specialty papers to reach 23.7 millions tons by 2011.

Loparex Acquires Douglas-Hanson

Published: July 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Loparex Group has acquired the Douglas-Hanson, Hammond, WI. Douglas-Hanson.

Apex Appoints South African Rep

Published: July 13, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Apex has appointed Allied Graphic Technologies as its new representative company in Southern Africa.

More Space at K 2007

Published: July 13, 2006, By pffc-online.com
More space will be available at K 2007, the Intl. Trade Fair for Plastics + Rubber, with a new hall recently built.

TLMI Redesigns Web Site

Published: July 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com

Modernistic Under One Roof

Published: July 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Modernistic has moved its entire operation to a single, more spacious facility in Stillwater, MN.

Pacovent Cancelled

Published: July 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Pacovent, originally scheduled to take place November 6-10, 2006, in Cologne, Germany, has been cancelled.

"Tell It Like It Is" at Executive Outlook 2006

Published: July 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
What are the next “disruptive technologies” lurking in the wings waiting to stir up the printing business? Where should printers direct their investment dollars today to enhance their success tomorrow and stay ahead of their competitors? These are among the questions that will be answered for attendees by the conclusion of the annual Executive Outlook Conference on Saturday, October 14, 2006, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Active RFID Systems Offers New Asset-Tracking Tag

Published: July 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Active RFID Systems has released its EZT-WiFi asset tracking tag, designed to provide a globally operable RFID tag interoperable with existing WiFi networks.

SATO America Appoints New Sales Manager

Published: July 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
SATO America has appointed Ron Brown as the new Southern Regional Sales Manager.

MetalFX Receives Awards

Published: July 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
MetalFX has been Highly Commended in the “Best Industry Supplier” category of the Printing World Awards.

Multi-Color Listed on FSB 100

Published: July 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Multi-Color Corp. has been listed on the FSB 100, the 2006 presentation of America's fasted-growing small public companies, published by FORTUNE Small Business magazine.

Static Elimination Revisited

Published: July 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The February column on static elimination inspired a reader to share some experiences he had on this "shocking" subject.

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

Published: July 10, 2006, By David J. Bentley, Jr., Contributing Editor
Automatic servo positioned air knife systems for optimal cast film quenching and inertial measurement of roller parallelism.

Converting Industry News

Published: July 10, 2006, By Edited by Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
News from: Comexi, Applied Materials, NPES, Tribex, SVC, and people and places on the move.

Better Labels Through Chemistry

Published: July 10, 2006, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
A few years ago, Inprint (now CCL Label) and DataLase worked together to solve a problem that long has plagued its pharmaceutical and agro-chemical customers, another others: economically and efficiently printing additional variable text, such as lot numbers and expiration, directly on the base polypropylene-laminated label.

New Products

Published: July 10, 2006, By PFFC staff
New products from: Nordmeccanica, Microtrace, DuPont, ADM Tronics, Drew Industrial, NexGen Enviro Systems, CTC Intl., Stafford Mfg., Adchem, Soma Engineering, Maxson, Ghezzi & Annoni, Finch, Pruyn & Co., and Amagic Foils.

Converted Flex-Pack to Grow

Published: July 09, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Demand for converted flexible packaging is expected to increase more than 4%/yr to $14.4 billion in 2009, says a new study from The Freedonia Group.

Amerikal Launches New Web Site

Published: July 09, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Amerikal Products Corp. has launched a new Web site with a focus on Genesis pressroom chemistry, a div. of Amerikal, at genesischemistry.com.

TAGSYS Raises $35 Million to Fuel Growth

Published: July 09, 2006, By pffc-online.com
TAGSYS has completed a $35 million round of financing to advance the company's global growth, expand R&D efforts, and accelerate its ability to bring end-to-end item-level RFID infrastructure solutions to markets that are increasingly embracing RFID.

Avery Dennison Announces Qualified Converters

Published: July 09, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Eight more RFID label converters have met Avery Dennison RFID's standards to become Avery Dennison "Qualified Converters."

Consolidator Module Speeds Receiving, Helps Ensure Shipment Accuracy

Published: July 06, 2006, By pffc-online.com
A shipment consolidator module that automates and speeds the receiving process at consolidator locations and helps ensure compliance with C-TPAT requirements for tracking goods now is available as part of the Avery Dennison InfoChain Express supply chain management solution.

Preco Expands Laser Packaging Services

Published: July 06, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Preco has expanded by 60% to keep pace with the rapidly growing packaging markets that require convenient, easy-open scored products, perforated film, and containers.

Two Companies Succeed with HP Digital Printing

Published: July 05, 2006, By pffc-online.com
After installing the HP Indigo ws4050, both The Glennon Group and Model Graphics have improved their product offerings.

Degrava and Graphic Resources Form Alliance

Published: July 05, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Degrava Systems has announced a strategic alliance with Graphic Resources to service the North, Central, South American, Canadian, and Caribbean regions.

ODIN Ranked #1 RFID Service Provider

Published: July 04, 2006, By pffc-online.com
In a survey conducted by RFID Update, ODIN Technologies is the top ranked RFID-specific company in several categories.

Sirit Introduces Parking and Vehicle Access Control System

Published: July 04, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Sirit has introduced its next generation IDentity MaX UHF RFID reader for use in parking and vehicle access control deployments at the Intl. Parking Institute's (IPI) Growth 2006 Expo.

Klockner Displays New Packaging Materials

Published: July 04, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Klockner Pentaplast will display a range of new packaging materials during Pack Expo 2006, October 29-November 2 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

MECA Expands Print Sleeve Offering

Published: July 04, 2006, By pffc-online.com
MECA & Technology Machine has announced several additions to its current line of print sleeve offerings.

Films Face Off

Published: June 30, 2006, By Steve Sargent, PhD., Toray Plastics (America)
What factors should you consider when choosing packaging films? Learn how OPET, OPP, and OPA compare in terms of downgauging, barrier, and density.

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