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Stork Appoints Asia-Pacific Distributors

Stork Prints has appointed two distributors in the Asia-Pacific region: Jet Technologies and Techno Global Graphics.

ESD Seminars and Tutorials

The ESD Assn. is offering several tutorials and seminars covering all aspects of electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Leybold Vacuum Offers Customer Case Program

Leybold Vacuum USA has introduced a customer care program to provide vacuum pump services at Leybold Vacuum or on-site at the customer location regardless of vacuum pump brand.

Kodak Presentations at Ipex

Kodak customers and speakers will share insights, experience and expertise during seminars covering a range of business and technology topics at Ipex 2006.

Birmingham Becomes 'Ipex City'

Birmingham will welcome Ipex with special discounts to all show visitors and exhibitors at restaurants, bars, shops, and clubs.

KBA Customer Satisfaction at All-Time High

KBA North America's customers have ranked KBA highly for satisfaction in fast and easy installation, training, service, wide choice of press models, and confidence in the company.

Expand Into China

China Pack, taking place May 24-25, 2006, will give facts to help visitors assess the potential and find the right route to enter the Chinese market.

Maxcess Promotes Hage

Maxcess Intl. has promoted Marcel G. Hage as president, North America and Exports.

Topas Receives Leadership Award

Topas Advanced Polymers has received the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership for its contribution to the medical and pharmaceutical packaging industry.

Huston Patterson Gets a Makeover

Huston Patterson has redesigned its logo in response to its evolving identity.

Omet Exhibits at Label Summit India

Omet exhibited at the first edition of Label Summit India in Mumbai.

LABELMATE Extends Warranty

LABELMATE has announced that its label rewinders and unwinders now are backed by a five-year parts and labor limited warranty.

RFID Boot Camp and Symposium

The TAPPI Boot Camp and RFID Symposium, to be held June 6-8, 2006, will explore the latest developments in RFID applications for the pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries. The one-day boot camp is geared toward beginners to RFID.

Avery Dennison Malaysia Expands Production Capabilities

Avery Dennison Malaysia is expanding its manufacturing capabilities at its pressure-sensitive materials building in Bangi with a high-speed coater. (ap.fasson.com)

Omet Hosts Open House

Omet will hold an Open house at Innovative Folding Carton April 10-11, 2006. It will feature workshops, keynote speakers and an on-press demonstration.

Nilpeter to Host Open House

Nilpeter will host an open house May 16-17 at its Cincinnati facility to introduce the new Nilpeter FB3300A inline flexo printing press to the Americas.

AIMCAL Partners with CPP

CPP EXPO (taking place October 29-November 2, 2006 at Chicago’s McCormick Place) has once again partnered with AIMCAL and will host a Pavilion highlighting coating, laminating, and metallizing processes and solutions for the converting/packaging industry sectors.

SPI Sponsors U.S. Pavilions at K 2007

The U.S. Pavilions at K 2007 will be organized by Messe Dusseldorf North American and co-sponsored by The Society of the Plastics Industry. Companies will be provided with a fully-equipped, turn-key booth customized to the exhibitor's specifications. All technical work, setup, and dismantling is included. (mdna.com)

IP Ranks #1 in Forest and Paper Products

International Paper has been named by Fortune magazine as the No. 1 company for the Forest and Paper Products sector in Fortune's annual report of "America's Most Admired Companies." The company also received the second-highest score of all companies surveyed in the area of Social Responsibility.

ExpoPrint Predicts Growth for the Brazilian Printing Indudstry

Brazil will host ExpoPrint Latin America 2006 May 31-June 6 and will present everything new in the printing segment of the Latin-American market.

Paper Specs Offers Paper Comparisons

PaperSpecs, an online provider of paper knowledge, has expanded services by offering paper comparisons of the site's more than 4,000 papers from over 65 mills and manufacturers.

Packaging Summit 2006 Covers All Bases

The Packaging Summit 2006, scheduled for May 16-18 at the Donald E. Stevens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, will feature a conference program, a Packaging Services Expo, and a Packaging Containers & Materials Expo.

Applied Films Receives Innovation Award

ICE (Intl. Converting Exhibition) honored Applied Films with its 2005 Innovation Award for Applied Films' Fabry Perot Filter, which produces color shift layers on plastic film by using electron-beam evaporation.

Issues in Barrier Packaging

TAPPI will present a symposium entitled “Innovations in Barrier Packaging” June 7-8, 2006, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Optimize Slitter Performance

Tidland will host a free e-seminar to help converters better utilize their existing slitting equipment. "Optimize Slitter Performance" will begin at 2 PM EST on Thursday, March 16th.

All About ESD

Cal Poly Packaging Assn. will present its annual one-day ESD seminar on May 11, 2006. Topics to be discussed include factory issues, general ESD practices, monitoring, ionization, machine considerations for ESD safety, ESD materials, and packaging inside and outside the ANSI/ESD S20.20-1999 ESD protective area (EPA).

Printing Plate Eliminates Dampener

A new printing plate and method reportedly eliminates the blanket cylinder and blanket on litho presses, thus simplifying litho press design and construct.

DuPont and Ominflex Finalize Sales Agreement

DuPont Engineering Polymers and Omniflex have finalized a sales agreement to expedite growth of DuPont Active Layer for use in performance apparel and healthcare products industries.

iTi Opens European Office

imaging Technology international (iTi) has opened an office in England and appointed Debbie Thorp as VP, EMEA Operations.

FTA Launches "Members Only" Site

The Flexographic Technical Assn. has launched a Web site specifically designed for its members at http://members.flexography.org.

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