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Metso to Supply Kraftliner Board Machine to China

Published: January 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Metso Paper will supply Lee & Man Paper Co. with a kraftliner board machine, scheduled to start up December 2006 in Changshu, China.

TWGA Presents Graphic Arts Printing Forecast 2006

Published: January 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com
TrendWatch Graphic Arts has released "Printing Forecast 2006: The TrendWatch Graphic Arts Perspective on the Challenges and Opportunities for the Printing Industry in the Next 12 Months and Beyond," its seventh annual forecast of the industry.

PRINT OUTLOOK Speakers Predict Good Times Despite Challenges

Published: January 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Despite print revenue loss due to Hurricane Katrina, PRINT OUTLOOK 06 claims that the industry has shown strong growth in 2005 and continues to rebound.

Nireco Wins Technical Award

Published: January 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) has awarded Nireco America with a 2005 Technical Achievement Award for its new ICM1000 Online Color Measuring System.

Adhesives Research Announces New Business

Published: January 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Adhesives Research has formed a new business, ARmark Authentication Technologies, which focuses on anti-counterfeiting technology in the form of covert markers, a technology that can be combined with custom-developed delivery systems for application to a variety of goods.

Brown Machine Launches E-Newsletter

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Brown Machine has introduced its new e-newsletter, "The Brown Informer," offering the latest news in thermoforming innovation, customer success stories, new product development, and services information.

Plastic Suppliers Launches EarthFirst PLA film-specific Web Site

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Plastic Suppliers has launched a Web site specific to its EarthFirst PLA film, designed to be an informational resource to educate people on the characteristics and uses of EarthFirst PLA film.

New Plastic Bag Resource

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
A new consumer plastic bag Web site is the latest tool to be added to EPIC's growing list of plastic bag resources. The new site was designed specifically for the general public, providing residents with the tools they need to find out where they can recycle their plastic shopping bags.

Materials for Printable Electronics to Reach $1.9 Billion

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The market for inks, substrates, and other materials used in printable electronics (PE) is expected to reach $1.9 billion by 2010, rising to $8.9 billion in 2013, according to a new report from NanoMarkets. The next few years represent a key period for the PE business of a whole.

Free E-Seminar For Taper Tension

Published: January 08, 2006, By pffc-online.com
MAGPOWR will host a live e-seminar on Wednesday, January 25, 2006, on taper tension.

Heidelberg Plans Larger Presses

Published: January 08, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Heidelberg is developing a new generation of sheetfed presses for larger formats, up to 63.8 inches.

Polytec Opens East Coast Office

Published: January 05, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Polytec has opened a dedicated East Coast regional office in Hopkinton, MA.

Hyatt's Launches Online Convex Resource

Published: January 05, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Hyatt's--All Things Creative, a distributor for Convex flexible materials for inkjet and thermal printing, now offers a Web-based resource to assist customers at hyatts.com/sign/convex. The link introduces all available materials with product information and online purchasing.

Klockner Expands Asia/Pacific Rim Activities

Published: January 04, 2006, By pffc-online.com

Chemsulatnats Receives 13th Consecutive Honor

Published: January 04, 2006, By pffc-online.com
For the 13th consecutive year, Chemsultants Intl. has earned recognition as one of Ohio's fastest-growing companies.

Bobst & Advanced Die Cut Ribbon on Demo Center

Published: January 03, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Bobst Group and Advanced Die Supplies hosted the grand opening of Bobst's West Coast Demo and Training Center located at the Advanced Die Supplies' Santa Fe Sprints, CA, facility.

HP Installs Press at RIT

Published: January 03, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) Printing Applications Laboratory Worldwide Media Center (WWMC) had added a seven-color HP Indigot press ws4050.

Labelexpo Asia a Success

Published: January 02, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Labelexpo Asia 2005 attracted 9,100 visitors from over 70 different countries, doubling in size from the last event in 2003.

BASF Raises Prices on Polyvinylpyrrolidone Products

Published: January 02, 2006, By pffc-online.com
As of the beginning of the year, BASF has raised prices by 10% in North America on all Luvitec and Luvicross polyvinylpyrrolidone products.

Trends & Technical Solutions

Published: December 31, 2005, By Dr. Stephen Cray, Dow Corning Corp.

Filmic release liners are used in many pressure-sensitive applications today. The market for filmic release liners is growing at a rate of 10%/yr, fueled in part by the emergence of premium applications that require the level of optical clarity, water resistance, flexibility, or fiber-free performance films can provide.

Narrow Web What's New

Published: December 31, 2005, By PFFC staff
Narrow web new products from: Avery Dennison, AB Graphic Intl, and IST Metz.

About Cold Seal Adhesives

Published: December 31, 2005, By David J. Bentley Jr., Contributing Editor
People actually refer to this class of product using three different names—cold seal adhesives, self-seal adhesives, and cohesives. Remember that all the terms describe exactly the same material.

Group Focuses on Innovation

Published: December 31, 2005, By Stanley Sacharow, The Packaging Group
Among the worldwide flexible packaging organizations, there is one group that is probably least known, open by invitation only and only to those specifically selected for their technical skills: the International Flexible Packaging Network (IFPN).

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

Published: December 31, 2005, By David J. Bentley, Jr., Contributing Editor
New die designs and advancements in automatic die controls for improved efficiencies in film production, and how sealant film choice can affect a laminated structure’s properties.

Environmental Right-to-Know

Published: December 31, 2005, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
Public availability of environmental data is a crucial tool in the protection of public health and the environment. Programs have been criticized for paperwork requirements and failure to safeguard adequately confidential business information and trade secrets. How do you balance the public’s right to know with the need to maintain chemical facility security?

The Secret Strain

Published: December 31, 2005, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc.

Reporter Clips

Published: December 31, 2005, By Edited by Deborah Donberg, Assoc. Managing Editor
Narrow web news from: Digital Labels, Lowry Computer Products, and Raflatac.

Changeover Magic!

Published: December 31, 2005, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Assoc. Editor
PPC Industries streamlines operations with a Mamata bagmaker and enjoys ultra-fast changeover times.

New Products

Published: December 31, 2005
New products from: Montalvo, Eckart America, Dielectric Polymers, Precision AirConvey, RIPit, Mamata, Tidland, Adchem, Simco, Hudson-Sharp, Creative Film Corp., DRI, and Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering.

Getting Personal With Michael Nowak

Published: December 31, 2005, By PFFC staff
Michael R. Nowak, president and founder of Coating Excellence Intl., shares the benefits of his experience in the converting industry.

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