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AIMCAL Blogs Launch

Published: August 26, 2005, By pffc-online.com
AIMCAL launched four blogs August 1, 2005 covering web coating and laminating, vacuum web coating, web handling and converting, and specialty web coating.

Bobst Opens West-Coast Demo Facility

Published: August 26, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Bobst Group USA has opened a West coast machinery demonstration site at Advanced Die Supplies in Sante Fe Springs, CA.

Free On-Floor Seminars at PRINT & CONVERTING 05

Published: August 23, 2005, By pffc-online.com
PRINT & CONVERTING 05 will offer two free programs of workshops on the show floor, focusing on profit opportunities and technical challenges in the key growth areas of wide format digital imaging and mailing and fulfillment services.

Heidelberg Focuses Display on Large Industrial Plants

Published: August 23, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Heidelberg’s Industrial Print Solutions area at PRINT & CONVERTING 05 will include press, postpress, consumables, and service offerings tailored specifically to industrial print shops producing long runs.

CPP Expo Prepares for Its Debut

Published: August 21, 2005, By pffc-online.com
CPP Expo (Converting & Package Printing Expo) will take place September 26-28, 2005, at the Sands Expo & Convention Center: an inaugural tradeshow that focuses on the converting process.

KBA Demos JDF in Radebeul

Published: August 21, 2005, By pffc-online.com
KBA has set up a JDF demonstration room in the customer center at its sheetfed offset facility in Radebeul to offer prospects a chance to test drive a JDF workflow embracing MIS, pre-press, and press.

Golf Challenge Raises Funds

Published: August 18, 2005, By pffc-online.com

Pamarco Adds Laser, Sales Agents

Published: August 18, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Pamarco Global Graphics has installed a Thermalase laser in its Atlanta facility. Also, Edwards Graphics will be the exclusive sales agent in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and the Maritimes.

Curtis Packaging Launches Website

Published: August 17, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Curtis Packaging has launched a new corporate Web site designed to provide its customers and prospects with a direct connection to the company's resources and capabilities.

Maguire Asia Expands Operations in China

Published: August 17, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Maguire Asia has opened three new offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Suzhou, expanded its headquarters in Shanghai, and launched a Chinese-language Web site.

Revamped Ask AIMCAL

Published: August 14, 2005, By pffc-online.com
AIMCAL has revamped the "Ask AIMCAL" feature of its Web site to make it even more useful for members and visitors seeking converting industry resources. The upgraded page is a quick way to locate sources for coated or metallized films or papers, adhesives, and converting equipment and services.

Stanford Expands Presence in Latin America

Published: August 14, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Stanford Products LLC has established five new sales agencies in Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, and Brazil. Stanford’s growth in the Latin American marketplace is being spurred on by the success of its recently-released line of finishing equipment for the shrink sleeve market.

Mamata Open House

Published: August 11, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Mamata Machinery will hold an open house, exhibiting it's range of bagmaking and pouchmaking machines at its factory in India.

ICS Awarded Patent

Published: August 11, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Integrated Color Solutions has been granted a patent from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its technology used in Remote Director, the company's remote proofing system.

Accuweb Has New Representation in Canada

Published: August 10, 2005, By pffc-online.com
AccuWeb has signed an Agency Agreement with Manutrol, Inc., broadening the coverage for its proprietary web guide systems.

Myllykoski Sponsors Environmental Workshop

Published: August 10, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Myllykoski, a producer of recycled and non-recycled groundwood paper products, recently sponsored an environmental workshop conducted by the Gravure Assn. of America. The workshop was held June 15-16 in Alsip, IL, and included an extensive tour of Myllykoski's Alsip Mill.

Bobst Distributes MATRIX Product Line

Published: August 07, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Bobst Group is the sole U.S. distributor for the MATRIX line of self-locating creasing matrix products.

Metlon Becomes 3M Distributor

Published: August 04, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Metlon Corp. has become an authorized distributor of 3M SCOTCHLITE reflective material.

PCMC to be Acquired

Published: August 04, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Paper Converting Machine Co. has signed a letter of intent to be acquired by Barry-Wehmiller Companies.

Momentum Builds for Industry Week

Published: August 02, 2005, By pffc-online.com
September26-28, 2005, in Las Vegas has been dubbed "Industry Week 2005," due to industry activity at CPP and PACK Expo, TAPPI's PLACE Conference, along with meetings from AIMCAL, CEMA, Adhesive & Sealant Council, RADTECH, AICC (Regions I & II), Film and Bag Federation, and Composite Can and Tube.

GMG Scores at Color Proofing Roundup

Published: August 02, 2005, By pffc-online.com
GMG Americas has received high color management rankings at the 3rd Annual IPA Color Proofing RoundUP held during the IPA Technical Conference.

Label Traxx Software Goes Global

Published: July 31, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Tailored Solutions has made its popular Label Traxx software available to worldwide label producers.

Ampacet Expands Thailand Facility

Published: July 31, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Ampacet has expanded its plastic masterbatch facility in Rayong, Thailand, by adding multiple extruder lines for custom color masterbatches as well as a Color Service Development Center.

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

Published: July 31, 2005, By David J. Bentley, Jr., Contributing Editor
Calcium carbonates for polyolefin extrusion coating applications, rheology of glass-fiber-filled polypropylene melts, non-invasive oxygen measurement using fluorescence technology and its implacation for active packaging, and using simulations to predict coating characteristics of a slot die system.

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

Published: July 31, 2005, By Rob Haak, SPIKIX

In recent years inkjet has made big strides, and single-pass, drop-on-demand, full-color printing systems are emerging as credible competitors to current technology in many sectors.

The Terminology of Testing

Published: July 31, 2005, By David J. Bentley Jr., Contributing Editor
Today, those in the converting and flexible packaging industries are not fully knowledgeable about many items unless they attach numbers to them.

Obesity: Can Packaging Help?

Published: July 31, 2005, By Sheila A. Millar Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
It's no secret that people around the world are getting fatter. The causes of overweight and obesity are multi-factorial. Food safety agencies like the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) continue their efforts to address diet, health, and agricultural policy.

Are We Outsourcing our Future?

Published: July 31, 2005, By Dr. Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D. Contributing Editor
Over the last four decades, I have observed the America’s R&D fall from its high pedestal. In fact, I would suggest we are in a free fall.

People & Places

Published: July 31, 2005, By PFFC staff
News from: Enercon, NDC Infrared Engineering, Comexi, Testing Machines, Flint Ink, Stanford Products, Praxair Surface Technologies, Brandtjen & Kluge, Prime UV Systems, Accuweb, Mohawk Paper Mills, ISO Poly Films, FTA, and Toray Plastics.

The Converting Relay Race: Part 1

Published: July 31, 2005, By Timothy J. Walker TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Converting productivity is a race to see how much material we can get through our process. Instead of a marathon, with one runner going the distance, converting processes are more like relay races, with a series of runners. Like a relay, we need to pass baton from roll to roll so each roll can run their leg of the race.

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