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Omet Exhibits in Shangai

Published: January 29, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Omet exhibited at Labelexpo Asia in Shanghai, and reported great success with a heavy visitor flow.

Rotomec Launches New Gravure Press

Published: January 29, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Rotomec unveiled its RS 40003 MP multi-purpose press for flexible materials, developed for gravure printing.

Miltec Donates $10,000 to Red Cross

Published: January 26, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Miltec Corp. has donated a portion of its September 2005 sales to the Red Cross Katrina Disaster Relief Fund.

SPI Co-Sponsors Intl. Symposium

Published: January 26, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The Society of the Plastics Industry plans its second international symposium on degradable and biobased polymers and the technologies used to produce them. It will preceed NPE 2006.

Inkjet Proofing Solution Receives SWOP Certification

Published: January 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Kodak's Matchprint Inkjet Desktop, 400 and 800 Proofing Solutions earned SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) Certification just three months after being launched at Print 05.

First ICC Conference Draws Crowd

Published: January 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com
More than 130 professionals took parting the first Developer's Conference on color management presented by the Intl. Color Consortium (ICC) in mid-November in Scottsdale, AZ.

MonoSol Announces Expansions

Published: January 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
MonoSol plans to expand its laboratory and relocate its world headquarters.

Print Council Names Executive Director

Published: January 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The Executive Committee of The Print Council has appointed Ben Cooper as executive director, effective January 9, 2006.

AMC Reaches Company Milestone

Published: January 23, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Advanced Motion Controls (AMC) announces a significant milestone in the company's history. On Wednesday, November 23, 2005, the one millionth servo drive rolled off its production line.

Dow Corning Tours with Asia PSA Road Show

Published: January 23, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Dow Corning Corp. spoke at the technology road show "Innovation and Growth in the Asian Pressure-Sensitive Market," The show toured in October and November with stops in China and Thailand.

Rockwell Automation Expands Toolset

Published: January 22, 2006, By pffc-online.com

Preco Opens New Facility

Published: January 22, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Preco has opened Preco-Miwa Laser Industries, a contract manufacturing facility located in Tianjin, China.

Huber Announces Energy Surcharges

Published: January 19, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Huber Engineered Materials announces an energy surcharge across its entire kaolin clay portfolio for the global paper industry.

Harper Donates Anilox Rolls

Published: January 19, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Harper Corp. of America has donated five Platinum XVR anilox rolls to Kewaunee High School in Kewaunee, WI.

Flnt ink and XSYS Announce New Name

Published: January 18, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Flint Group is the new name for the holding company created by the merger of XSYS Print Solutions, Luxembourg, and Flint Ink Corp., which took place in late 2005.

Kodak Establishes GCG in Greater China Region

Published: January 18, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Kodak's Graphic Communications Group (GCG) has established a new Greater China Region and named Haixang Shen as its chairman and executive director as part of the company's overall growth strategy for China and Asia.

W&H Technology Wins PLGA Award

Published: January 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Windmoeller & Hoelscher's newly patented Registered Scan Preset (RSP) system has received the 2005 Technical Award for Suppliers from the Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (whcorp.com)

Adhesives and Specialty Monomers Studies Coming Soon

Published: January 17, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Skeist Inc. is planning to release two multi-client, techno-economic marketing studies: Adhesives VIII and Specialty Monomers V. (skeistinc.com)

Constantia Packaging Group Announces Bulgarian Acquisition

Published: January 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Duropack AG, a 60%-owned subsidiary of Constantia Packaging has agreed to acquire a 47.6% equity interest in Trakia Papir S.A., Bulgaria.

Metso to Supply Kraftliner Board Machine to China

Published: January 16, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Metso Paper will supply Lee & Man Paper Co. with a kraftliner board machine, scheduled to start up December 2006 in Changshu, China.

TWGA Presents Graphic Arts Printing Forecast 2006

Published: January 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com
TrendWatch Graphic Arts has released "Printing Forecast 2006: The TrendWatch Graphic Arts Perspective on the Challenges and Opportunities for the Printing Industry in the Next 12 Months and Beyond," its seventh annual forecast of the industry.

PRINT OUTLOOK Speakers Predict Good Times Despite Challenges

Published: January 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Despite print revenue loss due to Hurricane Katrina, PRINT OUTLOOK 06 claims that the industry has shown strong growth in 2005 and continues to rebound.

Nireco Wins Technical Award

Published: January 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (PLGA) has awarded Nireco America with a 2005 Technical Achievement Award for its new ICM1000 Online Color Measuring System.

Adhesives Research Announces New Business

Published: January 11, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Adhesives Research has formed a new business, ARmark Authentication Technologies, which focuses on anti-counterfeiting technology in the form of covert markers, a technology that can be combined with custom-developed delivery systems for application to a variety of goods.

Brown Machine Launches E-Newsletter

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Brown Machine has introduced its new e-newsletter, "The Brown Informer," offering the latest news in thermoforming innovation, customer success stories, new product development, and services information.

Plastic Suppliers Launches EarthFirst PLA film-specific Web Site

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Plastic Suppliers has launched a Web site specific to its EarthFirst PLA film, designed to be an informational resource to educate people on the characteristics and uses of EarthFirst PLA film.

New Plastic Bag Resource

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
A new consumer plastic bag Web site is the latest tool to be added to EPIC's growing list of plastic bag resources. The new site was designed specifically for the general public, providing residents with the tools they need to find out where they can recycle their plastic shopping bags.

Materials for Printable Electronics to Reach $1.9 Billion

Published: January 10, 2006, By pffc-online.com
The market for inks, substrates, and other materials used in printable electronics (PE) is expected to reach $1.9 billion by 2010, rising to $8.9 billion in 2013, according to a new report from NanoMarkets. The next few years represent a key period for the PE business of a whole.

Free E-Seminar For Taper Tension

Published: January 08, 2006, By pffc-online.com
MAGPOWR will host a live e-seminar on Wednesday, January 25, 2006, on taper tension.

Heidelberg Plans Larger Presses

Published: January 08, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Heidelberg is developing a new generation of sheetfed presses for larger formats, up to 63.8 inches.

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