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Battling the Biothreats

Published: November 28, 2001, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
UPDATED 12/21/01—With its arduous R&D efforts and its innovative technology, once again, the converting industry is stepping front and center to face a national crisis. Fortunately, the anthrax-in-the-mail problem has waned, but the industry still is investigating ways to protect our mail and our nation's life-sustaining food supply.

Anthrax & Printing: GATF and /PIA to Help Calm Newfound Fears

Published: November 26, 2001, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Though Halloween is almost a month behind us, we in the US still are getting our share of "scares." Anthrax carries on its grisly spectacle, and despite a drop in newly reported anthrax cases over the last few weeks, terrorism, especially bio-terrorism, continues to weigh heavily on our collective conscious.

Pactiv Sells Single-Faced Corrugated Business

Published: November 26, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Pactiv Corp. announced today the sale of its single-faced corrugated Netherland-based business to Palm Industrie Beteiligungs GmbH Co. KG. The single-faced corrugated business had sales of approximately $20 million in 2000, and, reports the co., the sale of this business is another step in the restructuring of its protective and flexible packaging segment that was announced in January 2001.

Flint Ink Donates Thousands to September 11 Charities

Published: November 26, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Together the Flint Ink Foundation and Flint Ink worldwide have donated over $290,000 to September 11th charities, reports the ink supplier.

CreoScitex to Be Just "Plain" Creo; Impressive Rock-Tenn Installation Proves Creo Products Are Anything But

Published: November 19, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Creo Products Inc. will consolidate all of the company's activities and businesses under one brand name and logo, the company announced today. According to the Canadian-based manufacturer, beginning January 2002, it will phase out the name "CreoScitex," and the Creo logo will be updated.

Packaging Mfr. Gets Efficient with Concord Software

Published: November 19, 2001, By Nsenga B. Thompson, Staff Editor
Packaging Personified Selects Concord’s Axapta for ConvertingATLANTA, GA--Concord Business Systems Inc. announced the Carol Stream, IL-based Packaging

NAPIM Survey Finds Printers Are Focused on Ink Performance on Press, Not on Price

Published: November 16, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
America's packaging printers want their ink to perform on press as well or better than advertised. That's the key finding of a recent survey distributed among 2,000 printers by the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM).

Italian Industry Associations Cover Converting News

Published: November 16, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Two Italian industry associations, ACIMGA and UCIMA, are making converting industry news available on their web sites.

Canadian Partners Graphic Support Carries Purup-Eskofot Products

Published: November 15, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Partners Graphic Support (PGS) recently announced a distribution agreement for all Purup-Eskofot prepress products, say the Canadian graphics arts industry supplier.

LPS Pouches Provide Added Security

Published: November 15, 2001, By PFFC Staff
MOONACHIE, NJ--In reponse to consumers' increasing product security concerns, LPS Industries has developed "unit specific bar coding." Now available on

K Show Visitors Down, But Plastics Show Organizer Says Business Is Good

Published: November 15, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
K 2001 show organizer, Messe Düsseldorf, reports a "pleasing" outcome, despite a 12% drop in attendance from 1998.

Envelope Maker Touts "Safer" Glama-lope Solution; Reports Sharp Sales Increase

Published: November 13, 2001
CTI Paper USA, Inc. confirms sharp sales increases in Glama-lope translucent envelopes and Glama Natural translucent papers, which the co. says provide added security for direct mail and personal end uses.

Post-Millennium Envelope Report Predicts Big Change

Published: November 13, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
The Envelope Manufacturers Association and the EMA Foundation for Paper-Based Communications recently released The Emergence of the Post-Millennium Envelope Manufacturing Industry. According to the trade groups, the report suggests the envelope-making industry is about to undergo a dramatic change...

BASF and Heidelberg Announce Alliance

Published: November 09, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
BASF recently announced its North American Printing Systems group has formed an alliance with Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment Ltd. The agreement enables Heidelberg to distribute BASF's line of K+E Printing Inks in Canada.

