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CMM Opens: Creo Esko Imaging Upgrades Push Flexo

Published: April 14, 2003, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Converting Machinery/Materials (CMM) International 2003 opened this morning in an unusally warm and sunny Chicago. While foot traffic was moderate on the four-day show's first day, there are unconfirmed reports of large equipment sales.

EPA Packaging Design Winners to Display at Pack Expo LV

Published: April 14, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Solid Waste, in partnership with McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) reports it will display the winners of the first ever "Cradle to Cradle Design Challenge for E-Commerce Shipping Packaging and Logistics" at Pack Expo Las Vegas, October 13-15, 2003.

PSTC Seminar Aimed at 'Mastery' of Adhesion Science

Published: April 11, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
TECH XXVI and Tape University: "Learn to Succeed": Two complementary programs aimed at mastery of the science of adhesion. May 5-9, 2003, Washington Hilton and Towers, Washington D.C.

Drupa 2004 Sells All 17 Halls

Published: April 11, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Messe Düsseldorf North America (MDNA) reports that all 17 halls for Drupa 2004 are already sold out—more than a year before the start of the print media trade fair. Slated for May 6-19, 2004, at the Düsseldorf, Germany, fairgrounds, Drupa's 17 halls include more than 1.7 million sq ft of net exhibit space.

BST Pro Mark Inspection Sales Up

Published: April 09, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
BST Pro Mark reports its sales of web inspection and print management systems were up 21 percent last year versus the previous year. According to the company, it shipped more than 1,000 combined units last year and now has 11,000 installations worldwide.

NPTA Celebrates 100 Years

Published: April 09, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
This year marks 100 years since he National Paper Trade Association (NPTA) was founded in 1903. According to the industry group, it begins a year-long celebration of its founding and a salute to the rich history of the industry.

Enercon to Get Corona Treating Technical at CMM

Published: April 08, 2003, By ENERCON NEWSLETTER
Enercon reports that Dave Markgraf, sr. VP, sales and marketing, will be making two presentations at the Converting Machinery/Materials Exposition in Chicago this year.

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.

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."

Paperboard Packaging Co. Is Result of Riverwood Holding Graphic Packaging Deal

Published: March 28, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Riverwood Holding Co., parent co. of Riverwood Intl. Corp., and Graphic Packaging Intl. Corp. report the companies have signed a definitive merger agreement that will create a global paperboard packaging company.

National Starch Reports Price Increase for Adhesives

Published: March 28, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
National Starch and Chemical Co. announces an 8 to 12 percent price increase on all its adhesive products (via National Adhesives) sold in the US, effective April 1, 2003.

AmeriStar Calls for Package Entries

Published: March 26, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) recently announced its call for entries for its 2003 AmeriStar Package Award competition. According to IoPP, "AmeriStar Package Awards honor the best packages of the year. The results are rewarding and educational for the innovators, the achievers, the judges, and the profession."

Piper Jaffray Launches Monthly Packaging MA Newsletter

Published: March 26, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
US Bancorp Piper Jaffray (Piper Jaffray) reports the launch of a monthly packaging mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) newsletter. "The packaging M&A newsletter provides timely M&A highlights and trends related to the packaging industry including: M&A volume, valuations, and a round-up of recent transactions and acquirer profiles," says the M&A newsletter publisher.

War Expected to Have Minimal Impact on CMM

Published: March 24, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Paperloop Events, CMM International organizers, says the conflict with Iraq should have minimal impact on attendance at CMM International 2003, slated for April 14 thru 17, Chicago, IL, USA.

DuPont Packaging Industrial Polymers Ups Price on Its Elvanolt

Published: March 24, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers reports a price increase for all grades of its Elvanol polyvinyl alcohol (PVA/PVOH) of US $.20/lb, effective April 1, 2003.

Latin American Seminar Added to CMM Show

Published: March 21, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
CMM International reports a useful new seminar focusing on the current and future Latin American converting and package-printing market.

Flink Ink and Sicpa Finalize Transactions

Published: March 21, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Flint Ink Corp. and the Sicpa Group, Lausanne, Switzerland, report they have finalized several business transactions. According to a recent release, Flint Ink has acquired Sicpa's worldwide heatset and coldset ink business, and Sicpa has acquired Flint Ink's worldwide business for security inks used on currency and other negotiable instruments. The companies says the closing was final on March 14, 2003.

Economic/Marketing Trends in the Global Converting Industry at CMM

Published: March 21, 2003
Be sure to sign up for the PFFC-moderated CMM conference session, "Marketing Trends in the Global Converting Industry," slated for Monday, April 14, 2003, 8:30am-12 noon, McCormick Place, Room S102 B-C, Chicago, IL, USA.

AIMCAL Approves Merger with CEMA

Published: March 19, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
AIMCAL members have given final approval for the merger with another converting industry trade association CEMA (Converting Equipment Manufacturers Assn.).

Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., Is New Company

Published: March 19, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Black Clawson Company, Inc., reports the sale of one its division's assets (Black Clawson Converting Machinery LLC) to a new company formed by the management team of Black Clawson Converting Machinery LLC and investment partners Hamilton Robinson LLC. The new entity, Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., will operate from its existing Fulton, NY, location and has offered employment to all of Black Clawson Converting Machinery LLC active employees.

Flexo Prepress for Boxmakers

Published: March 18, 2003, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Antioch, California, the "Gateway to the Delta," according to the city’s welcome sign. And now it’s the home of the brand new flexo prepress house SunGraphics.

Environmental Compliance Compendium for Printers

Published: March 17, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Environmental-regulation compliance getting you—and your profits—down? If you print, coat, laminate, or seal, Environmental Regulations for Printers, a new book by printing industry veteran Fred Shapiro, may just be the lift you need.

GN Packaging Launches Newly Redesigned Internet Portal

Published: March 17, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE
Pouches, pouches, pouches—they're standing tall these days among flex pack structures. Converters that want more information about the manufacture of these fast-growing flexible packages now can visit GN Packaging's newly redesigned website.

Flexo Prepress for Boxes; SunGraphics in Bay Area

Published: March 14, 2003, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Equipped with what reportedly is the "West Coast's largest imagesetter," SunGraphics now provides prepress services for boxmakers. Situtated in the San Francisco/Oakland area in Northern California, SunGraphics' newly opened "state-of-the-art facility provides package design and finished flexographic printing plates used in the production of paper packaging such as corrugated boxes, folding cartons, and retail point-of-purchase displays."

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