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German Rubber & Plastics Recovery Mixed in 2002

Published: October 22, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
According to the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association of Germany (VDMA), the worldwide weak economy is impacting the plastics and rubber industries there. Says the association, "Recovery, which [was] expected to come in 2002, has to be postponed until next year."

GAMIS Funds Proofing and Printing Sales Studies for 2003

Published: October 21, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
GAMIS, the Graphics Arts Marketing Information Service of the Printing Industries of America, Inc. announces it has commissioned three 2003 studies for completion that may provide converters and package printers with valuable color trend and sales information.

Valmet Says There Are Positive Signs from Russian Converters

Published: October 18, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Valmet Converting recently attended two trade exhibitions in Moscow and reports strong interest in various processes from Russian converters.

Free Seminars to Explore Productivity Benefits Provided by CIM

Published: October 18, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Printcafe Software Inc. has joined forces with the CIP4 consortium, Creo, and MAN Roland to develop a continent-wide seminar series that will explore the productivity benefits provided by Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM).

LatinPack's Plastic Packaging Seminar Location Change

Published: October 11, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
LatinPack seminar, Plastics in Packaging, is relocated to Hotel Fiesta Americana, Reforma, Mexico. The two day seminar, slated for October 16 and 17, 2002, will include discussions and presentations on coextrusion technology, food packaging innovations, and polymer packaging trends.

SVC Conference to Focus on New Vacuum Coating Developments

Published: October 11, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
The Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) reports its annual technical conference, slated for May 3 thru 8, 2003, San Francisco, CA, USA, is themed "New Developments in Vacuum Coating Technologies" and will include a two-day exhibit with more than 200 booths as well as the 26-course-plus comprehensive education program.

Smurfit-Stone Pacific, MO, Plant Celebrates 50 Years

Published: October 11, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation's Pacific, MO, folding carton facility will celebrate 50 years of production; the company held an employee open house on Saturday, October 12, 2002, which included plant tours and information explaining the folding carton production process.

PPC Fall Conference to Feature Consumer Packaged Good Experts

Published: October 11, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
The Paperboard Packaging Council's annual fall meeting this week is slated to feature a panel of consumer packaged-good leaders, reports the industry organization.

PMMI August BCI Drops in 3 of 4 Indices

Published: October 11, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
According to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute's Business Conditions Index (BCI), the packaging machinery sector slowed overall in the month of August, though three out of four of the measures continued to show expansion.

American Printer Editor Jill Roth Garners McMillan Award

Published: October 10, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
American Printer editor Jill Roth garners printing industry recognition at Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2002.

Digital Technology Evolution Clear at Graph/Converting Expo 2002

Published: October 09, 2002, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
From the looks of the wide array of digital technology offerings at this year's four-day Graph Expo and Converting Expo venue in Chicago, "digital solutions"—which are driving time and cost out of print production workflows—are not going away any time soon... probably not at all.

BST Pro Mark Hits 10,000th Install

Published: October 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
BST Pro Mark reports it recently honored Sancoa International, Mt. Laurel, NJ, USA, a company that earlier this year installed a Super HandyScan 2000 web inspection system.

Graph Expo Begins: GASC Says Attendance Figures Ahead of 2000

Published: October 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) producer of Graph Expo and Converting Expo, says its registration figures indicate the number of companies sending reps to the show this year is more than 14 percent higher than company registration levels at this same time relative to the show dates in 2000.

Bemis Finishes Walki Films Buy

Published: October 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Bemis Company, global converter of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials, reports the completion of the purchase of Walki Films from UPM-Kymmene.

NAPL Says Sustained Recovery Eluding Printing Industry

Published: October 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
National Association for Printing Leadership forecasts a sporadic and slow, rather than a steady, recovery

Materials

Published: October 01, 2002
New materials from: DuPont, ExxonMobil Chemical, Hitac Adhesives and Coatings Inc., International Paper, KNF Clean Room Products Corp., National Starch and Chemical Co., P P Payne, and Rad-Cure Corp.

Converting Industry News

Published: October 01, 2002, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
News from: A&R Carton, AC Technology, AIMCAL, Akzo Nobel, ALS Ltd., American Inks and Coatings, CEMA, Fischer Group, GAA, Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Kraft Foods, Kochsiek, The Packaging Ink Co., PIA, Schiavi (Bobst Group), Stora Enso, and X-Rite.

Litzler to Offer 24/7 Customer Support with ei3 System

Published: October 01, 2002
C.A. Litzler Co. Inc., a Cleveland, OH, supplier of continuous processing ovens and systems, has chosen eimay Corp. to help supply its customers with 24/7 real-time engineering support.

Innovations in E-Commerce: Converter Benefits

Published: October 01, 2002, By Joe Dysart, Independent Web Reporter & Analyst
One of the advantages of doing business in a post-dot-com-crash world is that the marketplace has eliminated hordes of high-tech posers whose greatest

Protecting Trade Secrets in an Electronic World

Published: October 01, 2002, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
With the increase in the use of e-mail, and the electronic creation and retention of business documents, protecting trade- secret information is more of a challenge than ever for converting industry members.

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

Published: October 01, 2002, By by Dr. Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D. Contributing Editor
Since the earliest attempts at transferring ink from one surface to another, the characteristics of a printing ink have been an important factor in print

Halloween Is Coming: PSA Ghosts Can Be Pretty Scary

Published: October 01, 2002, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
October is an exciting month. In many areas Mother Nature creates an amazing display of colors. The weather is often ideal without the extreme hot and

Reporter Clips

Published: October 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Narrow web industry news from: AVT, EMA, Flexographic Trade School, Geiger Vision Systems, HP Indigo, MACtac, Northwest Coatings, Scapa North America, and Seal-It.

The Cutting Edge of Corrugated

Published: October 01, 2002, By Pauline Covell, Editor of Converting Today
Corrugated 2002 closed its doors June 15 acclaimed by both exhibitors and visitors.

That e word

Published: October 01, 2002, By Corey M. Reardon, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.
Europe's label converting market has been slower to embrace the benefits of B2B e-commerce than its North American counterpart. This is partly a reflection

India's Rising Star

Published: October 01, 2002, By Stanley Sacharow, Contributing Editor
Positive Packaging's reputation for quality is backed by a stable of Cerutti gravure presses.

Five Questions and Answers on Lubrication

Published: October 01, 2002, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Lubrication occurs when a gas or liquid separates or reduces the contact between two surfaces. Lubrication is used intentionally to reduce wear and increase

Products

Published: October 01, 2002
New products from: Advanced Ceramics, Amacoil, American Baler, Ashe, Banner Engineering, Bestcolor, Bosch Rexroth, Circonix, Convertech, Brookfield, Converter Accessory Corp., Creo, DALiM, Max Daetwyler, DFE, Electrostatics, Enercon, Futec, GMG Weihing, Hydra-Cell, Ion Systems, Kiddercomexi, Kodak Polychrome, Komori, Land Instruments, Maxson, NDC Infrared, Nordson, Prime UV, Radiant Energy Systems, Raytek, Simplex-Turbulo, Thermo BLH, and W&H.

Flex-Pack Converter Has a Clear View...

Published: October 01, 2002, By Nsenga Thompson, Staff Editor

to the future. Although consolidation is making it more difficult for independent converters to compete, a BST Pro Mark Genius Digital web inspection system is helping Kendall Packaging thrive.

Thin Webs without Wrinkles

Published: October 01, 2002, By Jeff Damour, Converter Accessory Corp.
Any converter running webs of thin- and ultra-thin-gauge material, including foil, may experience wrinkle problems. In general, there are at least two

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