Recently added articles from Label & Narrow Web:
EDITORIAL.(Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute Inc.)(Editorial)(Conference notes)
Oct 01, 2008; ... For 14 years I have been attending the meetings of the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute, both the converter meetings in late winter and the annual meetings in the fall. Back in the mid-1990s the association gave off the aroma of an Old Boy's Club to a degree, and the speakers during the ...
UPM continues its restructuring.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... UPM, based in Helsinki, Finland, continues actions to secure its profitability in a business environment of slow growth and rising costs. The paper manufacturing giant announced a major corporate restructuring last week, and now says it will close its least competitive paper and pulp ...
Schreiner opens plant in NY.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Schreiner MediPharm, a Germany based manufacturer of specialty pharmaceutical labels for more than 50 years, has opened a production plant in Blauvelt, NY, USA, about 25 miles from New York City. About 100 customers, employees, suppliers, local politicians and media people attended the ...
Nilpeter to manufacture presses in India.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Nilpeter, a narrow web press manufacturer based in Slagelse, Denmark, has announced that it will begin manufacturing flexo presses in India as part of a joint venture with partner Proteck Machinery. The featured press of this partnership is a 13" servo press with a similar specification to ...
Smyth names new president.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Jim Lundquist has been named president of Smyth Companies, a label converter with headquarters in St. Paul, MN, USA. Lundquist has been with Smyth since 2005, having originally been charged with developing strategy to help the company operate more efficiently and become more ...
Six multi-plastics plants gain AIB compliance.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Multi-Plastics Inc.)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Multi-Plastics Inc., Lewis Center, OH, USA, has announced that in addition to its Ohio facility, the company's plants in New Jersey, Georgia, Illinois, California, and Canada have been audited and passed, on their first attempts, the AIB Consolidated Standards as food contact packaging ...
JV Imaging to distribute MacDermid products.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2008 ... JV Imaging Solutions, based in Northborough, MA, USA, has been retained by MacDermid Printing Solutions to distribute MacDermid's photopolymer plate products and equipment in the US. The arrangement became effective October 1. "JV Imaging provides our customers with an ...
TLMI salutes winners of press guard competition.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TLMI held an award ceremony for the winners of its press guard competition at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago in September. Participants of the competition, all narrow web press operators, were asked to submit designs for a flexographic press guard that aims to assist in injury prevention ....
HP names winners in digital label competition.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Hewlett Packard announced the winners of the second HP Indigo Digital Label & Packaging Competition at an awards gala held at Labelexpo Americas in September. The competition recognizes customers from around the world for their commitment to excellence and innovation in digital printing ....
Graymills appoints new sales representative.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(marketing agreement between Jacob Flexographic Services and Graymills Graphic Arts)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Jacob Flexographic Services, of Califon, NJ, USA, has been appointed the exclusive Graymills Graphic Arts sales representative for New Jersey and parts of New York State, in addition to the territories he already covers for Graymills. The company is headed by Brian Jacob. ...
McCourt awarded ISO 14001 certification.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... McCourt Label, Lewis Run, PA, USA, has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation, illustrating its current and future commitment to minimizing environmental impact. The ISO 14001 international standard provides both a model for streamlining environmental management, and guidelines to ensure that ...
Boise introduces sustainable products.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Boise Label & Release, Bensenville, IL, USA, has announced the addition of recycled content products and chain of custody certification to its portfolio of release liners and label facestocks. The sustainability offering builds on the renewability of paper and Boise's environmental ...
AVT's first half revenues are up 113 percent.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Financial report)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Advanced Vision Technology (AVT), has announced record revenues for the first half and the second quarter of 2008. The company, which manufactures optical inspection and quality assurance systems for the printing industry, had first half revenues of $34 million, an increase of 113.7 ...
Mondi and 3M sign licensing agreement.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2008 ... 3M, through its Commercial Graphics Division, has entered into a licensing agreement granting limited rights to 3M patented technology to Mondi, a manufacturer of release liners. The licensed technology enables Mondi to structure the surface of its release liners in specific patterns ...
UPM Raflatac achieves three forest certifications.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... UPM Raflatac Inc., Fletcher, NC, USA, has announced the company's achievement of chain of custody certification from the world's three prominent forest certification organizations--the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification and the Forest ...
Cortegra introduces extended content labels.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Cortegra, a provider of labels and packaging products for the pharmaceutical and related industries, has introduced extended content labels (ECL) with proprietary designs for information-rich products, multiple language translations and lengthy and complex drug facts. The ECLs ...
Lake Image Systems moves into Asia.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... To support growth throughout Asia, Lake Image Systems has opened a sales and service operation in Singapore. Operational in early August, Lake Image Systems Asia provides marketing, sales, service and support for Lake Image's range of print and document integrity equipment to the Asian ...
College flexo competitors get their 2009 challenge.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Students who are studying flexography in colleges throughout North America are gearing up for the next Phoenix Challenge, an annual competition that tests their knowledge and skills. The 2009 competition will be held in May in conjunction with the FFTA Annual Forum at Disney's Coronado ...
DuPont announces cyrel price increases.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... DuPont Packaging Graphics, Wilmington, DE, USA, has announced that it will implement surcharges and price increases of up to 10 percent globally, effective Sept. 15. Specific terms are being addressed regionally. Flexographic printing plates, inks, substrates and other raw materials ...
Juliet Midlik elected president of CEMA.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... CEMA, the Converting Equipment Manufacturers Association, has elected Juliet Midlik to be its president for the 2008-2009 term. Midlik, vice president of sales at Prime UV Systems, has spent more than 15 years in technical sales and marketing to the converting, coating and printing ...