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Labelexpo Asia a Success

Labelexpo Asia 2005 attracted 9,100 visitors from over 70 different countries, doubling in size from the last event in 2003.

BASF Raises Prices on Polyvinylpyrrolidone Products

As of the beginning of the year, BASF has raised prices by 10% in North America on all Luvitec and Luvicross polyvinylpyrrolidone products.

ICE 2005 Surpasses Past Show

ICE 2005 took place in Munich with over 3,000 visitors from 56 countries, up 70% from ICE 2003. (ice-x.com)

Mohawk Receives Green Power Leadership Award

Mohawk Fine Papers has received the 2005 Green Power Leadership Award in the category of "Green Power Purchasing." This annual award honors U.S. organizations that make significant purchases of renewable energy. (mohawkfinepapers.com)

EGS Moves, Expands

EGS Gauging has relocated its headquarters to Wilmington, MA, in order to increase manufacturing capacity.

VantagePoint Moves Headquarters

VantagePoint Systems has moved to a new corporate headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Water Ink Technologies Moves Mid-Atlantic Branch

Water Ink Technologies' Mid-Atlantic branch has moved to Cinnamisnson, NJ.

GEW Expands Asia Operation

GEW plans to establish a sales, service, and manufacturing operation in Mumbai, India. The facility is intended to service the Indian sub-continent and the Southeast Asia markets.

Chinaplas 2006 Chooses Theme, Schedules Dates

Chinaplas 2006 (The 20th Intl. Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries) will be held April 26-29, 2006. The theme for this year’s show is “Shaping the Future for You.” (2456.com/chinaplas)

PVC Production Increases

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin production in the U.S. rose 8.8% to 16 billion lbs. in 2004. (americanplasticscouncil.org)

MetalFX Wins Award

MetalFX has been named the New Product of the Year by the United Kingdom's Growing Business Awards.

Mountain Valley Adds Recycling Capacity

Mountain Valley Recycling has added a new processing line to its existing production facility in Morristown, TN, adding 15 million pounds of recycling capacity annually.

BASF Raises Prices

BASF will increase its list and off-list selling prices for its Caprolactone Monomer, all grades of its NEOL Neopetylglycol, and its 2-Pyrrolidone.

MeadWestvaco to Idle Paper Machine

MeadWestvaco Corp. has announced plans to indefinitely idle the No. 1 paper machine at the company’s Evadale, TX, paperboard mill. The machine will be shut down in the first quarter of 2006.

Online Lean Manufacturing Resource Goes Live

Vorne Industries has launched www.oee.com, a new lean manufacturing resource devoted to studying and understanding Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

NPE 2006 Offers Online Press Resource

NPE 2006 has launched www.npe.org/press, an online resource for press, offering tools for previewing the show.

GEW Wins FlexoTech Environmental Innovation Award

GEW has won the FlexoTech Environmental Innovation Award for its e-system UV curing concept designed to provide energy savings and a total system approach to radiation curing. The Award recognizes companies designing products considered to enhance the living and working environments.

Ahlstom Invest in Co-Generation Facility

Ahlstrom has announced a 7 million euro investment for the construction of a new co-generation facility at its Turin, Italy, plant.

Alliance Yields Complete Motion Control PackageAlliance Yields Complete Motion Control Package

THK America has formed a strategic alliance with Yaskawa Electric to offer a complete motion control package, fusing THK’s VLA series of linear actuators with Yaskawa’s Legend Servo Amp & Controller and Sigma II servomotors. (www.thk.com, www.yaskawa.com)

Taconic Expands in Latin America

Taconic has announced plans to establish a new facility in Brazil, approximately 20 miles southwest of Sao Paulo. (www.4taconic.com)

HCPC Accepting Entries for 2005 Compliance Package of the Year

The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council now is accepting entries for its 2005 Compliance Package of the Year Competition until February 15, 2006.

Sonoco to Close Charlotte Plant

Sonoco plans to close its Charlotte, NC, plant to reduce its cost structure.

FBA is Moving

The Fibre Box Assn. has moved to its new address in Elk Grove Village, IL.

Parkinson Technologies Updates Corporate Identity

Parkinson Technologies has launched an updated and refreshed corporate identity. Parkinson is now the principal corporate identity under which the company's three major product and technology areas reside: Marshall and Williams Plastics, Parkinson Winders, and Key Filters.

ABB Helps Out Katrina-Devastated Elementary School

St. Clare Elementary, a Mississippi school that was leveled during Hurricane Katrina, re-opened November 1, 2005, thanks ABB's donation of 18 completely assembled circuit breaker panels. (www.abb.com)

Stora Enso Raises Prices

Forbes Recognizes Multi-Color Corp.

Multi-Color Corp. has ranked 41st in Forbes Magazine's listing of America's best small companies.

ICC Introduces New Website

The Intl. Color Consortium (ICC) has introduced a new Web site at www.color.org, designed to make information more accessible and easier to use.

PIA/GATF Renames Premier Meeting

PIA/GATF has renamed its annual meeting for top industry executives. The Premier Meeting now is called the Executive Leadership Conference. (gain.net)

Muller Martini Redesigns Web Site

Muller Martini has redesigned its Web site, which can still be accessed at the same URL. (mullermartiniusa.com)

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