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Vigitek America to Debut at CMM

Published: April 07, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Vigitek, manufacturer of automated print inspection systems, reports it's launching an American sales and service organization at this year's CMM Inernational.

Creo Consolidates Operations: Europe, Middle East, Africa

Published: April 07, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Creo reports that Creo Middle East and Africa is consolidating its activities of those of Creo Europe, effective April 1, 2003.

Lance Snack Co. Honors Sonoco Once Again

Published: April 04, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Sonoco reports snack company Lance has named it its top packaging supplier for 2002. Sonoco adds its the third time in five years it has received the honor from the US-based snack maker; Lance honored Sonoco in 1998 and 1999 as well.

Stora Enso Streamlines Core Product Areas

Published: April 04, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Stora Enso recently announced it's changing its organizational structure to reflect the group's strategic principle of being operated and managed as one industrial group. The new structure will be streamlined around Stora Enso's core product areas, paper, packaging, and forest products, says the Finnish company.

Valmet Sells First Sheeter in Spain

Published: April 02, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Valmet Converting reports it has sold its first sheeter in Spain to the converting company Proembasa.

Tetra Recart Wins EAFA Award Makes Inroads for Retort

Published: April 02, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Tetra Pak reports its Tetra Recart, "the first fully retortable carton system," recently was bestowed with an EAFA (European Aluminum Foil Association) Foil Pack of 2002 award.

New Products for the Converting Industry

Published: April 01, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
New from: Andantex, Avery Dennison, Bestcolor, Bunting Magnetics, CAC, Cognex, Cognis, CTI Paper, Dynaloy, Easy Lift Equipment, EDI, Enercon, Erema, Hanovia, Ion Industrial, Körber PaperLink, KSM Intl., Martin Automatic, Maxson, Moisture Register, Montalvo, New England Extrusion, Nordmeccanica, Peripheral Advanced Design, Pillar, Scapa, Siemens, Simco, Shira Computers, Specialty Tapes, Sohn Mfg., Takk Industries, Toray, Uteco, and Valmet Rotomec.

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

Published: April 01, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
New products from: ADI, American Baler, Anderson & Vreeland, Bosch Rexroth, BST Pro Mark, Conior, Contech, CTC, Daetwyler, Davis-Standard, Elsner Engineering, Esko-Graphics, Fischer & Krecke, FLEXcon, Flint Ink, Future Designs, Ihara, Integrated Technology, Kohli Industries, Mach III, MACtac, Marsden, Mohawk Paper, National Adhesives, Nordson, Precision AirConvey, Prime UV, Raflatac, Riverwood, SATO America, Spinnaker Coating, UVitec, Vishay, and Webex.

Delivering Quality on Time

Published: April 01, 2003, By Edited by Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Staff Editor
Ohio-based converter RiverCor competes at the "cutting edge" with the installation of an SHM 1450 dual rotary precision sheeter from Körber PaperLink.

Making the Most of Metallizing

Published: April 01, 2003, By AWA Alexander Watson Associates
The second European Conference on Metallized Papers and Films, organized by AWA Conferences, took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 5-7. Sponsored

Wraps, Wipes, and All that Jazz

Published: April 01, 2003, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) welcomed more than 500 attendees to its 2003 Vision Consumer Products Conference in New Orleans.

On the Move...

Published: April 01, 2003
News from: AC Technology, Ashland Specialty Chemical, Athens Paper, Atofina Petrochemicals, AVT, Biofilm, Canepa, CTI Paper, Eckart America, Elsner, Farr APC, Flxon, Heidelberg, IADD, Kirk & Blum, Larson WorldWide, Latran, MAN Roland, Maxcess, MeadWestvaco, MEGTEC, Mitsubishi Litho, Mohawk Paper, NAPL, Pliant, Praxair, Raflatac Canada, SKF, Stora Enso, Sun Chemical, Testing Machines, Tech.-Vantage, Tidland, Univenture, York Paper, and Water Ink Technologies.

Do You Really Want to Color That Adhesive or Coating?

Published: April 01, 2003, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
Anyone who has been in the converting business and uses adhesives and coatings has at some time or another asked (or heard someone else ask) the question,

Guts and Glory

Published: April 01, 2003, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Peru-based Tech Pak boasts an arsenal of world-class equipment. Its new PCMC gearless Avanti is the latest addition to its flexo regiment.

Reporter Clips

Published: April 01, 2003, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
In the news this month: AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., Dotrix, EPC Network, General Data, HP Indigo, Innovative Equipment Ltd., Lawton Printers, Matrics, Melzer GmbH, MPI Label Systems, Precision Tape & Label, Seal-It Inc., Sony Chemicals Corp., RFID products, and the Russian label market.

