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[May 24, 2013]
Multi-Color’s Watertown, WI, Now L.I.F.E. Certified
GLOUCESTER, MA—May 21, 2013— TLMI reports that Mutli-Color Corporation’s Watertown, WI, facility has become L.I.F.E. Certified. Multi-Color’s Watertown plant is the 46th facility to achieve TLMI L.I.F.E. Certification....
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[May 24, 2013]
Harper Announces Cincinnati SMART Roadshow Stop
CHARLOTTE, NC—May 20, 2013—The Central Piedmont Community College stop on Harper 's 2013 SMART Roadshow was a major success. The event took place in Charlotte, NC. Now, the global anilox roll supplier is looking forward to the...
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[May 24, 2013]
DuPont Reveals Packaging Survey Results
WILMINGTON, DE—May 20, 2013—Recloseable packaging and microwaveable plastic trays were named top packaging breakthroughs that most impacted peoples’ lives over the last 25 years in an online survey hosted by DuPont . Together...
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[May 24, 2013]
Esko Honors Artios Founder Simon James
MIAMISBURG, OH—May 21, 2013—In recognition of his contribution to Esko and to the packaging industry, on Sunday, May 19, Esko honored Simon James, who is retiring. At EskoWorld 2013, the company's user conference held in Phoenix,...
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[May 24, 2013]
Kodak Signs Agreement with Nimble Storage
ROCHESTER, NY—May 20, 2013—Kodak has entered into an agreement with Nimble Storage, the leading provider of flash-optimized hybrid storage solutions. The agreement, effective May 2013, will allow Kodak to refer Nimble Storage products...
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[May 24, 2013]
Four Star Color Installs Masterwork Folder Gluer
CHARLOTTE, NC—May 22, 2013— Masterwork USA , a leading manufacturer of folding carton and packaging equipment that is headquartered in Charlotte, NC, has installed an MK 1000FBII high-speed automatic folder gluer to produce various...
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[May 24, 2013]
New Dates Added For Sold-Out AWA Workshop
CHICAGO—May 20, 2013—Due to high demand for registrations, AWA Alexander Watson Associates is adding an extra Introduction to Heat Shrink Sleeve Label Technologies Workshop to its events schedule, directly after the original event in...
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[May 23, 2013]
Xeikon to Host Learning and Information Exchange
TORONTO—May 21, 2013— Xeikon , an innovator in digital color printing technology, will be hosting a Xeikon Café event in Canada. Open to label and packaging printers and converters, this informal knowledge exchange provides a...
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[May 20, 2013]
DuPont Announces Packaging Award Winners
WILMINGTON, DE—May 17, 2013—DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program last night, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm pi 3 for AidPod, which delivers life-saving medicine to remote...
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[May 17, 2013]
HP Enhances Coca-Cola’s Brand Campaign
PALO ALTO, CA—May 15, 2013—HP today announced its record-breaking, long-run production of personalized labels on HP Indigo WS6000 series digital presses for Coca-Cola’s biggest-ever personalized brand campaign. The campaign,...
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[May 17, 2013]
Excellence Awards Deadline June 5
Round up the best-of-the-best from your portfolio because the packagePRINTING Excellence Awards competition is back for its 27th year! We've got one simple goal in mind: to recognize the highest level of printing quality and technical...
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[April 1, 2013]
Flexo for Short Runs
By Sue Busch
Digital might be jockeying to become the industry's signature printing entrée, but it's clear that in many operations, there is still plenty of room on the table for flexo. At Atlanta-based narrow-web converter GENflex Labeling Solutions, for instance, a print...
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[April 1, 2013]
Converting Suppliers Meet Short-run Needs
By Tom Polischuk
The impact of shorter production runs, combined with the established practices at lean, productive companies to minimize inventories at all stages of production, has resulted in many supply chain changes, including those at converters that supply materials to package printers....
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[April 1, 2013]
Trends in Packaging M&A
By Bill Hornell And Louis Mitchell, Mesirow Financial
There are several themes that are dominating today's mergers and acquisition (M&A) marketplace. The most prevalent theme is the use of M&A to expand the global footprint of the buyer. Packaging companies are finding it easier to buy their way...
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[April 1, 2013]
Predicting Spot Color Overprints
By Victor Asseiceiro, Director Business Unit Packaging, GMG
A continuing trend in package printing is the increasing complexity of jobs and the use of multicolor printing, while at the same time meeting brand owner demands to reduce time to market. Many packaging jobs require different combinations of inks,...
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[April 1, 2013]
FTA Forum 2013
By Tom Polischuk
The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) is all set to celebrate its 55th anniversary at its big bash—the annual FTA Forum and INFO*FLEX exhibition. With a theme of "Right Here. Right Now.", this year's technical conference and exhibition will take place...
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[April 1, 2013]
Editor's Notes: Be Actable –Polischuk
So now print is augmenting its quincentennial stature by serving as a gateway into the digital world. Although simple and easy to use, there's more than meets the eye. Quad/Graphics' mobile technology platform, Interactive Print Solutions (IPS), can incorporate various...
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[April 1, 2013]
Supplier News - April 2013
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on World Top Brewery and Color-Logic; Label Technology and Label Technology; Bunting Magnetics Co.; iSys Label; Grafix Equipment; Harper Corporation of America; and Louis Oscar Werneke, founder of Werneke Ink....
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[April 1, 2013]
Printer News - April 2013
News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL), The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI), Fort Dearborn Company, Clondalkin Pharma and Healthcare North America and Tapp Label....
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[April 1, 2013]
Featured Products - April 2013
Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including Fives North American, DFE, Montalvo Corp., BST Pro Mark, Accuweb Inc., Erhardt + Leimer and Maxcess....
