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Rexam to Divest Medical Flex Pack Biz

Published: August 22, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Rexam PLC reports it has reached an agreement to sell its healthcare flexibles sector to Amcor, an Australian flexible packaging company with a global presence.

Environmental Inks to Acquire Arcar

Published: August 22, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp. announced last month the company has signed an agreement to acquire Arcar Graphics, a subsidiary of Flint Ink North America Corp. The ink manufacturer says the transaction is expected to close at the end of this month (August 2003).

Weyerhaeuser to Shutdown Oregon Containerboard Mill Lumber Plant

Published: August 20, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Weyerhaeuser recently announced it will close two manufacturing operations in Oregon—a containerboard mill in North Bend and an engineered lumber plant in Junction City—permanently.

GAA Calls for Entries for 2004 Golden Cylinder Awards

Published: August 18, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
The Gravure Association of America is calling for entries for its 2004 Golden Cylinder Awards competition. Deadline for entries is 5 pm (EST) November 14, 2003.

CEMA Slates Slitting/Rewinding Seminar for Philly This Fall

Published: August 18, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
The Converting Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA), a division of AIMCAL, will host its highly regarded slitting and rewinding seminar, "Slitting and Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters," this November (2003).

US Market Erosion Results in New Packaging Association for Carded Packaging Market

Published: August 18, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
A new association of packaging manufacturers has formed in order to address growing concerns over plant closings and lost jobs to overseas competition. According to Rick Thomas (from Card Pak Inc., Solon, OH), a founding member and VP of the Association of Visual Packaging Manufacturers, the new group is made up of leaders and decision makers assembled from industries serving the carded packaging market.

Interest in Northeast Graphics Trade Show Grows

Published: August 15, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
According to the Printing Industries of New England (PINE), interest for the group's upcoming Northeast Graphics Trade Show has been growing.

Bemis, UPM-Kymmene Terminate Purchase/Sale Agreement

Published: August 15, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Late last month, Bemis Company Inc. and UPM-Kymmene agreed to terminate to sell Bemis Co.'s pressure sensitive materials business to UPM-Kymmene.

Sun Chemical to Demo Breadth at Graph Expo

Published: August 13, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Graph Expo/Converting Expo attendees will get a better understanding of "the breadth, quality, and value of the Sun Chemical product line" in Chicago this fall. According to the company, four divisions of Sun Chemical, for the first time, will combine their displays.

By Popular Demand: Labelexpo Americas to Add Show Day

Published: August 13, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Organizer of Labelexpo Americas 2004 Tarsus Group reports "increasing demand from exhibitors and visitors has led to an extra day being added" to the North American exhibition.

Avery Dennison to Print USPS Commemorative Stamps Under Long-Term Contract

Published: August 11, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Avery Dennison Corp. reports the US Postal Service has issued the first commemorative self-adhesive stamps printed under a new long-term contract awarded to the company by the USPS; the agreement calls for Avery Dennison to produce definitive and commemorative self-adhesive postage stamps.

Pack Expo: Winning Packaging Materials Pavilion Spotlighted in Vegas

Published: August 11, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), organizers of the upcoming Pack Expo Las Vegas show, report several international associations are slated to showcase packaging innovations in the new Containers & Materials Pavilion during the three-day venue.

FK Awarded Patent for Changeover-Time Reduction Technology

Published: August 08, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Fischer & Krecke reports its Access technology has been awarded a patent. According to the OEM, Access dramatically reduces changeover-time by allowing operators to set up non-operational print stations of one printing job while the previous job is still running.

Tequity Takes Over Lemo

Published: August 08, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Jagenberg AG, Neuss, Germany, a subsidiary of Rheinmetall, reports it has sold its Lemo Maschinenbau GmbH, Niederkassel, Mondorf, business operations to Zürich-based Tequity Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG.

