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Korber PaperLink to Premiere New Cut-Size Technologies at Drupa

Published: March 23, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Korber PaperLink will be exhibiting at Drupa 2004 in hall 11, stand A62. (kpl.net)

Curioni Sun to Unveil Direct-Drive Bag-Production Machine Sun Master 541 at Drupa

Published: March 23, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Curioni Sun will be exhibiting its new gearless bag-making machine, the Sun Master 541, at Drupa in hall 10, stand C58. (curionisun.com)

Heidelberg Begins Construction for Drupa 2004

Published: March 23, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Heidelberg will be exhibiting at Drupa in hall 2, stands A01/A02; hall 4, A33; FG, S01; and hall 1, stand A01. (heidelberg.com)

Markzware Solution Providers to Demonstrate Automated Workflow Solutions at Drupa 2004

Published: March 23, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Markzware will be exhibiting in hall 4, stand A05, at Drupa 2004. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information about the company. (markzware.com)

Converting & Package Printing Expo 2005 to Launch at Pack Expo Las Vegas

Published: March 23, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Pack Expo Las Vegas and CPP 2005 are slated for September 26 - 28, 2005, at the Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA. (cppexpo.com)

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

Published: March 22, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Smurfit-Stone Container is a leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging. The company operates approximately 260 facilities, located primarily in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and employs approximately 35,400 people. smurfit-stone.com

Southern Graphics Installs Esko Graphics Imager

Published: March 22, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
VANDALIA, OH, USA

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

Published: March 22, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Smurfit-Stone Container is a leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging. The company operates approximately 260 facilities, located primarily in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and employs approximately 35,400 people. (smurfit-stone.com)

Esko-Graphics Installs 400th Cyrel Imager at Leading Packaging Prepress Service Provider Southern Graphic Systems

Published: March 22, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Esko-Graphic produces a wide range of of workflow software for package printers, converters, and their prepress service partners. Learn more about the Gent, Belgium-based manufactuer at esko-graphics.com.

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

Published: March 22, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Smurfit-Stone Container is a leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging. The company operates approximately 260 facilities, located primarily in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and employs approximately 35,400 people. (smurfit-stone.com)

Esko-Graphics Installs 400th Cyrel Imager at Leading Packaging Prepress Service Provider Southern Graphic Systems

Published: March 22, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Esko-Graphic produces a wide range of of workflow software for package printers, converters, and their prepress service partners. Learn more about the Gent, Belgium-based manufactuer at esko-graphics.com.

Gardners Selects Digital Inkjet Press to Expand and Diversify its Customer Offering

Published: March 19, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Dotrix, an Agfa company, Announces First UK Installation of the.factory. .

Gardners Invests in Dotrix Digital Inkjet Press to Expand and Diversify Its Customer Offering

Published: March 19, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
UK-based Gardners managing director Richard Gardner believes Dotrix's the.factory is the "most advanced digital inkjet press available." (dotrix.be)

Bobst Group's Acquisition of Valmet Expands OEM's Position in Flexible Materials/Packaging Markets

Published: March 19, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
With the acquisition of Metso Corporation's Valmet Converting operations, Bobst Group adds converting equipment manufacturing capacity for converters of flexible materials as well as manufacturers of slit and rewound materials. (bobstgroup.com)

Pactiv Extends Zipper Closures to Pre-Packaged Sliced Meat and Animal Cracker Packages

Published: March 17, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Ticona is the the technical polymers business of Kronberg, Germany-based Celanese AG. The company produces and markets a broad range of engineering polymers and has approximately 200 employees at production, compounding, and research facilities in the USA, Germany, and Brazil. (celanese.com)

Fischer & Krecke to show a Flexpress 16S-10 with significant new features

Published: March 17, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Part of the Fischer Group, Fischer & Krecke will be exhibiting at Drupa 2004, in Düsseldorf, Germany, in hall 15, stand A21. (fischer-krecke.biz)

