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Knowledge = Power = Success

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ...  Fox Valley's most popular programs are on process printing, conducted in cooperation with the Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA). Seminars on narrow web and wide web printing are limited to eight people; ...

Updating Critical Trends

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... some popcorn and candy! For more information on the converting industry beyond this issue's contents, visit www.pffc-online.com. We offer content there you cannot find here, and it is updated weekly. ...

Online Registration for Pack Expo 2007

(Archive)

May 02, 2007, ... full admission rate of $50. During the registration process, each person completes a short profile. This data will be used to populate their personal My Pack Expo Web portal that will be accessible ...

Sweets Success

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... $100 Slovakia $90 Romania $90 Bulgaria $85 Alcoa *Estimates by The Packaging Group Ukraine: Ready for Change Ukraine (pop. 48 million), a former Soviet Republic, is all spruced ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... actively involved in supporting customer transitions during the acquisition period. Store Brands Popularity Grows NEW YORK, NY — The Private Label Mfrs. Assn. (PLMA) surveyed more than 1,000 shoppers ...

Baggy Webs: Part II Measuring

(Archive)

April 30, 2007, ... True measurement begins with quantifying something (the defect was this big, or there are this number of defects per a population). The next step in measurement is to add trending to it, either by location ...

People in the News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... web offset technologies division. Technidyne Corp., New Albany, IN, promotes Todd Popson to CEO. At Novatec, Baltimore, MD, Don Gruber is appointed regional VP of sales in the southern US and the ...

Neil McDonough

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... What was the worst advice you ever got? Size and market share leads to profit. That advice was popular in the 1980s and during the dot.com boom but was later debunked. The companies that made it through ...

Flexotecnica Demonstrates Chronos Press

(Archive)

March 03, 2007, ... about 20 min. outside of Milan. The Chronos is available on a first-come, first-served basis for May 2007 shipment and has been one of Flexotecnica's most popular presses to date. Features include a ...

Lasting Impression

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... segment for top sheets and labels for packaging and point-of-purchase (POP) displays, purchasing still more equipment in ’89 to accommodate the packaging and greeting card markets. They were “heavy ...

Keep Moving

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2007, ... for airline baggage tags; label backing or tape backings for consumer and hygiene products; lightweight papers that become quick service restaurant packaging, microwave popcorn packaging, or surgical drape; ...

East Beats West

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... markets, especially in India and China, will continue. Population will grow rapidly in many emerging economies. The trend from rigid to flexible packaging will increase in pursuit of lower costs and ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... toner to deliver 600-dpi resolution (with variable density levels), high quality packaging applications such as disk box sliders, cups, and labels. PFFC-ASAP 406 Sheet-Fed Inks “Pop” Flint Ink, ...

Narrow Web What's Ne

(Narrow Web)

January 31, 2007, ... mactac.com MACmark Fluorescent cast vinyl films are called highly conformable and excellent for short-term POP displays, screen-printed decals, and more. Films, said to run trouble-free and die-cut easily, ...

Directing Design

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... and get a head start on the workflow? Plug-ins put packaging and prepress technologies inside Adobe Illustrator, the most popular packaging graphic design application, turning it into a full-fledged production ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

(Archive)

January 30, 2007, ...  Q. How do you see the market for packaging products shifting? A. The push for sustainable packaging is creating interest in alternative films. A prominent alternate film that the general population ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... prepress professionals, POP designers, variable data printers, and more. Included on the 500,000-sq-ft exhibit floor will be the Adobe Theatre; a Web to Print Pavilion; Design City; Printer’s Showcase; ...

Brand Protection with Micro-Dots

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... detection means. The most popular solution is invisible ink, such as ultraviolet (UV) ink (visible under UV light) or infrared (IR) ink (visible under IR light). To authenticate these inks, a lamp emitting ...

Super Sized

(Corrugated)

December 31, 2006, ... floor—display-ready corrugated boxes with attractive and colorful printing are becoming increasingly popular. Advancements in printing on corrugated certainly are helping this trend along. Case-Ready ...

Taking Chances

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... a second Gallus R160 letterpress and later an R200. “We were the smallest company—a mom and pop—ever to buy a Gallus press,” Silvano notes. “We went to a trade show, and all these big, big companies were ...