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FFTA 'FIRST' Road Show: Toronto

Published: June 10, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
FTA (Flexographic Technical Association) encourages those involved with flexography to attend its "FIRST" Road Show, slated for June 19, 2002, in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Waldan Wins Pechiney Award

Published: June 10, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
OSHKOSH, WI -- According to Waldan Paper Services, Inc., it has received an award from Pechiney Plastics Packaging (formerly Phoenix Health Care Products),

Q1 2002 Reports a Mixed Bag for Some of Converting Sector in Manufacturing

Published: June 06, 2002, By Deborah Donberg, Assoc. Managing Editor
Converting industry economic news: Converting and related supplier companies—like Pactiv, Sappi Ltd., Rayonier, Stora Enso, Smurfit-Stone, CFC International, Meadwestvaco, and Mail-Well —report a mixed bag of results for quarter one 2002.

FREE Prepress Seminar for Flexo

Published: June 06, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Printers and converters wanting to get the most out of their flexo process will want to check out a FREE prepress conference June 13, 2002, in Arlington, TX.

Rexam Image Now Part of Florida Firm

Published: June 06, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Rexam Image Products, soon-to-be the former Rexam PLC precision coating business unit, reports its planned purchase by Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

PET Film: Mitsubishi Increases Price

Published: June 05, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
GREER, SC, USAMitsubishi Polyester Film LLC (Americas) says it's increasing the price for all grades of Mitsubishi PET film in its North and Latin American

Sonoco Paper Tube and Core Cost Increase Now in Effect

Published: June 05, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Sonoco reports it will increase prices for its paper-based engineered carriers (tubes and cores) by 7.5 percent to 12 percent in Europe, effective June 10, 2002.

Latest Industry Info at LatinPack

Published: June 05, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
LatinPack, slated for June 24 and 25, 2002, is set to deliver the latest on plastic converting and packaging, says event organzier LatinPack Inc.

IMLCon2002/ASIA: New Technology to Accelerate IML

Published: June 03, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
The 11th Annual International In-Mold Labeling Conference (September 23–25, 2002, at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai) in China will bring a wealth of IML technology and information to the Asian labeling and packaging industries, say event sponsors RBS Technologies, Inc. and Abacus Corp. Ltd.

Valmet Inaugurates Italian Tech Center

Published: June 03, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Valmet, a member of the Metso Corp., reports the successful inauguration of its new Technology Center at Valmet Rotomec SpA, San Giorgio Monferrato in northern Italy.

Tapes & More Tapes

Published: June 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor

All kinds of tapes, all kinds of customers, all over the world. It's tesa AG.

Amidst Staffing Shortages, Working Hard Is the Norm

Published: June 01, 2002, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
"The good news is I've heard positive reports regarding a healing economy. The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) says that 'manufacturing activity slowed in April but is still showing signs of growth.'"

Converting Industry News

Published: June 01, 2002
News from: AICC, Agfa, Applied Films Corp., Bruno Machinery, Cargill Dow, Chiesa Artorige, ExxonMobil, A Freedonia Group Emulsion Polymer Study, GML Incorporated, Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Ipex, Jefferson Smurfit, Kimberly-Clark, National Packaging, Omnexus, Rochester Institute of Technology, Sonoco, and Yupo.

Hawaii Passes Container Deposit Legislation What's Next?

Published: June 01, 2002, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
Of interest to converters, Hawaii has become the first US state since 1982 to pass container deposit legislation.

Pet Food Packaging Is Big Business Worldwide

Published: June 01, 2002, By Stanley Sacharow
Recently Ahlstrom, the huge Finnish-based high-performance fiber company, sponsored a two-day seminar in Barcelona, Spain, on pet food packaging for dogs

Medical Packaging and Its Special Needs

Published: June 01, 2002, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
Medical packaging has many applications today. They range from a simple unit dose plastic package that might contain two aspirin tablets to a plastic

Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems

Published: June 01, 2002, By Dr. Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D., Contributing Editor
Crosslinkers are an important class of additives ink and coating formulators use to enhance properties. These materials must be selected carefully to

Stripe Slitting: The Challenge of Staying within the Lines

Published: June 01, 2002, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Lines make life more difficult. Remember coloring as a child. At first it was just you, your crayons, white paper, and free expression. Life was easy.

Reporter Clips

Published: June 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Coming events and news from: Avery Dennison, Label Graphics, and Medicia Corp.

What's New in Narrow Web

Published: June 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor

New stuff from: QuickLabel Systems, Honle UV America, and Gallus Inc.

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

Published: June 01, 2002

New from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Automatan, Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Chase Machine and Engineering, Convertech Inc., CTC International, Danarota Technic (Montalvo), Double E Co. Inc., Dover Flexo Electronics Inc., Dusenbery Europe, Elite Cameron, Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc., Geometric Intl., Independent Machine Co., Keene Technology, Kroenert Corp., L.J. Star Inc., Malcom Hot Air Systems, Maxson Automatic Machinery Co., New Era Converting Machinery, Niagara Plastics.

Materials

Published: June 01, 2002
New materials from: Adhesives Research, Eastman Chemical Company, Flint Ink, Rhodia Inc.

Sweet Smell of Success

Published: June 01, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Rigid box and folding carton firms from around the world were honored by the National Paperbox Assn. in its 52nd packaging competition. A total of 147

Digital Flexo Plates: From Pioneers to End-Users

Published: June 01, 2002, By Kevin Karstedt Karstedt, Assoc. Ltd.
Over the past 15-20 years, our digital prepress cousins in the publication and commercial printing arenas have blazed the trail for us in the packaging

Packaging That Takes You Away

Published: June 01, 2002, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor

High-end effects, innovative technical designs, and hard-to-print substrates were employed by this year's GAA Golden Cylinder Award winners.

Spills Are Out with New Spout

Published: June 01, 2002, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Staff Editor
Totani equipment and a successful collaboration lead to Kapak's no-spill flexible pouch.

Presses Have Converter in Fine Form

Published: June 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
With some 40 years' experience in the business forms industry, Sam O'Connor has seen that marketplace undergo dramatic changes and not necessarily for

FFTA Campaigns for Flexo

Published: June 01, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
With our nation's capitol as a backdrop, the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA) presented a patriotic theme at its 44th annual forum

On the Move...

Published: June 01, 2002, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
News from: Accuweb, Amacoil/Uhing, Beacon Converters, Bobst, Boise, Canflexographics, CFC Intl. Inc., Creo, Gralex, Great Northern Corp., Harper, H.C. Miller Press, Heidelberg USA, MAN Roland, Pace Systems, PCMC, Peerless Machine & Tool, Pitman Co., PLGA, Printpack, Stanford Products, Steuer Printing Technology, and Tadbik Group.

Splice Twice? Not on Your Life!

Published: June 01, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Remember the last time you missed a splice? Not a good day, was it? If there's one word to describe the new splicing equipment available today, it's Phil

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