A Clear Winner

Published: April 01, 2003, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Thirsty for new business, forms converter BBF Printing Solutions finds success in the private label beverage market with help from material supplier Raflatac.

Furthering Flexo: Today & Tomorrow

Published: April 01, 2003, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Flexo printing: Where to begin? How about with servo-driven (gearless) technology? Or maybe CTP (computer-to-plate) imaging? Then again, there's sleeve

Can't Touch This (Web): Part 1

Published: April 01, 2003, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
More than a decade ago, rapper MC Hammer made famous forever the line U Can't Touch This. I've worked with converters who use this phrase to describe

Transferring HR Data to US from EU May Hit a Snag

Published: April 01, 2003, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
It may surprise some members of the converting industry with subsidiaries in the European Union that the EU's framework Data Directive and implementing national legislation could restrict the transfer of human resources (HR) data into the US.

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

Published: April 01, 2003, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
For the 2003 edition of the Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product Competition of the Fort Mill, SC-based Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters

As Good as It Gets: PPC Awards

Published: April 01, 2003, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Staff Editor
The National Paperboard packaging Competition, which the Paperboard Packaging Council says celebrates the best of the best, is more than just a beauty contest. Entries must demonstrate innovation, structural superiority, and creativity, and this year’s winners definitely meet the judges’ expectations.

Converting Industry News

Published: April 01, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
News from: BBA Nonwovens, Bobst Group, Bostik Findley, Dixie Toga, Ferrania, Flint Ink, GAERF, GAMIS, Heidelberg, Huhtamaki, InteliCoat , Jagenberg Diana, Jetrion, Jonbond, Kimberly-Clark, Körber PaperLink, Laser Machining, Latran Technologies, Man Roland, PCMC, Polytype Converting, Preco, Printcafe, Rexam Healthcare Flexibles, Schreiber Specialties, Smurfit-Stone, Solutia, Superior Nonwovens, and UCB Group.

Some Things to Remember About Dynamic Surface Tension

Published: April 01, 2003, By Dr. Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D., Contributing Editor
Most flexible packaging plants can measure surface tension of their films by using dyne solutions. The dyne solutions are chemical mixtures that have

Think Lean

Published: April 01, 2003, By Chris Faust, Chromas/Aquaflex
A lean manufacturing philosophy that eliminates waste will shorten the time between order placement and product delivery and deliver a healthier bottom line.

PLGA Offers Many Views of World of Gravure

Published: April 01, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
In these tough economic times, it's always nice to hear good news. At its annual meeting, the Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) reported an increase in membership from 51 to 71 in one year and an increase in award entries from 49 to 71.

Safeguarding Our Homeland Security

Published: April 01, 2003, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
War is not a laughing matter. And so it isn't appropriate in this column for me to include, as promised last month, some of the more lighthearted or stinging comments to a question we posed in PFFC's E-Clips electronic newsletter. Allow me to digress briefly…

Coates Screen Gets SGIA Environmental Honors

Published: April 01, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Coates Screen USA, St. Charles, IL, reports it recently received a 2003 Environmental Recognition Award from the Screenprinting and Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) International.

The Label Co. Serves with Printcafe

Published: April 01, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Printcafe Software Inc. reports that The Label Co., St. Louis, MO, is using its PSI Flexo print-management system to "better serve [The Label Company's] customers."

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

Published: March 31, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
New from: Andantex, Avery Dennison, Bestcolor, Bunting Magnetics, CAC, Cognex, Cognis, CTI Paper, Dynaloy, Easy Lift Equipment, EDI, Enercon, Erema, Hanovia, Ion Industrial, Körber PaperLink, KSM Intl., Martin Automatic, Maxson, Moisture Register, Montalvo, New England Extrusion, Nordmeccanica, Peripheral Advanced Design, Pillar, Scapa, Siemens, Simco, Shira Computers, Specialty Tapes, Sohn Mfg., Takk Industries, Toray, Uteco, and Valmet Rotomec.

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

Published: March 31, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
New products from: ADI, American Baler, Anderson & Vreeland, Bosch Rexroth, BST Pro Mark, Conior, Contech, CTC, Daetwyler, Davis-Standard, Elsner Engineering, Esko-Graphics, Fischer & Krecke, FLEXcon, Flint Ink, Future Designs, Ihara, Integrated Technology, Kohli Industries, Mach III, MACtac, Marsden, Mohawk Paper, National Adhesives, Nordson, Precision AirConvey, Prime UV, Raflatac, Riverwood, SATO America, Spinnaker Coating, UVitec, Vishay, and Webex.

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