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'Basic Course' on In-Mold Labeling Slated

Published: January 18, 2011
The "ABCs of IML: A Basic Course," now in its 22nd year, will be presented Thursday, March 31, 2011, at the DoubleTree Hotel & Conference Ctr. Chicago North Shore, Skokie, IL

Mesirow Financial Advises IMPAXX, Inc. on Sale to Cenveo

Published: January 13, 2011
Mesirow Financial acted as exclusive financial advisor to Impaxx, Inc., parent company of Gilbreth Packaging Systems, and the portfolio company of Aurora Capital Group, in its sale to Cenveo, Inc.

Sun Chemical Named Best Ink Supplier for Six Straight Years in Brazil

Published: January 12, 2011
For the sixth consecutive year, the Brazilian Assn. of Graphic Arts (ABIGRAF) has named Sun Chemical the "Best Printing Ink Supplier" in Brazil at the Fernando Pini Awards ceremony

Mocon Installs Permeation Units at High-Altitude Tibetan Lab

Published: January 11, 2011
Mocon, Inc. recently installed oxygen and water vapor permeation units in a Lhasa, Tibet, pharmaceutical testing laboratory. Located at 11,450 ft, the 2-mile+, above sea-level location, represents Mocon’s highest altitude installation

Teknoweb, Elsner Engineering Announce Cooperative Partnership

Published: January 10, 2011
Teknoweb S.r.l. and Elsner Engineering Works have announced the formation of a cooperative partnership

EDI's New Technology Center Features Multi-Process Lab

Published: January 07, 2011
The latest addition to an extensive process laboratory at the world headquarters of Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI)

Plastic Packaging Technologies Purchased by Mid Oaks Investments

Published: January 06, 2011
Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC (PPT), a leading manufacturer of flexible packaging, has been purchased by privately-held Mid Oaks Investments LLC, Buffalo Grove, IL, for an undisclosed amount

Toray Plastics (America) To Build $2 million Solar Field

Published: January 05, 2011
Toray Plastics (America), a US manufacturer of precision-performance polypropylene, polyester, and bio-based films for packaging and industrial applications, has announced plans to begin construction in the second quarter of 2011 on a $2 million 446 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) field on its 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, RI

Comexi Group Finalizes Acquisition of ACOM Business Unit

Published: December 31, 2010
Back in June 2010, Comexi Group and ACOM agreed to allow Comexi Converting Solutions, an Italian subs. of Comexi Group, to offer its range of gravure presses together with the know-how and technology of ACOM

Bertram Capital To Acquire EDI

Published: December 30, 2010
Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI), a leading international supplier of flat extrusion and coating dies, announced its acquisition by Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in San Mateo, CA

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Increases Price in Europe for Ethylene Copolymer

Published: December 29, 2010
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced a price increase for Europe, Middle East, and Africa of Euro 0.35/kg on all grades of DuPont ethylene copolymer resins. These increases are effective Jan. 1, 2011

ETI Converting Equipment Wins Innovation Award

Published: December 28, 2010
ETI Converting Equipment won the best technological innovation award for its unique multi functional process off-line or in-line printing, along with silicone and adhesive coating, at the China Intl. Exhibition for Label Technology

Gallus ECS 340 Road Show Opens in Atlanta

Published: December 27, 2010
Gallus Inc. opened its US Road Show to introduce the Gallus ECS 340 label printing press to the North American marketplace, with its first stop in Atlanta, GA

Rheometer Now Features USB Connectivity

Published: December 23, 2010
The Brookfield DV-III Ultra Rheometer now features USB connectivity. Company's applications software, Rheocalc and Rheoloader, has been upgraded to recognize this new communications capability

Foundation of FTA To Partner with PIA on Conference

Published: December 22, 2010
Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA), a leading technical society dedicated to supporting and advancing the flexographic printing industry

First Epson SurePress Digital Press Installed at Tape & Label Converters

Published: December 21, 2010
Epson America announced that the SurePress L-4033A digital label press is now available, and the first North American unit as been installed at Southern California-based label printer Tape & Label Converters

AF&PA Releases November 2010 Containerboard Report

Published: December 20, 2010
The American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA) has released the November 2010 US Containerboard Statistics Report

Erema's K Show Success Shows Confidence in Recycling Future

Published: December 17, 2010
Erema received orders for 12 TVEplus plastics recycling systems during K2010. The TVEplus is the latest version of Erema's vented TVE series

Flexotechnica Has 'Significant' Q4 Sales Increase

Published: December 16, 2010
Flexotecnica S.p.A. has reported a significant increase in sales in the fourth quarter of 2010, with over a dozen presses sold in that period worldwide, including the US and Canada. Flexotecnica's new XG and XD presses

Dow Opens Commercial-Scale Manufacturing of Encapsulant Films for PV Panels

Published: December 15, 2010
As of December 14, the Dow Chemical Co. has begun commercial-scale manufacturing of ENLIGHT Polyolefin Encapsulant Films for use in photovoltaic solar panel modules at its state-of-the-art production line

Progressive Converting To Acquire Northwoods Paper Converting

Published: December 14, 2010
Appleton, WI-based Progressive Converting (Pro-Con) and Beaver Dam, WI-based Northwoods Paper Converting, Inc. (NPC) have announced that their boards of directors unanimously approved

Biosafe Receives Polymer Patent for Antimicrobial

Published: December 13, 2010
The US Patent Office has issued a composition of matter patent to Biosafe, Inc., on the siloxane polymer that is the keystone of the company's proprietary antimicrobial technology

Mark Andy Performance Series Breaks Into China

Published: December 10, 2010
Mark Andy, a market leader in narrow-web printing press solutions, has announced two Performance Series machine sales in India, signaling early acceptance, says the company, of the new press line in this growing region

Glenroy Launches 'First-Ever' Smart Phone App

Published: December 09, 2010
Glenroy, Inc., a converter and printer of flexible packaging film, says it has launched the first-ever flexible packaging smartphone application. The app

CPP EXPO Modifies Event Format

Published: December 08, 2010
H.A. Bruno, owners of CPP EXPO that has appeared in tandem with Pack Expo events hosted by the Packaging Machinery Mfrs. Inst. (PMMI) both in Chicago and in Las Vegas

Print on Paper, Film, Foil-now WATER?!

Published: December 08, 2010
Russian-based SUN Innovations Co. presents NEO UV-LED Evolution, claimed a technology that: "100% prints on ANYTHING"—including water

Xeikon partners with Yupo To Expand Substrate Range

Published: December 07, 2010
Xeikon, an innovative leader in digital color printing, has tested and qualified synthetic substrates from Yupo Corp. of America for its Xeikon 3000 Series of digital label presses

Artcraft Label Is First Certified Color-Logic Flexo Printer

Published: December 06, 2010
Color-Logic has announced that Artcraft Label, a narrow-web flexographic label printer in Burlington, Ontario, has been qualified as the first certified Color-Logic flexographic printer

Mondi Plants Boost Coating Capabilities for Food Packaging

Published: December 02, 2010
Mondi Örebro has upgraded its extrusion coating facilities with tandem equipment, allowing the Swedish-based plant to increase capacity and run two-sided products with different polymer types

RotoMetrics Opens New Converting Technology Center

Published: December 02, 2010
RotoMetrics opens in December a new Converting Technology Center to demonstrate the company’s latest product innovations, located at its world headquarters near St. Louis

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