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Badger Celebrates 75 Years in Business

Published: January 01, 2009
Greenville, WI | Badger Plug, celebrating its 75th anniversary, began by manufacturing wood core plugs in a small brick building on the banks of the Fox

Platemaking System Aids Growth

Published: January 01, 2009
Amherst, NY | Packstar Flexible Packaging is bringing more of its plate production in-house with new solutions from Kodak. Adding to its other Kodak products,

View From Down Under

Published: January 01, 2009, By Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
This month's editorial strays from the norm. One of PFFC's E-Clips e-newsletter subscribers voiced an opinion to which I felt you'd enjoy responding.

How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?

Published: January 01, 2009, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Most converting equipment suppliers and manufacturers take care to ensure the rollers of their machines are aligned. Designing for good alignment, machining

How To Become a Green Printer

Published: January 01, 2009, By By David Argent Contributing Editor
What is sustainability? According to the World Commission on Environment & Development, it is Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the

AVT Updates Integration Process

Published: January 01, 2009
Hod-Hasharon, Israel | Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) announces the next AVT-GMI integration steps in its long-term One Company strategy. The sales

Inkjet Press Is a Big Winner

Published: January 01, 2009
Foster City, CA | EFI reports its Jetrion 3025 inkjet system enabled the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corp. (CBPMC) to print 13 million tickets

People

Published: January 01, 2009
Cognex Corp., Natick, MA, appoints Tom Nash president of the Surface Inspection Systems Div. NDC Infrared Engineering, Irwindale, CA, names Craig Wolf

Spooling System Expands Markets

Published: January 01, 2009
Lancashire, UK | SJA Film Technologies has invested in a 24-station spooling machine from Double R Controls that allows SJA to convert a wider range of

Passing the Torch

Published: January 01, 2009
Milwaukee, WI | Anguil Environmental Systems, supplier of air pollution control and VOC abatement equipment, celebrated its 30th anniversary this year,

Learn UV/EB Benefits at RadTech Conference

Published: January 01, 2009
Bethesda, MD | RadTech Intl. will present uv.eb WEST 2009 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at LAX in Los Angeles, CA, February 17-18. The two-day conference

Biodegradable Plastics to Gain, Says Study

Published: January 01, 2009
Cleveland, OH | Demand for biodegradable plastic in the US is expected to rise more than 15%/yr to 720 million lbs in 2012, valued at $845 million. This

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

Published: January 01, 2009
Vodka Label Wins Big RICHMOND, VA | Chesapeake Corp. recently captured top honors in the labeling category at the UK Packaging Awards sponsored by Packaging

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

Published: January 01, 2009
Vodka Label Wins Big RICHMOND, VA | Chesapeake Corp. recently captured top honors in the labeling category at the UK Packaging Awards sponsored by Packaging

Color Control

Published: January 01, 2009, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Independent Printing Co. (IPCO), Martinez, CA, may be just two years shy of its 100th Anniversary, but this is one label converter/commercial printer

Eco Inks

Published: January 01, 2009, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
While sustainability has attracted greater attention from converters and suppliers alike in recent years, the importance of ink in the process sometimes

A Host of Options for Brand Security

Published: January 01, 2009, By By Jörg Dähnhardt, Heidelberg USA Inc.
In today's converting and packaging environment, security needs are changing constantly. Security features traditionally used only on important documents

Credit Chaos

Published: January 01, 2009, By By Bill Hornell, Mesirow Financial
What a year 2008 turned out to be. A crisis that began in the subprime lending marketplace escalated into a full-blown credit freeze. Governments across

Creating e-Pedigrees

Published: January 01, 2009, By By Bob Neagle, Videojet Technologies Inc.
Variable data marking and coding isn't a foreign concept to most package converters. For years, many have been placing variable data on packaging materials

GOA Is Bilingual

Published: January 01, 2009, By By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
The Printing Assn. of Florida (PAF), headquartered in Orlando, will stage the 34th edition of Graphics of the Americas (GOA) at the Miami Convention Center

What's New Products

Published: January 01, 2009
Inks Low in VOCs Triumph sheet-fed process inks from Kohl & Madden feature a low-VOC ink technology that is high in renewable raw materials and is said

Alan Lane

Published: January 01, 2009
Operations manager at Huhtamaki's Fulton, NY, plant Personal motto | If you haven't got time to do it right the first time, where are you going to find

Narrow Web & Label Products

Published: December 01, 2008
Splicer Is Compact The MLS automatic lap splicer for nonstop unwinding at full press speed has a compact design said to make it ideal as a mid-press splicer

Carton & Box Reporter

Published: December 01, 2008
Proteus Packaging, Franklin, WI, became the first US company to purchase a Speedmaster XL 145 very large format press from Heidelberg. The folding carton

Cartons Lighten Up

Published: December 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Advances in technology usually are good for a company's success, especially in the converting industry. But that certainly wasn't the case for Printed

Reduce & Reuse

Published: December 01, 2008, By By Dr. William Llewellyn, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.
Across the globe, the traditional commercial markets for extrusion-coated/laminated materials are being eclipsed in terms of volumes by applications in

Bag Sits Flat

Published: December 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Being has become the new cool trend in pouchmaking. A unique, box-like profile combines the best features of a stand-up pouch with those of a true flat

Wrinkle Removers

Published: December 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
For most printers and converters, tension controls are like the utilities coming into your home or office the only time you give them any thought is when

Tension Control

Published: December 01, 2008
Controller Offers Ethernet Connection Designed for precise closed loop tension control, the Spyder is capable of controlling web tension in unwind, rewind,

What's New Products

Published: December 01, 2008
Rolls Aid Web Control Idler rolls feature hundreds of precision-machined grooves that allow air to escape from between the roll and web to provide better

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