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Creo Acquires US Printing Plate Manufacturing Facility

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February 17, 2004, Creo is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Visit the company at creo.com. VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA—Creo reports it has acquired a US-based printing-plate manufacturing facility from Spectratech ...

CMM Names New Sales Director and Gets New Prez to Head up Converting and Package Printing Trade Show

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February 09, 2004, ... / package printing marketplace. Anchored by well-known marketing consultant Roger Halligan, who has more than 20 years of experience in the converting and printing industries, the management team is now ...

KBA Broadens Business in ID Systems Printing with Majority Stake in Metronic

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January 15, 2004, Koneig & Bauer manufactures printing presses for both commercial and industrial printing applications. Check out pffc-online.com/ar/paper_not_cartons_kba/index.htm for PFFC coverage of KBA's label printing ...

Drupa 2004 Portal Offers Current Printing Trend and Market Information

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January 04, 2004, ... drupa.com offers an updated portal for the printing industry, "providing current trend and market information from the international printing sector as well as relevant information about Drupa 2004." MDNA ...

Not Just for Cartons... KBA Shows Off Its Label Printing Capabilities at GAM Open House

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December 09, 2003, With the help of KBA, Italian converter Grafica Artistica Meridionale (GAM) has grown into a top label printer, supplying the Salerno region-based food manufacturers with labels for tinned tomatoes and ...

Upcoming UK PIRA Conference to Emphasize Package Printing Improvements

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November 30, 2003, PIRA International's "Improving Package Printing"; December 9 & 10, 2003; Le Meridien Victoria & Albert, Manchester, UK SURREY, UK—Pira International says its upcoming "Improving Package Printing" conference—slated ...

Latran Technologies Adds Premier Sales Ltd. to Distribution Line-Up, Opening Up East Coast Channel for Package/Label Printing Markets

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November 16, 2003, Latran adds Premier Sales Ltd. as its new east coast sales channel for the packaging and label printing industries. The producer of digital halftone proofing systems also appoints business development ...

Doctor Blade Systems: A Cure for What Ails Your Printing Process

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October 31, 2003, ... such gravure print problems as hazing and dragout.” Modern controls will automate an old and variable process, says Allison. “As my father told me after I complained as I came out of my first printing ...

Get Process Printing Know-How at FVTC/FTA Seminar

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September 01, 2003, "The know-how on producing high-quality process printing is right here in in this three-and-a-half day seminar," says FFTA and FVTC of the upcoming Process Color Seminar. Foundation of the Flexographic ...

The Printing Saga Continues

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August 31, 2003, ... Hours Sunday through Tuesday 10 am to 5 pm Wednesday 10 am to 4 pm Have commercial printers' curiosity about package printing turned into more than just interest? Will this be the year converters ...

Green Printing & Packaging Garners Printing Ind. of Carolinas Awards

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March 09, 2003, Green Printing and Packaging reports it recently was presented with 11 awards at The Printing Industry of the Carolinas annual award competition for printing excellence (2002). LEXINGTON, NC, USA—Green ...

Agfa Acquires Printing Techniques Ltd.

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February 23, 2003, Agfa-Gevaert reports an agreement with Printing Techniques Ltd. (PTL) by which it will acquire the U.K.-based company. MORTSEL, BELGIUM—Agfa-Gevaert reports an agreement with Printing Techniques Ltd. (PTL) ...

Catalog a Resource for Converting/Package Printing Tech Books

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January 14, 2003, Jelmar Publishing Co. Inc. reports the availability of a new FREE four-color short-form catalog that includes brief descriptions and color photos of technical books for printers, package printers, package ...

NIP19: Intl. Conference on Digital Printing Calls for Papers

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December 15, 2002, IS&T invites authors interested in submitting original technical contributions on advances and future directions of digital printing to do so on or before March 7, 2003; planned notification of acceptance ...

Package Printing Expos Show Results

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November 12, 2002, Reports from two package printing-related expositions (Pack Expo and Graph and Converting Expo) in Chicago this fall may indicate that a slow economic recovery is indeed in progress. KENNESAW, GA & ARLINGTON, ...

Passion for Printing May Lead to Serious Competitive Battles

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October 31, 2002, ... passion for printing. And it wasn't just hype. Undeniably smaller in terms of total floor space and attendance than past editions, nevertheless this Graph Expo/Converting Expo seemed to attract printers ...

GAMIS Funds Proofing and Printing Sales Studies for 2003

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October 20, 2002, GAMIS, the Graphics Arts Marketing Information Service of the Printing Industries of America, Inc. announces it has commissioned three 2003 studies for completion that may provide converters and package ...

NAPL Says Sustained Recovery Eluding Printing Industry

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October 03, 2002, National Association for Printing Leadership forecasts a sporadic and slow, rather than a steady, recovery PARAMUS, NJ, USA—Key printing indicators, including work on-hand, confidence, and the Printing ...

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

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September 30, 2002, Since the earliest attempts at transferring ink from one surface to another, the characteristics of a printing ink have been an important factor in print Since the earliest attempts at transferring ink ...

PPC Seminar to Survey Digital Printing Impact on Folding Carton Converters

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September 22, 2002, ... "Digital Printing and Paperboard Packaging," will feature presentations designed to shed light on various aspects of digital printing, "providing personal accounts and converters' experiences," adds the ...