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ITW Labels, of St. Charles, MO, USA, has just acquired its third MBS butt splicer from Martin Automatic in less than 10 months.  Read More »

AWA Alexander Watson Associates has published an updated edition of the complete sourcebook on the label market in Europe.  Read More »

Andrew Jack, an expert with Dow Corning in the pressure sensitive adhesives market, has been selected to receive the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award for 2007.  Read More »

Kurz Transfer Products (KTP), of Charlotte, NC, USA, has announced the expansion of its US facilities, significantly increasing manufacturing and finishing capacities in multiple locations.  Read More »

Self-adhesive label use in Europe has now exceeded five billion square meters (53.8 billion square feet) a year as sales in 2006 soared overall by 7.7 percent, according to Jules Lejeune, managing director of FINAT, the European label association.  Read More »

The Gallus Group’s new production facility for Screeny screen printing plates was officially opened June 7 in a ceremony attended by representatives from politics and business.  Read More »

UPM Raflatac, the Finland based manufacturer of pressure sensitive materials, has received an operations permit to construct its new self-adhesive label materials factory in Kobierzyce, about 10 kilometers from Wroclaw in the southwestern part of Poland.  Read More »

Fort Dearborn Company, of Elk Grove Village, IL, USA, has acquired Renaissance Mark, a label converter with four North American locations, from Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in New York City. Renaissance Mark is headquartered in Bo  Read More »

A label for Nivea hair care shampoo has won the top prize in the 2007 FINAT label competition.  Read More »

Mark Andy, a manufacturer of narrow web flexo presses based in St. Louis, MO, USA, last week welcomed Export-Import Bank Chairman and President James H. Lambright to its headquarters.  Read More »

Digitalabel, of Durham, NC, USA, has announced its launch as a digital printer specializing in labels for customized, short run and prototype packaging projects.  Read More »

Martin Automatic, of Rockford, IL, USA, has announced moves to further strengthen its European presence.  Read More »

Dienes, a supplier of industrial slitting tools based in Overath, Germany, is opening its doors to customers and visitors through July 31 for an in-house exhibition.  Read More »

MPS and Drent Goebel, both of the Netherlands, have announced an agreement whereby Drent Goebel will deliver offset printing stations to MPS for integration into new MPS press lines. MPS manufactures narrow web UV f…  Read More »

Labeltronix, of Orange, CA, USA, has incorporated a Digicon finishing press with hot stamping capabilities into its operation. The new press, the fourth of its kind in the United States, produces foil labels w…  Read More »