Labelexpo Europe: Unparalled Access to Latest Label Trends

Published: August 08, 2003, By Barry Hunt, Tarsus Group
This year's main event for the label and product decoration industry is Labelexpo Europe 2003. Barry Hunt places some of the trends and challenges facing converters in the context of the show.

Winning with Covers

Published: August 07, 2003, By Gerry D. Rector, Senior Product Development Manager, Neenah Paper
The critical question for converters is: "Just how do you work with heavyweights?"

Kraton Increases Focus on Packaging Segment

Published: August 06, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Kraton Polymers reports it has formed a new business group dedicated to packaging and polymer modification. According to Kraton, the new group will concentrate on the technology enhancements and research needed to provide global packaging and polymer modification markets "with focus, speed, flexibility, and growth."

Moving to Soft Proofs: RealTimeImage Gets GATF InterTech for Online Proofing Application

Published: August 06, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
RealTimeImage reports it has been recognized by GATF (Graphic Arts Technical Foundation) for its "innovative online proofing technology found in...RealTimeImage Express solution."

IP Updates Pocket Pal: New Edition Features Digital Info.

Published: August 01, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
International Paper announces the release of the 19th edition of Pocket Pal: A Graphic Arts Handbook, "the company's authoritative introduction to the graphic arts for many artists, designers, publishers, advertisers, students and buyers of printing," says IP.

Amberley Adhesive Labels Invests in RK Print Coat FlexiProof 100

Published: August 01, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Print Coat Instruments reports it has supplied U.K. label producer Amberley Adhesive Labels with a FlexiProof 100, "a precision, bench-top multi-tasking tool that enables users to produce proofs using water, solvent, or UV flexographic inks as well as to undertake accurate quality control and printability tests."

Minimizing Risk: Pira Intl. to Hold Brand Protection Conference in Spain

Published: August 01, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Pira International reports the full program for Brand Protection 2003 is available for its late-September event. According to Pira, the two-day venue will feature "case studies from an unrivalled line up of speakers from all over the world," addressing brand protection and counterfeiting issues and strategies.

Hello DBS, Good-Bye Jaded Jewel

Published: August 01, 2003, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Will it be 'bye-bye now' for the standard CD case? QC Packaging says 'indeed,' and an Arpeco press and BST Pro Mark system may help the converter make it so.

Ups & Downs of Business Make Escape an Attractive Option

Published: August 01, 2003, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
Despite business ups and downs, especially in difficult times, we must make ourselves responsible for our own happiness.

Converting Industry News

Published: August 01, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
News from: AET, Amcor Flexibles Europe, Darex, EDI, Freedonia Group, Harper Corp., H.B. Fuller, Latran Technologies, Kohl and Madden Printing Inks, Mesirow, PCI Films Consulting, and the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.

Permanent & Removable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Published: August 01, 2003, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
An intriguing aspect of pressure-sensitive adhesives is the wide variety available. They come in different forms for application as solutions in solvent,

Ink Jet PigmentsThe Land of the Small

Published: August 01, 2003, By Dr. Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D., Contributing Editor
If you've ever had your ink jet-printed copy get wet, you saw all the inks became soluble and you had a mess on your hands.

Going with the Parallel Flow

Published: August 01, 2003, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Parallel flow usually is a good thing. In driving your car down the road, if you and the other drivers agree to keep parallel to the lines in the road,

Reporter Clips

Published: August 01, 2003, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Labelexpo Europe 2003 news, and MACtac supplies p-s materials for USPS's American filmmaking stamps.

What's New in Narrow Web

Published: August 01, 2003
New products for the narrow web converting industry from: Dotrix and Kanzan Spezialpapiere GmbH.

Materials

Published: August 01, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
New materials from: ADM Tronics Unlimited, Eastman Chemical, Environmental Inks and Coatings, Flint Ink, G7 Productivity Systems, H.B. Fuller Co., Milliken Chemical, National Adhesives, Powder Coating Inst., Rohm & Haas Co., Spectra Group, Toray Plastics, and Uvitec Printing Ink.

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