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July 20, 2005
Press makers get
the three-year itch
It is said that not all marriages are made in heaven, least of all among press manufacturers, it would seem. Citing a “diversification of strategic interests,” Mark Andy and MPS mutually a…
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July 20, 2005
RFID label to monitor
temperature of drugs in transit
Holding products within certain temperature ranges is a critical factor in guaranteeing the quality and effectiveness of pharmaceutical products. With this in mind, Schreiner MediPhar…
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July 20, 2005
Nobody can guess how many billions of prime product labels are produced for private label brands, also known as “own label” or retail brands, but they surely represent a large slice of the labeling market. As in the USA, they represent a…
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July 20, 2005
Giebeler moves in
with Drent Goebel
Consolidation in the European narrow web world creeps along, usually forced by someone hitting a financial brick wall. The latest casualty is Giebeler of Langenfeld, Germany, whose assets and intellect…
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July 20, 2005
Scitex downgrades
Creo shareholding
Scitex has sold half of its remaining shares in Creo. These were obtained when Scitex merged its graphic arts business with the Vancouver-based workflow and computer-to-plate specialist three years ago…
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July 20, 2005
It’s a long trail a-winding
to spread the digital gospel
This summer and early fall, spare a thought for the operators, organizers and sundry gofers involved in what is probably the graphics industry’s largest ever European ro…
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July 20, 2005
Industry-wide surveys from commercial enterprises often make good copy. Some reader caution is necessary, however, when they are as doom-laden as the latest labeling report from Plimsoll Publishing Ltd. “Zero growth, sliding profits and escalat…
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July 20, 2005
Upbeat Irish packaging group buys Spiralkote
After posting “record” results for the year ending December 2002, the Irish-owned Clondalkin Group is now assimilating its first US foil and laminate producer. Spiralkote, based in Orland…
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July 20, 2005
Innovative Boston label printer applies a name change
Thousands of converters supply self-adhesive labels in Europe, but only a handful both print and apply labels. One that does is Sutterton Label Printers and Packaging (SLPP), a privately own…
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July 20, 2005
Large UK retail chain boosts RFID tagging for clothing
The long term future of RFID tags and labels obviously depends on gaining sufficient volumes to drive down unit and system operating costs. The fact that Marks & Spencer will apply RFID…
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July 20, 2005
Upgrade for Raflatac’s
Spanish coating plant
After a year’s planning and reorganization, a redesigned factory for Raflatac Iberica SA is now fully operational. The Spanish subsidiary of the label stock group is located just o…
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July 20, 2005
Creo combines operations
in key sectors
Creo Middle East and Africa is consolidating its prepress manufacturing and supply activities with those of Creo Europe. By combining the two organizations, Creo says it can make greater use of the…
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July 19, 2005
Hovat Ltd., one of the UK’s largest producers of flexo-printed stationery and data labels, has acquired Wydata Ltd., an innovative producer of bar coded stationery and digital printing. The deal, which is worth around £5 million ($8.05 mi…
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July 19, 2005
Keeping prying fingers from blister packs
Pharmaceutical packaging designers must ensure trouble-free access to a product by bona fide users, while safeguarding it against the unwanted attentions of a child’s fingers. Simplicity is a key…
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July 19, 2005
Prepress giant builds
on its Chinese base
Esko-Graphics (the Belgium-based prepress group that evolved from last year’s merger between Barco and Purup-Eskofot) is the latest European graphics vendor to invest heavily in Asia-Pacifi…
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