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Flint opens new flexo plate plant in Germany
August 8, 2006
After two years of construction, Flint Group Printing Plates (formerly BASF Drucksysteme) has opened its new manufacturing plant in Willstätt, Germany. Speaking at the inauguration of the new plant was Thomas Telser, president of Flint Group Pri…  Read More »
Atlantic Packaging buys Prestige Label
August 1, 2006
Prestige Label, of Burgaw, NC, USA, was sold Tuesday to Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington Inc., of Wilmington, NC. The buyer is known in the industry as Atlantic Packaging. Atlantic Packaging is a family owned company begun in 1946 as a newspaper…  Read More »
UPM Raflatac to build new plant in US
August 1, 2006
UPM Raflatac has announced its plan to build a new pressure sensitive labelstock factory in Dixon, IL, USA, 105 miles west of Chicago. The new factory will focus on supplying materials to the Midwest marketplace, which has a concentration of label co…  Read More »
Stork Prints opens tech center in Netherlands
August 1, 2006
The Stork Prints Group has unveiled a 2,300 square meter Technology Centre at its world headquarters in Boxmeer, the Netherlands. The center represents a significant investment in rotary screen printing research, development and training facilities.…  Read More »
Nashua ramps up RFID production with Omega unit
August 1, 2006
AB Graphic International has supplied an Omega 1600 RFID converter for labels to Nashua Corporation’s plant in Tennessee, USA. Nashua has also received a designation from Alien Technologies, an RFID chip supplier, as a preferred converter. T…  Read More »
Nashua Corporation invests in Tec Print
July 25, 2006
Nashua Corporation, a manufacturer of labels and thermal and specialty papers based in Nashua, NH, USA, has announced its acquisition of 35 percent of the shares of Tec Print LLC, a minority-owned business enterprise located in Memphis, TN, USA. T…  Read More »
Multi-Color, United Silicone combine label technologies
July 25, 2006
Multi-Color Corporation and United Silicone have joined forces to provide high speed application of flameless heat transfer decoration to blow molded PET and HDPE containers. The combined technologies apply heat transfer labels to containers at rates…  Read More »
PS materials sales rise at Avery Dennison
July 25, 2006
Sales of pressure sensitive materials by Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) for the second quarter were $810 million, up 1 percent from the prior year. “Underlying unit growth improved sequentially for the roll materials business in North America, as cu…  Read More »
DiTrolio Institute offers three student scholarships
July 25, 2006
DiTrolio Flexographic Institute, of Broadview, IL, USA, has earmarked three scholarships for participants in the 2006 International Phoenix Challenge Flexo Skills Competition. The scholarships will provide education to students at the school, which i…  Read More »
bielomatik celebrates 60th anniversary
July 25, 2006
Neuffen, German, was the site of the 60th anniversary celebration recently of the founding of bielomatik, a technology company that manufactures paper processing and plastic welding machinery, as well as lubrication technology. Pioneering spirit a…  Read More »
Sonoco gift to launch new Clemson institute
July 18, 2006
A $2.5 million gift will create a new institute at Clemson University. Sonoco Products Company and Clemson officials announced this week that the donation launches the Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Clemson University, in Clemso…  Read More »
Cenveo buys Rx Label Technology
July 18, 2006
Cenveo Inc., the $1.8 billion envelope and commercial printer headquartered in Stamford, CT, USA, has entered the pharmaceutical label market with the acquisition of Rx Label Technology Corporation, of Joplin, MO, USA. Rx Label Technology, a pressure…  Read More »
Chemsultants opens new HQ in 20th year
July 18, 2006
This year Chemsultants International marks its 20th anniversary, and it will do so in a big way: opening a new 10-acre campus in Mentor, OH, USA with state-of-the-art testing, product development, research and training facilities to serve its growing…  Read More »
Prairie State buys R/evolution press from PCMC
July 18, 2006
Prairie State Group, of Franklin Park, IL, USA, has acquired the first R/evolution press from Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), the next generation of its Evolution press. The R/evolution is a 10-color, 26" wide machine, provides an overh…  Read More »
Swedish converter making major equipment upgrade
July 18, 2006
Laritryck, a Swedish label and flexible packaging converter, is making a significant equipment upgrade with the purchase of Stork Prints’ Helios plate engraving system and a new Mark Andy XP 5000 press. The company, located in Ödå…  Read More »




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