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DuPont Announces Distribution Agreement

Published: March 08, 2007
DuPont Packaging Graphics announced that Williamson Printing Materials now will distribute DuPont's full line of flexographic products in Canada.

Visutech to Distribute Michelman's DigiPrime in Scandinavia

Published: March 08, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Michelman's full line of DigiPrime digital primers for use with HP Indigo inks now will be available in Scandinavia through Visutech, following the appointment of the company as its distributor.

Financing Partnership Agreement

Published: March 07, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. announces a financing partnership with National City Manufacturing finance to provide custom financing programs and ancillary services to the converting and printing industry.

InteliCoat Redesigns Web Site

Published: March 06, 2007, By pffc-online.com
InteliCoat Technologies has launched a newly designed corporate Web site at intelicoat.com.

Converting Influence Meeting

Published: March 06, 2007
The next Converting Influence Meeting will take place April 11, 2007, in Green Bay, WI.

TLMI Publishes North American Label Study 2007

Published: March 05, 2007, By pffc-online.com
The 2007 edition of the United States Tag and Label Manufacturers Assn.'s (TLMI) North American Label Study provides a timely and up-to-date overview of the pressure-sensitive label and product decoration market, with an in-depth supply-side analysis and demand-side assessment across all the major end-use market segments.

Optical Film Coating Application System

Published: March 05, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Pagendarm has developed a new application system for optical film coating in the cleanroom.

Flexotecnica Demonstrates Chronos Press

Published: March 04, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Flexotecnica will have a 52-inch-wide, eigt-color Chronos sleeved gearless press available for print demonstrations March 28-30, 2007, at its global headquarters in Tavazzanao, Italy.

John Solomon Joins Natural Foods Panel

Published: March 04, 2007, By pffc-online.com
John Solomon, global manager, specialty foods, for Multisorb Technologies, will be joining a panel discussing "What is Natural?" at the 2007 Healthy Baking Seminar March 8.

Brushfoil Attains ISO Certification

Published: March 01, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Brushfoil has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification for its quality management system based on standards set by the Intl. Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Graphics of the Americas is Just Around the Corner

Published: March 01, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Graphics of the Americas will take place March 3-4, 2007, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Dymax Moves

Published: February 28, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Dymax Corp., an international manufacturer of solvent-free, environmentally friendly adhesives and light curing equipment, has moved its U.S. headquarters.

Global Release Liner Industry Conference

Published: February 28, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Now in its 7th year, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.'s Global Release Liner Industry Conference will be held March 28-30, 2007, at Chicago's Hyatt Rosemont Hotel.

Idler Rolls Shipped in 48 Hours

Published: February 27, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Webex's emergency roll service delivers precision idler rolls within 48 hours, helping OEMs to complete converting machinery orders, or converters and printers to get process lines up and running again.

Knight Packaging Acquires Specialty Packaging Mfr.

Published: February 27, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Knight Packaging Group has acquired H.J. Jones-Sons Ltd., a North American designer and manufacturer of carded and folding carton packaging.

Hudson-Sharp Moves Brazil Operations

Published: February 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
The assembly operations for Hudson-Sharp do Brasil will move to Hudson-Sharp's manufacturing headquarters in Green Bay, WI.

Nordmeccanica Installs Machines

Published: February 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Among the orders received for machinery, Nordmeccanica shipped orders to Nordenia USA, Winpak, Hood Packaging, Multifilm, ClearLam, PolyCello, Ultraflex, Flexstar, FlexoTransparent, Aladdin, and Classic Packaging.

Mark Andy Expands Label Capacity in Poland

Published: February 25, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Label converter Etiko installed one of the latest Mark Andy LP3000 flexo lines in its all-new production plant near Szczecin, on Poland’s Northwest border with Germany.

Fluorotelomer Products Meet EPA Commitments

Published: February 25, 2007, By pffc-online.com
DuPont has commercialized a patented manufacturing process to remove greater than 97% of trace levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its homologues and direct precursors from its fluorotelomer products.

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Published: February 23, 2007

CD Shows How to Improve Sheeter Unwinds

Published: February 20, 2007, By pffc-online.com
A new CD, from the Montalvo Corp., shows unwind stand owners and operators how web control operations can be improved and offers solutions to increase productivity, safety, and profitability.

Jeco Appoints Agent in Japan

Published: February 20, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Jeco Plastic Products has appointed Smart Vision Co. of Tokyo, Japan, as its agent for the Japanese market.

New Newsletter Issue Available

Published: February 19, 2007, By pffc-online.com
The latest issue of "the New Gum Gazette" from National Adhesives provides envelope manufacturers with information on several topics that can help improve envelope productivity and aesthetics.

AVT Experiences Growth in 2006

Published: February 19, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) reports a successful 2006 with sales of $28.5 million, up 13.2% over 2005.

Covering All the Bases

Published: February 14, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Paper and foil converting plant installs latest dock seal technology, provides protection against potential loading dock seal fire hazards.

AWA Publishes P-S Outlook

Published: February 14, 2007, By pffc-online.com
AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has published the North American Pressure-Sensitive Graphic Arts Film Market Outlook 2006.

EDI Receives Patent for Flat Die

Published: February 11, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Extrusion Dies Industries has been granted a patent for a flat die design that is said to reduce downtime for lip adjustment required with each product run, enhance gauge profiles, and yield a uniform layer structure in coextrusion.

RBP Chemical Opens Production Facility in India

Published: February 11, 2007, By pffc-online.com
RBP Chemical Technology has opened a production facility in suburban Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India.

Flyer Describes Paper Laminating Adhesive

Published: February 08, 2007, By pffc-online.com
National Adhesives has published a flyer on 32-541A resin UC adhesive, a new high performance adhesive that reportedly can help paper laminators attain maximum line speeds and reduce adhesive usage and production costs.

Acquisition Pricing is at Record, but Unsustainable, Levels

Published: February 08, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Acquisition pricing for middle market deals (those with a transaction price between $2-$250 million) is currently at a record level. The last time the middle market saw deal pricing anywhere near this level was in the middle-1980s. The current pricing level is not sustainable. When it ends, it is unlikely that we will see deal pricing at this level probably for at least 20 years.

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