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Published: May 01, 2008
Self-Calibrate Knifeholder Setup The all-electronic e-Knifeholder is now in production. Self-calibration features reportedly eliminate guesswork in knifeholder

People

Published: May 01, 2008
Tony Paolino is now VP of sales and marketing at Rollprint Packaging Products, Addison, IL. Sato America, Charlotte, NC, names Greg Simmons technical

Experience Speaks: Janet Steiner

Published: May 01, 2008
President of Thoro Packaging Recommending | Good to Great by Jim Collins Personal Motto | If you don't make dustyou eat dust. How did you get into the

First Glance

Published: May 01, 2008
A Treat for the Earth The owner of Askinosie Chocolate, Springfield, MO, has a passion for producing premium quality chocolate and a passion for the environment.

New Marking Process Is Patented

Published: May 01, 2008
CHESHIRE, UK DataLase has been granted a patent for a new transparent pigment for application on clear films or substrates. The pigment undergoes a color

Riding the Technology Wave

Published: May 01, 2008, By Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
The technology wave of development and/or acceptance doesn't always come from Europe to North America, although it often seems much does come from that

DuPont Patents Reach 600

Published: May 01, 2008
WILMINGTON, DE DuPont Packaging Graphics recently achieved the registration milestone of 125 patent families comprising more than 600 patents and applications

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

Published: May 01, 2008
Two-Sided Tape Offered LAKE VILLA, IL CH Hyde Co. announces the availability of Teflon (PTFE) tape with adhesive on both sides (thin to thick gauge).

European Ink Portfolio Is Announced

Published: May 01, 2008
STUTTGART, GERMANY Flint Group's Packaging Inks Div. has completed a European project to identify the Best of 4 solutions for all standard application

Guiding Webs to Customer Satisfaction

Published: May 01, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MO Tension Envelope Corp. manufactures more than 12 billion envelopes a year for customers around the world, so keeping quality high and

Technologies for Source Reduction

Published: May 01, 2008
SCHAUMBURG, IL Pliant Engineered Films announces the Empower suite of technologies for source reduction in packaging. The portfolio features three introductory

The Odyssey Returns

Published: May 01, 2008
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL, & TOPEKA, KS The International Assn. of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD) and the Foil Stamping and Embossing Assn. (FSEA) report the

Rollers Make History

Published: May 01, 2008, By By Deborah Donberg, Assoc. Managing Editor
UNION GROVE, WI When Dan Cahalane came to American Roller in 2005, he thought rollers were a simple commodity. As he learned about the vast amount of

Elegance & Speed

Published: May 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Many of the industry's largest converters adhere to the principle of thinking globally but acting locally. But Israel-based Tadbik Group has taken that

Emerging Nations

Published: May 01, 2008, By By Stanley Sacharow, The Packaging Group
Over the past 15 years, the world of flexible packaging in Western Europe has morphed from a booming, innovative industry to a stable, low-growth sector.

Drupa New Product Digest

Published: May 01, 2008
Training Simulators Offered Press training products and services include sheet-fed simulators with new color control tools; packaging gravure simulators;

First Glance

Published: April 01, 2008
Form Fitting Form-Tite packaging films from Curwood, Oshkosh, WI, are engineered for optimum performance on high-speed Multivac FormShrink machines. Films,

In a Celebratory Mood

Published: April 01, 2008, By Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
As promised in last month's column, here are some official comments from Wayne Pferdehirt, co-director and chair of the judging committee of the Printers'

Your Guide to the Right Web Guide

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor

Webs are blind they don't know where they are going. With a well-aligned roller, sufficient tension, and good traction, the web has a tendency to track

Drying Part 3: Paste Inks

Published: April 01, 2008, By By David Argent Contributing Editor
This column will review the two primary drying methods of paste inks. Oil-Based Inks The main application of oil-based inks is in litho printing, primarily

News Clips

Published: April 01, 2008
International Paper, Memphis, TN, will invest about $10 million to convert its mill in Bastrop, LA, to 100% market and fluff pulp production. Equipment

Conference Makes Green the Goal

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Deborah Donberg, Assoc. Managing Editor
INDIANAPOLIS, IN Sustainability is on the agenda at almost every industry meeting these days, but it was the agenda at the recent National Environmental

It's 40 Years for IMC

Published: April 01, 2008
FAIRFIELD, NJ Why does one company survive and thrive for 40 years while many others seem to come and go? PFFC put that question to Bruce Butler, VP of

AIMCAL Energizes Business Leaders

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Assoc. Publisher/Editor
PALM SPRINGS, CA It's no secret that winter meetings for most associations are anything but grueling, particularly when they're held at such posh resorts

People News

Published: April 01, 2008
At Quickdraft, Canton, OH, Bryan Williams is named sales manager and Ken Erskine is named southeast regional sales manager. Senior VP Gerd Koehler assumes

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

Published: April 01, 2008
RFID Read Heads Get FCC OK TWINSBURG, OH Pepperl+Fuchs has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on ten new RFID read heads.

Growing the Label Business

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Assoc. Publisher/Editor
LOS CABOS, MEXICO As in the challenging, extreme dry climate of the Baja Peninsula where the Tag & Label Mfrs. Inst. held its annual converter meeting,

Carton & Box Reporter

Published: April 01, 2008
Educating the Buyer ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL A new brochure is designed to help packaging buyers understand how they can work with their corrugated suppliers

Trail Blazing

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Curtis Packaging, a converter of premium folding cartons, proves that going green and making green don't have to be mutually exclusive. Not only is the

Certifiably Clean

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor, and Yolanda Simonsis, Editor/Assoc. Publisher
Whatever you do, don't send a fruit basket. That's exactly what one ill-fated bag converter did 25 years ago to apologize when it failed to deliver the

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