F.L. Smithe Acquires Aquaflex; Envelope Machinery OEM Diversifies with Narrow Web Press Manufacturer Purchase

Published: March 15, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
PFFC wishes F.L. Smithe a hearty congrats on its 100th anniversary this year. Be sure to check out April's cover story about F.L. Smithe's cutting-edge envelope technology and machinery. (flsmithe.com)

Learn More about Shrink Sleeve Labeling for Profits at Comco's April 7th Educator Seminar

Published: March 15, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Comco Educator Series Presents: Flexo Focus—Educator Seminar, Shrink Sleeve Labeling for Profits, Wednesday, April 7, 2004, Advanced Technology & Training Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA (markandy.com)

CMM Announces Major Enhancements to a Re-Energized Converting Machinery/Materials 2005 Show

Published: March 11, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
CMM 2005 is slated for April 18 - 21, 2005, at McCormick Place South, Chicago, IL, USA. More information is available at cmmshow.com.

Scitex Vision's CORjet at Drupa: Taking Inkjet to the Top of the Short-Run Corrugated and Rigid Display Markets

Published: March 10, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Scitex Vision will be showing its CORjet inkjet printing solution for corrugated and POP converters at Drupa, hall 9, stand A04. (scitexvision.com)

Competitive Investment Strategies for Packaging Converters

Published: March 09, 2004, By George B. Cusdin, Flexographic Printing Services
You can upgrade your capabilities without breaking the bank

Kodak to Acquire Two Heidelberg Businesses: NexPress Solutions and Heidelberg Digital

Published: March 08, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Learn more about Heidelberg and its offset printing presses and machinery at heidelberg.com

Graphic Solutions Inc. International Market Expansion Warrants Name and Logo Change for Converter

Published: March 08, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
For more PFFC coverage on Graphic Solutions, check out January 2004's cover story, Converting Less Ordinary at pffc-online.com/ar/paper_converting_less_ordinary/index.htm.

Sonoco Purchases Paxonix Software to Streamline Package Design and Development

Published: March 05, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Sonoco, founded in 1899, is a $2.8 billion (US) global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services, with 295 operations in 32 countries serving customers in some 85 nations. (sonoco.com)

Appleton Introduces Ream Wrap MoistureBloc; Delivers Moisture Barrier and Is 100% Recyclable/Repulpable

Published: March 05, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
MoistureBloc's barrier coating is crack-resistant and applied to the inner surface of the ream wrap. Appleton says the coating can be applied to a customer's base paper or to base paper produced by Appleton. Appleton also offers ream wrap printing services for added customer value.

Man Roland to Showcase Integration at Drupa, Emphasis on Applications, Automation, and Added Value

Published: March 03, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
Man Roland will be exhibiting in hall 6 at Drupa 2004. (manroland.com)

PFFC's Quarterly Economic Monitor Survey Provides Specific Converting Industry Information

Published: March 03, 2004
To join the PFFC Economic Monitor panel, visit xposureresearch.com/survey.asp?surveyid=6.

Flexographic Technical Association to Launch New Label and Carton Pavilion at CMM 2005

Published: March 01, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
CMM International 2005 is slated for April 18-21, 2005, at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, USA. FTA says its new label and carton pavilion is in addition to the more than 100 FTA members that currently exhibit in larger booth spaces throughout the show floor. (flexography.org)

Discount Labels Gains Proofing-Process Efficiencies with Latran's Digital Halftone Technology

Published: March 01, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
A division of Mail-Well Inc. (mail-well.com), Discount Labels Inc. is based in New Albany, IN, USA, at 4115 Profit Ct. (47150); 812/945-2617.

Discount Labels Gains Proofing-Process Efficiencies with Latran's Digital Halftone Technology

Published: March 01, 2004, By PRESS RELEASE
A division of Mail-Well Inc. (mail-well.com), Discount Labels Inc. is based in New Albany, IN, USA, at 4115 Profit Ct. (47150); 812/945-2617.

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