E-Newsletter

Digital Magazine

Contract Services

Industry Links

Archive

Reporter Clips

Published: September 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Coming events and news from: Barco Graphics, Calumet Carton Co., HyperWare, Label Express, Mail-Well, RIT, and Seal-It.

Corporate Responsibility: Congress Adopts Broad New Requirements

Published: September 01, 2002, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
Prompted by a wave of corporate scandals, Congress has passed legislation imposing broad new corporate responsibility obligations on public companies, which the president has signed.

Quality Controlled Music Packaging

Published: September 01, 2002, By Gretchen Kirby Peck, P.A.G.E.s
The music packaging industry continues to debate digital file format merits but globally agrees on the importance of preflighting for quality control.

What's New in Narrow Web

Published: September 01, 2002

New for narrow web converters from: Computer Productivity Services, Cortron Corporation, Gidue Spa, Granwell Products Inc., and Graphic Systems International.

People & Places in the Narrow Web Converting Industry

Published: August 31, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
News from: Artcraft Co., Communigraphics/GAC, Enercon, PSTC, Rotometrics, and WS Packaging Group.

Corus Reports Foil Price Increases

Published: August 29, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Corus Aluminum Rolled Products reports an increase in foil prices for the 2003. According to the company, orders acknowledged for shipment on and after the week ending 4th of January 2003 will reflect an additional $0.03 to 0.05 per lb (US).

AICC Student Design Contest Honors Five Packaging Schools

Published: August 29, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
The Association of Independent Corrugators (AICC) announces the winners of its annual Student Corrugated Packaging Design Competition. According to the trade group, this year almost 60 entries were received from packaging schools in the US and Canada.

1950s

Published: August 28, 2002, By PFFC Staff
1920s and 1930s 1940s 1960s 1970 - 1973 1974 - 1976 1977 - 1979 1980s 1990 - April 1993 May 1993 - 1994 1995 - 19992000 to present The 1950s...Known as

1970 - 1973

Published: August 27, 2002, By PFFC Staff
1920s and 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1974 - 1976 1977 - 1979 1980s 1990 - May 1993. 1995 - 1999 2000 to present The Early 1970s...January 1970The retortable

Avery Dennison at Labelexpo Americas: "Ideas That Work for You"

Published: August 27, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Avery Dennison says it will exhibit a variety of products and services around the theme "Ideas that work for you," at the upcoming Labelexpo Americas show.

F&K Expands Packaging Product Range with Kochsiek Buy

Published: August 23, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Fischer & Krecke's Fischer Group (comprised of Fischer & Krecke GmbH, Bielefeld, Germany) announces the acquisition of Kochsiek GmbH, Leopoldshöhe, Germany. The company says the acquisition will expand its packaging equipment resources and product range.

Davis-Standard Plans 24/7 Extrusion Support

Published: August 23, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Davis-Standard announces plans to create a new 24-hr., 7-day-a-week extrusion support center based at its headquarters in Pawcatuck, CT.

AIMCAL and CEMA Boards Say 'Yes' to Strategic Merger

Published: August 23, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
The Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters, and Laminators (AIMCAL) reports its Board of Directors, along with the Board of Trustees of the Converting Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA), have voted to merge the two trade organizations.

Packaging Strategies Study Provides Barrier-Enhancing Analyses

Published: August 23, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Packaging Strategies reports its new study Barrier-Enhancing Technologies for PET and Polypropylene Containers and Closures offers material, container, and manufacturing-cost analyses for barrier-enhanced packaging.

PFF Publisher Named to NAPL Soderstrom Honors Society

Published: August 21, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Paper, Film and Foil CONVERTER's publisher, Scott J. Bieda, is among six industry leaders slated for induction into the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) Soderstrom Society this October (2002). Other industry leaders named to the society include Yves Rogivue, CEO, Man Roland, Westmont, IL, and Joe R. Davis, CEO, Consolidated Graphics, Houston, TX.

