Label & Narrow Web articles from September 2004

Label & Narrow Web archives from September 2004

Miles of aisles.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2004... One question has been repeated throughout our industry over the past couple of months: "So, how do you think Labelexpo will go this year?" The question is asked with hope and excitement, but also with a touch of anxiety. "I think it will...

CCL sells plant to Color Ad Label.(CCL Industries Incorporation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... CCL Industries Inc. announced in July the sale of its label manufacturing plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Color Ad Label, a privately held company with interests in flexible packaging and labels. CCL Label Winnipeg focused on local customers in...

Convergent expands pharma label facility.(Convergent Pharmacy)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Convergent Pharmacy has broken ground on an expansion project designed to nearly double the size of its Joplin, MO, plant to 70,000 square feet. The expanded facility will also function as the company's new headquarters. Convergent...

Discount Labels honored by distributor group.(Supplier of the Year Award)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Discount Labels, of New Albany, IN, a Quality Park company, has received the Supplier of the Year Award from Proforma for the third consecutive year. Proforma is a franchise of more than 800 distributors in 680 locations. Proforma is a...

Miller Brewing extends contract with NorthStar.(NorthStar Print group)(Miller Brewing Company)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... NorthStar Print group recently signed an extension of its existing label contract with Miller Brewing Company, under which NorthStar remains Miller Brewing's sole label supplier. The new contract extends the relationship to incorporate all...

NOSCO, Verify Brand focus on Rx security.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Verify Brand Inc., of Minneapolis, has formed an agreement with NOSCO Printing Group, of Waukegan, IL, to jointly produce, market and sell the patent-pending Verify Brand product security and authentication capabilities to pharmaceutical and...

MacDermid leaves A & V; BASF plates sign on.(Anderson & Vreeland)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Anderson & Vreeland (A & V) has been named a distributor of BASF's Nyloflex photopolymer printing plates in the US and Canada. The announcement, made in early August, was followed immediately by a statement by MacDermid Printing Solutions that...

Arpeco is acquired by Precision Automation.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Arpeco, of Mississauga, Canada, has been acquired by Precision Automation Co. Inc., a manufacturer and integrator of automation systems. Arpeco, a manufacturer of slitter rewinders, diecutting machinery and inspection equipment, is now a...

Kelleigh is reacquired by company founder.(Kelleigh Corporation acquired by Leigh Jezorek.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Kelleigh Corporation, a manufacturer of flexographic photopolymer platemaking equipment, has been reacquired by its original founder, Leigh Jezorek. "We've purchased the company based upon feedback from many of our former Kelleigh...

Wikoff Color acquires Merit Ink & Coating.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Wikoff Color Corp., of Fort Mill, SC, has purchased the assets of Merit Ink & Coating Co. of Alpharetta, GA. Merit Ink & Coating, a 50-employee company with sales in the eastern United States, develops and manufactures flexo and gravure...

Nilpeter forms new arm for European sales.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Nilpeter A/S, the Danish manufacturer of narrow web presses, has announced the formation of Nilpeter GmbH, a sales and service office for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The new operation was made in agreement with Nilpeter's former...

ANI, Acheson Colloids form distribution pact.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Acheson Colloids, of Port Huron, MI, has formed a three-year partnership with ANI Printing Inks, of Plymouth, MN, for distribution of Acheson's polymer thick film conductive inks for RFID applications. The agreement covers North and Central...

CPFilms to install new metalizing line.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... CPFilms, a manufacturer of coated films, has announced that it will install new metalizing production equipment at its manufacturing plant in Martinsville, VA. The company has three existing metalizing lines. The new line will be housed in...

Daetwyler formalizes operations in China.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The Max Daetwyler Corporation has celebrated the grand opening of MDC Daetwyler (China) Co. Ltd. in Shanghai. The operation was begun in 2002 for the establishment of sales and distribution of doctor blades. In December 2003 the doctor blade...

Xeikon creates unit in Scandinavia.( Helio Gruppen Sverige)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Xeikon International, headquartered in Lier, Belgium, has created Xeikon Scandinavia, a subsidiary for direct sales and service of Xeikon digital color printing equipment. The new company was founded following the acquisition of the assets of...

Harper enhances its anilox roll technology.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Harper Corporation of America has announced an enhancement of the firm's proprietary Platinum anilox roll technology after several months of intense R & D. According to Margie Harper Kluttz, executive VP, field trials at five converting...

UCB's films business sold to new company.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The films business of the Belgium-based UCB Group is set to be bought for [euro]320m by a consortium led by the former managing director of Hays Chemical Distribution, Dennis Matthewman, who will chair the new company, and by Candover Partners....

French school installs a Mark Andy press.(Ecole Superieure Estienne des Arts et Industries Graphiques)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Mark Andy France has installed a six-color Scout in the print training department of one of France's oldest and well knownschools, Ecole Superieure Estienne des Arts et Industries Graphiques, in Paris. Founded in 1889 as a school for book...

