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Label Converter Bern-etic First to Install Mark Andy LP3000 in France

Published: August 11, 2004, By pffc-online.com

Agfa's :Sublima XM Screening for Flexo Is Boon for Maryland Prepress Shop

Published: August 11, 2004, By pffc-online.com

Gravure Assn. of America Calls for Papers for 2005 Meeting in Philly

Published: August 09, 2004, By pffc-online.com
The Gravure Association of America is seeking topics and speakers for its 2005 Gravure Expo, slated for May 22 -26, 2005.

Black Clawson to Exhibit at Labelexpo Americas 2004

Published: August 09, 2004, By pffc-online.com
Black Clawson will exhibit its processing equipment and products for the flexible web converting industry at Labelexpo Americas 2004 in booth 1525.

Appleton to Address RFID Status at Labelexpo Americas and Debut SmartStrate Label Stock

Published: August 06, 2004, By pffc-online.com
Appleton says it will debut is SmartStrate label stock at Labelexpo Americas 2004; Vince Reese from the company also will address status of RFID in the tag and label industry on September 15, 2004.

TLMI Scholarship Golf Challenge: 5th Straight Success

Published: August 06, 2004, By pffc-online.com
Organized every year by Labelexpo to raise money for students interested in pursuing an education in the tag and label industry, the annual Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute's Scholarship Golf Challenge was a "great success" for the fifth time.

Schiavi to Unveil Gearless Flexo Press at Open House; Bobst Group Reports Strong Sales at Drupa for Flex Materials Biz

Published: August 04, 2004, By pffc-online.com
Schiavi reports an open house, September 7 - 11, at Piacenza, Italy, manufacturing facility to showcase EF4040 gearless, CI press and CL 660 Unica coater-laminator. Also, Bobst Group's flex materials reports strong sales from Drupa exhibition in May 2004.

NorthStar Signs Label Contract Extension with Miller Brewing Co.

Published: August 02, 2004, By pffc-online.com
NorthStar Print Group reports it has signed an extension of its existing contract with Miller Brewing Co.

Anderson & Vreeland Web Site Redesign Provides Access for Online Ordering

Published: August 02, 2004, By pffc-online.com
Anderson & Vreeland reports its newly redesigned web site provides faster access to the company's complete line of platemaking equipment, materials, and digital imaging equipment for flexo applications.

CSR Must Be a Balancing Act

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Sheila A. Millar Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
In June the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum (EMS) adopted a final report on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). EMS was an outgrowth of the 2000 Lisbon

Avoiding Surface Contamination

Published: August 01, 2004, By by David J. Bentley Jr. RBS Technologies
Many readers of this column undoubtedly have undertaken projects in their living quarters that involved painting. All cans of paint come with many items

Antimicrobials: On the Fast Track

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Dr. Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D. Contributing Editor
If you have been to the store lately, you may have noticed the number of new products that provide antimicrobial protection. It might be an air filter,

The Signs of Shear Wrinkle

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Timothy J. Walker TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Your web is talking to you. Not out loud but in a form of sign language. It's saying, Oh, I'm shifting to the right (or left) in this span, or Ouch, I'm

The Digital Edge

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Nsenga Byrd Thompson Associate Editor
To meet the growing demand for short- and medium-run print jobs, Rock-Tenn's Alliance division took a very long look at digital presses. We saw a need

Completing the Circle: Quality Assurance for the New Digital Workflow

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Gretchen Peck
Rock-Tenn supplies printing services to some of the world's most notable brands. Quality control is the No. 1 manufacturing concern, particularly since

Investing in Success

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Nsenga Byrd Thompson Associate Editor
When PFFC first met Coating Excellence Intl. in 2000, it was an up-and-coming startup just settling into its new 50,000-sq-ft facility in Wrightstown,

Screen Savers

Published: August 01, 2004, By by John Costenoble Stork Prints America
With good reason, many converters see the rotary screen printing method as a way to enter the high-end label and package markets. Screen printing provides

Shear Slitting Can Provide Advantages

Published: July 31, 2004, By Keith Fordham, Ashe Converting Equipment

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

Published: July 31, 2004, By David J. Bentley, Jr., Editor
Flexible packaging is the unifying theme for the 2004 TAPPI PLACE Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 30 to September 2. The meeting comprises

The Great Debate

Published: July 31, 2004, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
The Wal-Mart subject of this past July and May editorials has been evocative in stirring responses and dialogue among readers and myself. I love this

Products

Published: July 31, 2004
New products from: BHS Printing Machinery, Converter Accessory Corp., Davis-Standard, Elsner Engineering, Eltromat Electronics, Gidue, HCI Converting Equipment, Hurletron, Independent Machine Co., Jetrion, Kurz, Maxson Automatic, TAKK Industries, and Webex.

Reporter Clips

Published: July 31, 2004, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
News from: AIM, Axon Corp., Gallus, Graphic Solutions, Labelexpo, MACtac Graphic Products, Nilpeter, Scapa NA, Texas Instruments, and Wincor Nixdorf.

What's New in Narrow Web

Published: July 31, 2004
New products from: GEW, Raflatac, and Wasatch.

The Wider World of Narrow Web

Published: July 31, 2004, By Carrie Cleaveland, Editorial Intern
For all of your networking, new product, and narrow web needs, Labelexpo America presents

Roots & Realized Dreams

Published: July 31, 2004, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Established as a two-machine operation before 1920, Burrows Paper today boasts a dozen facilities. With a brand new F&K press, its newest packaging plant provides the promise of a thriving future.

People & Places

Published: July 31, 2004
News from: Amcor Flexibles Healthcare, Bobst Group USA, Bosch Rexroth AG, Canflexographics Ltd., CEMA, CMM Events, Converter Accessory Corp., Curtis Packaging, Flint Ink, Fortune Plastics, FRM-USA, GAA, Gibraltar Packaging Group, Green Bay Packaging, Heidelberg, and Tufco Technologies, and Water Ink Technologies.

Converting Industry News

Published: July 31, 2004, By Edited by Carrie Cleaveland, Editorial Intern
News from: Enercon, Esko-Graphics, Harper, Jagenberg, Kapak, Körber Paperlink, Lewisburg Container, Lüsher, Pagendarm, and Piper Jaffray.

The Word on Winding

Published: July 31, 2004, By Carrie Cleaveland, Editorial Intern
Winders may not cost six million dollars, but like that 1970s television phenomenon, The Six Million Dollar Man, we have the technology to build them better, stronger, and faster.

NPES Finishing Market Study Seeks Printer and Trade Services Input

Published: July 30, 2004, By pffc-online.com
NPES, the Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies, is seeking input from printers and trade service providers — including die-cutters, die-makers, foil stampers, embossers, and laminators — regarding their finishing equipment.

Chinaplas 2004 Breaks Attendance Record; More Than 57,000 Flock to Shanghai for Plastics Show

Published: July 30, 2004, By pffc-online.com
Chinaplas 2004 concluded July 2, and the show's sponsor says this year's edition of the plastics and rubber trade event was a record breaker.

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