Got Splicing Problems? Adhesives Research Site Provides Solutions

Published: August 21, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
GLEN ROCK, PA -- Adhesives Research Inc. says its "innovative" website, splicingsolutions.com, is dedicated to solving companies' splicing problems. According

Creo to Acquire Prepress Supplier ScenicSoft

Published: August 16, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Creo reports the co. signed a definitive agreement to acquire ScenicSoft, Inc., a prepress supplier located in the Seattle, WA, area.

Enovation to Distribute MacDermid's Flex-Light Photopolymer Products

Published: August 16, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC, reports it's named Enovation Graphic Systems, Inc., Valhalla, NY, a distributor for MacDermid's Flex-Light sheet photopolymer products in the US.

Krber PaperLink NA to Educate Packagers and Sheeters

Published: August 15, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Körber PaperLink North America announces its first Sheeting & Packaging Symposium. Through its established manufacturers and product lines—E.C.H. Will, Kugler-Womako, Pemco, Wrapmatic, and SHM—Körber PaperLink, a single-source supplier of "total systems solutions" for cut-size sheeting and packaging; folio-size sheeting and packaging; and paper converting and packaging systems, has slated the symposium for February 25 to 28, 2003, at the American Club Kohler, WI.

GPC Now Offers Child-Resistant and Senior-Friendly Pharm Packages

Published: August 15, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Graphic Packaging Corp. (GPC) reports a new offering for its pharmaceutical customers: The folding carton converter says it now has drug packaging (for commercial and clinical products) that's designed to be child-resistant yet provides senior citizens with improved opening ease.

FTA Narrow Web Survey Says 70% to Invest in Capital in Next Year

Published: August 13, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
A recent Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA) survey provides a statistical breakdown of member narrow web operations.

Package Printer Steps Up Production 50% with Creo's Brisque Pack

Published: August 13, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Creo reports trade shops, printers, and converters around the world are embracing Brisque Pack packaging workflow, what the co. calls "the affordable, easy-to-use solution that streamlines the step-and-repeat process and drives offset or flexographic computer-to-plate (CTP) devices."

Esko-Graphics Intros Digital Die Cutting

Published: August 12, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Esko-Graphics North America announces the introduction of the Kongsberg DCM 22 Digital Die Cutting system for converting applications.

August 9, 2002Smurfit Takes MDP Bid

Published: August 09, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
CHICAGO, IL -- Jefferson Smurfit shareholders voted to accept the $3.7 million (US) Madison Dearborn takeover bid earlier this week. According to the

Strategies for Max Productivity by ei3

Published: August 09, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Want to improve productivity, product quality, and cost savings? At the upcoming Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA) Emerging Technologies conference, ei3 Corp. CEO Brett Smith will explain how online engineering support and web-enabled data acquisition and reporting software can provide all these benefits.

Tufco Sales Up 2.1 MIL from Q2 This Year

Published: August 07, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Tufco Technologies, a provider of diversified custom packaging solutions, specialty printing services, and paint sundries, reports the co.'s Q3 2002 sales are up $2.1 million (US), total of $20.5 million, a 12 percent increase from the second quarter (Q2).

AVT Q2 Earnings: "Highest in History"

Published: August 07, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
HOD-HASHARON, ISRAEL -- Advanced Vision Technology Ltd. (AVT), a provider of machine vision-based automatic inspection systems for the printing industry,

AWA News: Release Liner Line-Up; Self-Adhesive Labelstock to Slow

Published: August 05, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Suppliers and producers of release liners will want to check out Alexander Watson Associates' upcoming Release Liner Conference—North America: In-Depth Review of the Value Chain and Industry Issues and Opportunities.

Weyerhaeuser Closes Kentucky Containerboard Machine

Published: August 05, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
As a result of Willamette Industries integration into the forest paper products giant, Weyerhaeuser will shutdown its 200,000-ton-capacity corrugating medium machine located in its Hawesville, KY, plant late summer 2002.

Labelexpo Registration Now at Your Fingertips

Published: August 02, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Labelexpo Americas 2002 sponsor Tarusus is urging on-line registration for the September 10-12, 2002, event. To be held at the Donald E. Stephens Center, Rosemont (Chicago), IL, Labelexpo Americas, says Tarsus, is the largest and best attended event for the label/narrow web industry...

Resources

Subscribe to PFFC's EClips Newsletter