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Ahlstrom Increases Prices

Published: May 17, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Ahlstrom has increased prices for its paper grades reflecting escalating costs in the industry.

Creo Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Kodak

Published: May 17, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Creo Inc.’s shareholders have voted to approve Eastman Kodak Co.’s acquisition of the company and also to waive the application of Creo’s shareholder rights plan to the transaction.

Celanese Increases Prices on Celvol

Published: May 15, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Celanese Chemicals has increased the price for all its Celvol polyvinyl alcohol grades as of May 1, 2005.

Elsicon Announces Asian Distributor

Published: May 15, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Fusion UV Systems has been appointed the distributor of Elsicon’s OptoAlign polarized UV exposure systems in Asia.

AIMCAL Summer School, CEMA Annual Meeting, Call for Papers, Pavilions, Web Site, and Cruise Drawing

Published: May 12, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Information on CEMA’s annual meeting, AIMCAL’s Summer School, Fall conference call for papers, pavilions at CPP Expo and ICE 2005, new Web site, how to be entered in a drawing for a cruise for two.

Jetrion Signs Distributors for Inkjet Products

Published: May 12, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Jetrion has signed three leading distributors in Europe and South America: Zacarés Numeradores, Cap Cod, and GRE Engineering Products AG.

Baby Boomers at The Packaging & Design Summit

Published: May 10, 2005, By pffc-online.com
At The Packaging & Design Summit, JoAnn Hines will discuss the power of Baby Boomers in today’s economy.

PLGA Global Goes Annual

Published: May 10, 2005, By pffc-online.com
PLGA Global’s traditional Biennial Technical Conference will now be an annual event, beginning with the October 19-21, 2005 Fall Technical Conference.

ELAU Expands in France and UK

Published: May 08, 2005, By pffc-online.com
ELAU’s operating companies in France and Great Britain are moving to expanded facilities in response to increased growth.

Presstek Strengthens European Focus

Published: May 08, 2005, By pffc-online.com
As a result of its recent acquisition of the A.B.Dick Company, Presstek has restructured its European operations at the ABDick facility in Brentford, London. The new company, Presstek-Europe, combines Presstek’s current European distributor business with t A.B.Dick’s U.K. business in the U.K.

IMLCON2004 Exceeds Expectations

Published: May 05, 2005, By pffc-online.com
IMLCON2004 reported a successful conference, and preparations for the 2005 program.

Exhibitors Assess CMM 2005

Published: May 05, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Many exhibitors at CMM 2005 reported quality leads and marketing opportunities throughout the show. Early registration for the 2007 show in Rosemont, IL, already is underway.

W&H Orders at an Unprecedented High

Published: May 03, 2005, By pffc-online.com
New North American orders for W&H Corp. equipment have exceed $75 million over the last three months, the highest order entry period in the U.S. subsidiary’s history.

CPP Expo 2005 Hosts Meetings

Published: May 03, 2005, By pffc-online.com
CPP Expo 2005 will host seven trade associations’ annual meetings and events.

Nipson and Pitman Announce Distributor Agreement

Published: May 01, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Nipson America announces a distributor agreement with Pitman Co. that establishes Nipson as Pitman’s digital printing manufacturer of choice for commercial printers, packaging companies, and converters.

Bomar Appoints West Coast Sales Rep

Published: May 01, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Bomar Specialties Co. has announced an agreement with Dorsett & Jackson to represent Bomar’s UV/EB cure oligomers in the Western US.

Executive Outlook and Online Registration at Print & Converting 05

Published: April 28, 2005, By pffc-online.com
At Print & Converting 05, the Executive Outlook Conference will focus on survival issues for the print industry.

Chromalox Partners with Ohmcraft

Published: April 28, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Chromalox has announced a partnership with Ohmcraft to provide Thick Film heating capability. The agreement names Chromalox as the exclusive seller and Ohmcraft as the exclusive manufacturer of Thick Film Heating products and solutions.

Metso Licenses Valco Glue-Assited Turn-Up Patents

Published: April 26, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Metso Paper, Tissue Business Line, has entered into a license agreement with Valco Cincinnati, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. The agreement enables Valco Cincinnati to market, manufacture and deliver Metso Paper's tissue turn-up system to the global market.

Harper Celebrates 1st Anniversary of Flexo Training

Published: April 26, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Harper Corporation of America is marking the completion of the first year of its "Basics of Flexo" class. With a format that includes both lectures and hands-on training, the class covers the entire flexography process, from pre-press through cleaning the press at the end of a run.

Ashe Chinese Exports Raise

Published: April 24, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Ashe Converting Equipment has sold 21 machines to China, primarily standard and bespoke Sapphire slitters, but also several rewinder machines and a Jade primary film slitter.

Phoenix Foundation Addresses ICPF's CorrAlliance

Published: April 24, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Bettylyn Krafft, chairman of the Phoenix Challenge Foundation, addressed the Intl. Corrugated Packaging Foundation's (ICPF) CorrAlliance Partners.

ColorManagement.com Expands Consultant Directory

Published: April 21, 2005, By pffc-online.com
ColorManagement.com has expanded its consultant directory outside of the US.

US Specialty Film Demand Expected to Increase

Published: April 21, 2005, By pffc-online.com

Scitex Appoints Canadian Agent and US Dealer

Published: April 19, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Scitex Vision America has appointed Cascades Resources as the exclusive Canadian distributor for its line of digital printing equipment and consumables for wide-format graphic-arts and packaging applications. The company also names Alpha Imaging Technologies its first US dealer.

UV Flexo Press Eliminates Press Adjustments During Changeovers

Published: April 19, 2005, By pffc-online.com
GIDUE SpA’s six color Combat 370 UV flexo press for labels is designed for speeds up to 150mt/min and features the Flower printing head to facilitate job changes.

Bruckner Opens Moscow Office

Published: April 17, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Bruckner, a supplier of film stretching lines, opened an office in Moscow at the beginning of the year.

See FTA at CMM

Published: April 17, 2005, By pffc-online.com
Visit Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) at CMM and check out the latest products and offerings from the technical society dedicated to the flexographic printing process.

Kodak Nexpress Hits the Road

Published: April 14, 2005, By pffc-online.com
NexPress Solutions is hitting the road for a 23-city tour to highlight the power of its digital printing solutions to print service providers across the US. No Limits Express will showcase a KODAK NEXPRESS 2100 digital production color press with its unique fifth imaging unit and a KODAK NEXGLOSSER glossing unit.

IP Sells Industrial Papers Business

Published: April 14, 2005, By pffc-online.com
International Paper has signed an agreement to sell its Industrial Papers Business to Kohlberg and Co., LLC for approximately $180 million.

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