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ADT Awarded Customer Honors

Published: May 30, 2006, By pffc-online.com
ADT was ranked number one in customer experience for its RFID services. It also was recognized in Spain with the 2006 Futureshop Award for Best Anti-theft Innovation.

P-S Graphic Arts Film Outlook

Published: May 30, 2006, By pffc-online.com
AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has published a new edition of its market report on the North American pressure-sensitive graphic arts market.

PackPrint Taking Shape

Published: May 30, 2006, By pffc-online.com
PackPrint will take place September 9-12, 2007, in Chicago's McCormick Place in conjunction with Graph Expo 2007.

Camera-Based Web Monitoring

Published: May 29, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Honeywell has launched ProWeb camera-based web monitoring technology for newsprint, fine paper producers, and printing houses. ProWeb provides a real-time window into the cause of paper breaks, enabling the mill reportedly to improve machine uptime, process stability and product quality.

Food Contact Materials Literature

Published: May 29, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Rapra Technology research has yielded two books on food contact materials in packaging, as well as a conference on food contact polymers.

RFID Forecasts for 2006 and Beyond

Published: May 28, 2006, By pffc-online
According to IDTechEx research and forecasts, cumulative sales of RFID tags for 60 years until the beginning of 2006 totaled 2.4 billion, with 600 million tags being sold in 2005 alone. In 2006, IDTechEx expects 1.3 billion tags to be sold.

WiFi-Enabled RFID Asset-Tracking Tag

Published: May 28, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Active RFID Systems (ARS) and Broadcom are collaborating to develop and sell a WiFi-enabled RFID tag that will be used to track assets directly in a WiFi Network Enterprise System.

KBA Draws Crowds at PrintFest 2006

Published: May 28, 2006, By pffc-online.com
KBA North America sold three Genius 52 UV 20-inch presses on the show floor at PrintFest 2006 and gathered leads who are interested in purchasing KBA press models.

Biodegradable Polymers Report

Published: May 28, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Biodegradable polymers have experienced strong growth over the last three years and will make further progress into markets traditionally dominated by conventional thermoplastics, according to the "Biodegradable Polymers Report" from Research and Markets.

Wanted: Used Kluge Presses

Published: May 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Used Kluge presses and folder/gluers are on the wanted list and Brandtjen & Kluge will pay top dollar for the right product.

Graphic Packaging Offers MetalFX

Published: May 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Graphic Packaging Intl. has become the first flexo printer to become an accredited licensee in the United States for MetalFX.

Smurfit-Stone Initiates Offer on Senior Notes

Published: May 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, a wholly owned subsidiary of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., intends to commence a cash tender offer for up to $400 million of its outstanding senior notes.

Happy Anniversary, Praxair!

Published: May 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Praxair Surface Technologies is celebrating 25 years as a provider of anilox roll technology.

AIM Global Announces RFID Video

Published: May 23, 2006, By pffc-online.com
AIM Global announces that the Public Television-produced video, "Spotlight On: RFID Technology," is available for download at media.aimglobal.org.

SATO Announces Appointments

Published: May 23, 2006, By pffc-online.com
SATO Corp. has appointed J. Michael Fowler as a director of SATO Intl. and president of SATO Holding Americas. Robert Linse is appointed president of SATO America.

Davis-Standard Organizes into Converting and Extrusion Units

Published: May 23, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Davis-Standard has restructured its business into two operating units to better support its global customer base: Converting Systems and Extrusions Systems.

Galas de Mexico Installs Daetwyler Line

Published: May 23, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Galas de Mexico will install a Max Daetwyler fully automated Laserstar-E engraving system this year.

Enfocus at On Demand

Published: May 22, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Enfocus, Philadelphia, PA, brought its entire line of certified PDF solutions, including its recently unveiled PitStop Professional 7, to the On Demand Conference & Expo May 16-18, 2006. Partners, including Creo Print-On-Demand Solutions Group and Ultimate Technographics, demonstrated combined solutions.

Sigdopack Opens Plant in Latin America

Published: May 22, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Sigdopack has opened a new production plant to produce Capran Medallion and OxyShield BOPA films for Central and South America.

ODIN Opens Joint Venture in Budapest

Published: May 21, 2006, By pffc-online.com

Avery Dennison Offers Military Compliant Solutions

Published: May 21, 2006, By pffc-online.com
A new service bureau offering called the RFID Military Compliance Solution from Avery Dennison Retail Information Services (RIS) enables vendors to quickly and cost efficiently meet Department of Defense mandates for affixing RFID labels to cartons and pallets, and for issuing advance ship notices.

Esko User Groups Merge

Published: May 21, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The Artios Users Group Intl. (AUGI) and the Assn. of Esko Users Group (AEG), the two user group associations devoted to Esko products, have merged into one organization.

Eastman Offers Solution for Isoprene Shortage

Published: May 21, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Eastman Chemical Co. offers a new formulation strategy that can reduce the use of isoprene by more than 50% in hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive formulations.

AVT Records 17th Consecutive Quarter of Growth

Published: May 18, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Advanced Vision Technology announced sales for Q1 2006 of $6.8 million, up 13% over the same period in 2005, and 3% over Q4 2005. These results mark AVT's 17th consecutive quarter of growth.

Universal Laser Systems Awarded Patent

Published: May 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Universal Laser Systems has been awarded a U.S. Design patent for its VersaLaser laser cutting and engraving system.

Adhesives Research Launches New Web Site

Published: May 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Adhesives Research has launched adhesivesresearch.com to better reflect the organization's structure following the company's reorganization last fall into four new operating divisions.

RFID Compliance Top Ten List

Published: May 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Zebra Technologies, a manufacturer of bar code and RFID smart labeling solutions, worked with key partners and a large number of suppliers to help them launch RFID technology in their operations. To help Wal-Mart's “next 300” companies with their compliance mandates, Zebra offers an article outlining the top 10 best practices based on successful RFID implementations featuring Wal-Mart suppliers.

Sirit Announces New Board Appointments

Published: May 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Sirit has elected a new director of the company's board at the Annual General Meeting in April.

AIMCAL Paper Deadline Extended

Published: May 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The deadline for papers for the AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference has been extended one week to May 22, 2006. Submit papers at aimcal.org.

KBA's Q1 Sales and 2006 Outlook

Published: May 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
KBA won contracts worth 346.6 million euro in the first quarter of 2006, 10.9% below the record figure of 382.4 million euro for the corresponding period in 2005.

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