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Facing a Slowdown

Published: December 31, 2005, By Robert W. Marsh, Contributing Editor
As the US begins 2006, the economy is facing a slowdown. Last year’s increase in interest rates alone is enough to cause a slowdown in economic activity. On top of that, when you add the very large increase in energy prices, it exacerbates the situation.

Why Isn't Your Slitter Running?

Published: December 31, 2005, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Walk by any slitter and more likely than not, it won’t be running. Why? Besides having no input material or no demand for slitting, your slitter likely is not running because the slitter operator is busy doing all the work needed to support the slitter. Your slitter may not be running, but I bet your slitter operator is.

The Digital Demand

Published: December 31, 2005, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
The Label Printers has expanded its manufacturing capabilities into color plateless technology with the purchase of a seven-color HP Indigo ws4050 digital press.

January 1, 2006

Published: December 31, 2005

New Year Brings Positive Change

Published: December 31, 2005, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
The new year is starting out with a number of positive changes for PFFC, some of which impact you directly. We hope you agree these changes facilitate your reading of the magazine, and I’d love to hear your comments. Here’s an outline of the changes you’ll experience, starting with this issue.

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

Published: December 22, 2005, By David J. Bentley, Jr., Contributing Editor
The role of X-ray sensor technology in the application of extrusion coating and lamination, and comparative design and performance of primer dryers for high-speed extrusion coaters.

ICE 2005 Surpasses Past Show

Published: December 22, 2005, By pffc-online.com
ICE 2005 took place in Munich with over 3,000 visitors from 56 countries, up 70% from ICE 2003. (ice-x.com)

Mohawk Receives Green Power Leadership Award

Published: December 22, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Mohawk Fine Papers has received the 2005 Green Power Leadership Award in the category of "Green Power Purchasing." This annual award honors U.S. organizations that make significant purchases of renewable energy. (mohawkfinepapers.com)

EGS Moves, Expands

Published: December 20, 2005, By pffc-online.com
EGS Gauging has relocated its headquarters to Wilmington, MA, in order to increase manufacturing capacity.

VantagePoint Moves Headquarters

Published: December 20, 2005, By pffc-online.com
VantagePoint Systems has moved to a new corporate headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Water Ink Technologies Moves Mid-Atlantic Branch

Published: December 20, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Water Ink Technologies' Mid-Atlantic branch has moved to Cinnamisnson, NJ.

GEW Expands Asia Operation

Published: December 20, 2005, By pffc-online.com
GEW plans to establish a sales, service, and manufacturing operation in Mumbai, India. The facility is intended to service the Indian sub-continent and the Southeast Asia markets.

Chinaplas 2006 Chooses Theme, Schedules Dates

Published: December 18, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Chinaplas 2006 (The 20th Intl. Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries) will be held April 26-29, 2006. The theme for this year’s show is “Shaping the Future for You.” (2456.com/chinaplas)

PVC Production Increases

Published: December 18, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin production in the U.S. rose 8.8% to 16 billion lbs. in 2004. (americanplasticscouncil.org)

Coating & Laminating Special Report

Published: December 16, 2005
Coating & Laminating Special Report

MetalFX Wins Award

Published: December 15, 2005, By pffc-online.com
MetalFX has been named the New Product of the Year by the United Kingdom's Growing Business Awards.

Mountain Valley Adds Recycling Capacity

Published: December 15, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Mountain Valley Recycling has added a new processing line to its existing production facility in Morristown, TN, adding 15 million pounds of recycling capacity annually.

BASF Raises Prices

Published: December 15, 2005, By pffc-online.com
BASF will increase its list and off-list selling prices for its Caprolactone Monomer, all grades of its NEOL Neopetylglycol, and its 2-Pyrrolidone.

MeadWestvaco to Idle Paper Machine

Published: December 15, 2005, By pffc-online.com
MeadWestvaco Corp. has announced plans to indefinitely idle the No. 1 paper machine at the company’s Evadale, TX, paperboard mill. The machine will be shut down in the first quarter of 2006.

TLMI turns 70 (PDF)

Published: December 14, 2005

Online Lean Manufacturing Resource Goes Live

Published: December 13, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Vorne Industries has launched www.oee.com, a new lean manufacturing resource devoted to studying and understanding Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

NPE 2006 Offers Online Press Resource

Published: December 13, 2005, By pffc-online.com
NPE 2006 has launched www.npe.org/press, an online resource for press, offering tools for previewing the show.

GEW Wins FlexoTech Environmental Innovation Award

Published: December 13, 2005, By pffc-online.com
GEW has won the FlexoTech Environmental Innovation Award for its e-system UV curing concept designed to provide energy savings and a total system approach to radiation curing. The Award recognizes companies designing products considered to enhance the living and working environments.

Ahlstom Invest in Co-Generation Facility

Published: December 13, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Ahlstrom has announced a 7 million euro investment for the construction of a new co-generation facility at its Turin, Italy, plant.

Alliance Yields Complete Motion Control PackageAlliance Yields Complete Motion Control Package

Published: December 11, 2005, By pffc-online.com
THK America has formed a strategic alliance with Yaskawa Electric to offer a complete motion control package, fusing THK’s VLA series of linear actuators with Yaskawa’s Legend Servo Amp & Controller and Sigma II servomotors. (www.thk.com, www.yaskawa.com)

Taconic Expands in Latin America

Published: December 11, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Taconic has announced plans to establish a new facility in Brazil, approximately 20 miles southwest of Sao Paulo. (www.4taconic.com)

HCPC Accepting Entries for 2005 Compliance Package of the Year

Published: December 08, 2005, By pffc-online.com
The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council now is accepting entries for its 2005 Compliance Package of the Year Competition until February 15, 2006.

Sonoco to Close Charlotte Plant

Published: December 08, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Sonoco plans to close its Charlotte, NC, plant to reduce its cost structure.

FBA is Moving

Published: December 08, 2005, By pffc-online.com
The Fibre Box Assn. has moved to its new address in Elk Grove Village, IL.

Parkinson Technologies Updates Corporate Identity

Published: December 08, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Parkinson Technologies has launched an updated and refreshed corporate identity. Parkinson is now the principal corporate identity under which the company's three major product and technology areas reside: Marshall and Williams Plastics, Parkinson Winders, and Key Filters.

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