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July 19, 2005
RFID technology remains an enigma. There have been some encouraging developments, but the soaring rates of growth spoken off in the mid 1990s look as far away as ever. Even the events of last September have failed to expand RFID security usage to any…
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July 19, 2005
Bar code productivity boost
Whatever happens to RFID products, the demand for bar-coded labeling products keeps on growing. For example, Datamax International Ltd., owned by the Florida-based Datamax Corporation, has installed a seven-color Gal…
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July 19, 2005
Improving engraving screens
Artwork Systems Group in Belgium and ZED Instruments, a UK manufacturer of direct laser engraving systems, have formed a strategic partnership. The former supplies FlexoCal and Hybrid Screening software, which allows…
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July 19, 2005
Four is good,
but seven is better
Opaltone, the Pantone challenger from Australia, has its first European representation. VGM Verpakkingen, a leading Dutch prepress company specializing in packaging, will certify prepress companies, print…
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July 19, 2005
The word venerable does not come readily to mind when describing many graphic industry suppliers, but it certainly fits DuPont de Nemours like a glove. It recently celebrated its 200th birthday, which coincided with a complete reorganization of its b…
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July 19, 2005
CDI upgrades
News was given on the progress of Cyrel Digital Imaging (CDI) platesetters. Since 1995 a total of 220 CDIs have been sold out of a total CTP population of 270 machines. DuPont looks forward to the concept of using satellite platese…
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July 19, 2005
Jarvis Porter exits
the label world
News of the takeover by CCL Industries Inc. of Jarvis Porter’s UK, French and Dutch labels operations came too late for the last column. But an event that leaves the Toronto-based group as one of…
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July 19, 2005
BASF and Stork to develop direct laser flexo plates
BASF Printing Systems has found a new partner with which to build on existing work in developing a direct laser engraving system for flexo plates. The company has joined with Schablonentechnik…
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July 19, 2005
Flexo’s widening influence is apparent at Ipex 2002, this year’s big graphic industry event, held April 9-17 at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham in the UK. For the first time, one of the 15 halls will be dedicated to Converf…
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July 19, 2005
AVT trails a closed loop
color control system
Cylinder pressure and ink viscosity are major components of color control on flexo presses, therefore any change of these control parameters will result in a color variation. Advanced Vision…
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July 19, 2005
Ahlstrom increases
base paper production
The complex European release liner market shows annual growth levels of around 5-6 percent, much as in the US, but well below the 10 percent levels experienced in many Asian markets. Ahlstro…
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July 19, 2005
Raflatac reorganizes
European operations
All the major label stock manufacturers are striving to cut costs and increase efficiencies in a highly competitive and increasingly globalized market. Raflatac is no exception. The Finland-based g…
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July 19, 2005
Xeikon fails
to secure funding
As a sequel to the Xeikon story in the last issue, it is now official: the Belgian company has gone bust. Last November it entered an equivalent of Chapter 11 protection and was given four months by the cour…
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July 19, 2005
Paxar acquires
French fashion label
specialist
By acquiring Europrint SA for $7 million for cash, Paxar Corporation consolidates its already strong position within the European garment labeling scene. It’s also a prestigious…
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July 18, 2005
The Future of Labels and Labelling for the European Market, published in the UK by Pira International, covers the years from 1995 to 2000 and predicts events up to 2003. A reader will discover quickly that the European labeling markets are in a state…
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