C.A. Litzler Offers New Dryer

Published: November 09, 2001, By PFFC Staff
CLEVELAND, OH--As a result of C.A. Litzler Co. Inc.'s acquisition of Thermovation Engineering ( a custom designer of infrared ovens) and a combination

PGI Provides Industry with Price-Friendly Proofing Product

Published: November 05, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Polaroid Graphics Imaging (PGI) LLC announces a pricing "breakthrough" in its proofing system offerings.

Enercon Expands Rep Network with Canada's Canflexographics

Published: November 05, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Enercon Industries Corp. reports its surface-treating products can be purchased in Canada through Canflexographics, Brampton, Ontario. According to the co., Canflexographics now is Enercon's exclusive Canadian sales representative, providing sales and service support for Enercon's full line of narrow and wide web surface-treatment systems.

Flexo Operations: Help Is Here! BST Pro Mark DFI Donation Trains Future Flexo Workforce

Published: November 05, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
With the donation of its Powerscope video web inspection system, BST Pro Mark now is among the suppliers helping DiTrolio Flexographic Institute (DFI) students get a hands-on education.

Sonoco Completes Purchase of Phoenix Packaging

Published: November 02, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Sonoco reports it has finished the previously announced purchase of Phoenix Packaging Corp., a privately held co. headquartered in North Canton, OH.

Agfa Assists in September 11 Aftermath

Published: November 02, 2001, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
From ongoing attacks on Afghanistan to Anthrax in the US to civil unrest in Pakiston to the turbulent turns of the stock market, since September 11th, world affairs continue to keep global citizens teetering between a sense of well-being and panic. But many companies (from across the globe) are contributing to a sense of stability by donating their efforts...

PCMC Announces New Nonwoven and Custom Capabilities

Published: October 26, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Custom-built and nonwovens machinery are just two more things that customers now can get from Paper Converting Machine Co. The Green Bay, WI-based converting equipment supplier says it has formed two new groups within its Special Products Division: the Custom Machine-Building Group and the Nonwovens Group.

Chromas Technologies Relocates Headquarters to St. Bruno, QC, Canada

Published: October 26, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Chromas Technologies reports, as of October 29, 2001, the company will be headquartered in St-Bruno, Quebec, Canada.

Amcor Selects Davis-Standard ProPak Die Technology; ProPak to Be Highlighted at Co.'s K 2001 Booth

Published: October 24, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Amcor Flexibles Europe says its pleased with Davis-Standard's ProPak die technology. According to Davis-Standard, after extensive research of available technologies worldwide, Amcor selected its ProPak system and installed the die technology in late 2000.

International Paper Exec Retires; IP Announces Organizational Changes

Published: October 24, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
IP (International Paper) executive vice president, C. Wes Smith, will retire, effective at the end of January 2002, says co. chairman/CEO John Dillion.

MAN Roland Survey Says Printers Looking to Invest

Published: October 19, 2001, By PFFC Staff
WESTMONT, IL--"Despite the economic slowdown, printers realize their best investment right now is in advanced technology," says Man Roland. According

TLMI Technical Conference Now Slated for February 2002

Published: October 19, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Originally slated for mid-September in Chicago, TLMI's Technical conference was postponed due to the September 11th terrorist attack. New dates for the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute's technical conference are February 10-12, 2002.

Corrugated Asia 2001: Noted Industry Experts Provide Market Insight

Published: October 16, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Top corrugated industry experts will provide their insight to Corrugated Asia 2001's symposium (October 31 and November 1, 2001) attendees.

CreoScitex Roadshow Provides Package Printers Inspiration

Published: October 16, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
CreoScitex is spreading its vision of end-to-end print-production solutions for packaging converters. The prepress product manufacturer actually will take its message to the masses in its upcoming "roadshow," which is slated to travel into Canada and all over the US.

It's Not Just for Women Anymore: The New WMPKG

Published: October 12, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
"Women in Packaging" (WMPKG), may soon want to change its name to "People in Packaging"—or at least something that indicates its substantial male membership. According to the professional organization, nearly 20% of the group's membership is male.

Presstek Names New DI Partner: KBA

Published: October 12, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Koenig & Bauer is headquarted in Würzburg, Germany, and Presstek is headquartered in Hudson, New Hampshire, USA.

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