May 1, 2008
Articles
FIRST GLANCE
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....
Riding the Technology Wave
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...
A Recipe for Scratching
This month we're having another session of Do the Opposite. I'm going to tell you how to make great scratches. The solution to stopping scratches is to...
The Flexo Process: Be Careful
Flexo process printing now is competitive in quality with other printing processes and can have advantages of cost and the ability to print a large number...
NEWS CLIPS
Elsner Engineering Works, Hanover, PA, is named the exclusive sales representative for Wipcor S.r.l., Novara, Italy, for North American and Mexican sales....
Pre-Drupa Event Focuses on Innovation
GENT, BELGIUM Duomedia's Drupa Discovery Tour, a gathering of 83 journalists from 26 countries, took place March 20-24. More than 100 publications were...
Offsetting C02 Emissions
DENVER, CO ShipGreen is a new company formed to enable online retailers to provide shoppers with the ability to calculate and offset the carbon emissions...
Automation a Selling Point
SIMPSONVILLE, KY Neff Packaging Solutions recently added a six-color, 18,000-sph Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 press to its new 122,000-sq-ft plant in...
New Marking Process Is Patented
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...
DuPont Patents Reach 600
WILMINGTON, DE DuPont Packaging Graphics recently achieved the registration milestone of 125 patent families comprising more than 600 patents and applications...
European Ink Portfolio Is Announced
STUTTGART, GERMANY Flint Group's Packaging Inks Div. has completed a European project to identify the Best of 4 solutions for all standard application...
Technologies for Source Reduction
SCHAUMBURG, IL Pliant Engineered Films announces the Empower suite of technologies for source reduction in packaging. The portfolio features three introductory...
Rollers Make History
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...
Recycling Program Aimed at Customers
JANESVILLE, WI GOEX Corp., a manufacturer of printable custom plastic sheet, is combining two environmental concepts sustainability and recycling to keep...
Sniffing Out Odors
ROUND ROCK, TX When the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs program featured a segment on how to contain or neutralize the stench of dirty diapers, the star...
Advocating Free Trade
MISSION VIEJO, CA China Paper Holdings (CPH), a sourcing paper company and a sub. of Global Sourcing Solutions, says protectionist policies stifle innovation...
PEOPLE
Tony Paolino is now VP of sales and marketing at Rollprint Packaging Products, Addison, IL. Sato America, Charlotte, NC, names Greg Simmons technical...
Narrow Web & Label Reporter
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)....
Guiding Webs to Customer Satisfaction
KANSAS CITY, MO Tension Envelope Corp. manufactures more than 12 billion envelopes a year for customers around the world, so keeping quality high and...
The Odyssey Returns
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL, & TOPEKA, KS The International Assn. of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD) and the Foil Stamping and Embossing Assn. (FSEA) report the...
Elegance & Speed
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
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
Training Simulators Offered Press training products and services include sheet-fed simulators with new color control tools; packaging gravure simulators;...
WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS
Self-Calibrate Knifeholder Setup The all-electronic e-Knifeholder is now in production. Self-calibration features reportedly eliminate guesswork in knifeholder...
Janet Steiner
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...