Valeron celebrates its 35th anniversary.(Valeron Strength Films)(Rites, ceremonies and celebrations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Valeron Strength Films, a producer of high performance and specialty films based in Houston, recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with a company picnic for employees and their families. Opened in 1969, the Houston facility originally...

INX & print associations sponsor OSHA seminars.(Industry News)
September 1, 2004... A series of two-day OSHA-sanctioned education sessions covering printing safety and health are being held this year in Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia and Missouri. The Print-Guard Train-the-Trainer sessions are conducted by the Printing and...

Unilux expands with presence in China.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Unilux Inc., a manufacturer of stroboscopic surface inspection lighting systems, has opened an office in Shanghai. Rachel Wu has been hired to coordinate and provide support materials for the company's four sales representatives in the...

Pitman doubles space in Salt Lake facility.(Pitman Company)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Pitman Company, the North American graphic arts supplier, has relocated its Rocky Mountain District distribution operation in Salt Lake City to a warehouse that doubles the former capacity. Pitman, based in Totowa, NJ, also has expanded its...

CAC makes investment in advanced machinery.(Converter Accessory Corporation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Converter Accessory Corporation (CAC), of Wind Gap, PA, has upgraded production capabilities with the purchase of a new advanced computer controlled lathe. The lathe will be used in production of CAC's anti-wrinkle rolls; pneumatic trim,...

Ron Harper's memoir available from FTA.(Flexographic Technical Association)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Ron Harper, founder and chairman of Harper Corporation of America, has published "The Harder I Work, the Luckier I Get," a personal memoir. The Flexographic Technical Association, Ronkonkoma, NY, offers the book to benefit the Flexo In...

Sherman Treaters receives ISO9001:2000 certification.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Sherman Treaters, a division of ITW has been awarded ISO9001:2000 certification by Lloyds Register. The company supplies adhesion promotion equipment, and is headquartered in Oxon, England. Get published Label & Narrow Web...

WS Packaging buys Promo Edge.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... WS Packaging Group, a conglomerate of label and packaging manufacturing companies based in Algoma, WI, has purchased the assets of Promo Edge, a converting company located in Neenah, WI, from Menasha Corporation. Formerly known as Mid America...

Maratech builds giant new plant in Wisconsin.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The Channeled Resources Group has opened a new processing facility in Marathon City, WI, a 200,000 square foot plant that has slitting and sheeting capabilities to serve suppliers of silicone release liners and pressure sensitive laminates. The...

New converter Century Solutions is spin-off of parent company.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... A new label converting company, Century Solutions Inc., has been formed as an outgrowth of Century Marketing Corporation, Bowling Green, OH. The company specializes in short run labels and tags, shrink sleeves, and prototype products. ...

Dale Bunnell wins Lifetime Achievement Award.(R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award)
September 1, 2004... Dale Bunnell, the retired vice president of business development for Mark Andy Inc., has been awarded the prestigious R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented September 13 at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago. ...

UK printer targets darts.(Industry News)(Retriever Sports)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Narrow web presses are used for production of many products, but one of the most unusual has to be in the plant of Retriever Sports, in Slough, England. The company is the largest manufacturer of darts and accessories worldwide, and uses its...

'Paperplus' formed to unite Europe's specialty paper producers.(Industry News)(Speciality Paper Manufacturers Association)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Twelve European producers of specialty papers have established an association to represent their interests and jointly promote paper as a preferred material for flexible packaging, labeling and self-adhesive materials. The Speciality Paper...

www.aetfilms.com.(Narrow Web Sites)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET Films), a manufacturer of OPP substrates, has launched a site aimed at helping end users and new customers to navigate the complex requirements of packaging and labeling film specifications. The site offers...

www.andersonvreeland.com.(Narrow Web Sites)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Anderson & Vreeland has redesigned its web site to provide faster access to the company's line of platemaking equipment, materials and digital imaging equipment for flexo applications. The site simplifies on-line ordering and contains numerous...

www.precisionairconvey.com.(Narrow Web Sites)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The new site from Precision Air Convey shows how the company's automated trim, matrix and scrap handlign systems and auxiliary equipment enable converters to cut waste volume, labor and disposal costs.

www.spartanics.com.(Narrow Web Sites)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Spartanics, a manufacturer of finishing equipment, has expanded its web site to include more information about high precision optically-registered equipment. It includes a guide to products for diecutting, color inspection, automated counting,...

www.statictinsel.com.(TAKK Industries Incorporation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... TAKK Industries' new web site informs potential industrial users of the capabilities and applications of its anti-static tinsel product. It provides information on product specifications, technical assistance, frequently asked questions, and on...

AGFA.(Tom Saggiomo )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... AGFA, Ridgefield Park, NJ -- Tom Saggiomo has been appointed to head the company's Graphic Systems group in North America.

Aquaflex.(Scott Smith)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... AQUAFLEX, Duncansville, PA -- Scott Smith has been hired as technical service engineer for the Midwest.

Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll North America.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... AVERY DENNISON, FASSON ROLL NORTH AMERICA, Painesville, OH -- John Heckman has been named manager, marketing communications. He is based in Concord, OH.

Cleveland Motion Controls.(Greg Clark )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... CLEVELAND MOTION CONTROLS, Cleveland, OH -- Greg Clark has been named VP of sales and marketing for its electro-mechanical and industrial products business units. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Custom Printed Products.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... CUSTOM PRINTED PRODUCTS, Bossier City, LA -- Robert Waddell, CEO, has retired after 33 years of service.

Day International.(Ted Miller )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... DAY INTERNATIONAL, Dayton, OH -- Ted Miller has been appointed VP of channel sales for North America.

Environmental Inks & Coatings.(Zubair Khan )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... ENVIRONMENTAL INKS & COATINGS, Morganton, NC -- Zubair Khan has joined as technical business manager, UV products. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Fluid Ink Technology.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... FLUID INK TECHNOLOGY, Moorpark, CA -- Rick Pastor has been added to the company's sales force. He will be coordinating sales and service in Northern California.

Fusion UV.(Fusion UV Curing Systems)(Jim Elliott )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... FUSION UV, Gaithersburg, MD -- Jim Elliott has been promoted to VP operations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

The Glennon Group.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... THE GLENNON GROUP, Pewaukee, WI -- Rob Manak was promoted to regional sales manager. His territory will encompass parts of Wisconsin and northern Illinois. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Glenroy.(Glenroy Incorporation)(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... GLENROY, Menomonee Falls, WI -- Geoffrey Van Eimeren has been promoted to account manager. Mike Foy has been promoted to regional manager. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

GMG.(Frank Bucher )
September 1, 2004... GMG, Tuebingen, Germany -- Frank Bucher has been appointed product manager.

Harper Graphics.(Industry People)(Stuart Hazelton )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HARPER GRAPHICS, Charlotte, NC -- Stuart Hazelton was welcomed as sales manager for the UK. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Harperscientific.com.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HARPERSCIENTIFIC.COM, Charlotte, NC -- Hazel Copeland has been hired as account specialist. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Harris & Bruno.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HARRIS & BRUNO, Roseville, CA -- Bob McVerry has been appointed West Coast offset sales representative.

Label Printing Industries of America.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... LABEL PRINTING INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA, Pittsburgh, PA -- James E. Hammer, president & CEO of Hammer Lithograph Corporation, has been nominated to the LPIA Hall of Fame.

Matan Digital Printers.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... MATAN DIGITAL PRINTERS, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel -- Richard A. Hauser has been named vice president of sales for North America.

Max Daetwyler.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... MAX DAETWYLER, Huntersville, NC -- Roland Trinkler has joined as production supervisor for the doctor blade manufacturing department. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Paper Converting Machine Company.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE COMPANY, Green Bay, WI -- Robert M. Clausen, vice president, finance and treasurer, has announced his retirement. Robert A. Mathews has been elected to assume Clausen's responsibilities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Paper Technology Foundation.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... PAPER TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, Kalamazoo, MI -- John Ferguson has retired as executive director. Glen Tracy has been named successor.

Precisia.(Joseph Raksis)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... PRECISIA, Ann Arbor, MI -- Joseph Raksis has been appointed chairman and CEO.

Printing Industries of California.(Denny Shorett )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... PRINTING INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA -- Denny Shorett of Crown Printing has been elected as president.

Proma Technologies.(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... PROMA TECHNOLOGIES, Franklin, MA -- Gary Warehime has been named VP of sales & marketing. Alazar Mengistab has been promoted to engineering and maintenance group leader. Mark Whittaker has been promoted to production manager.

Sartomer.(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... SARTOMER, Exton, PA -- Kevin Rice was promoted to agents/distributors relations manager for the US. Stephane Thion was promoted to sales manager, Latin America and Canada. Michael McQuade has joined as senior technical sales representative for...

Technicote.(Technicote Incorporation)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... TECHNICOTE, Miamisburg, OH -- Eric Buchroeder has joined as vice president. Brad Riley has been announced as director, business development.

WS Packaging Group.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... WS PACKAGING GROUP, Algoma, WI -- John LeCloux was promoted to VP operations. Becky Smith was promoted to VP of sales development.

Yupo.(Industry People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... YUPO, Chesapeake, VA -- Hideaki Hamada has been appointed chief financial officer.

Cal Poly: 58 years of graphics education.(Education)(Cal Poly State University)
September 1, 2004... Cal Poly State University has been educating students in graphic arts management and technology since 1946. Begun as a school for "country newspaper printers," it now offers education in all major printing processes, including sheetfed and web...

CCL and Steinbeis to merge European and Asian operations.(Narrow Web Europe)
September 1, 2004... It's not hard to see how global buying trends among the larger FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) corporate end users have reshaped the structure of the label industry. Several key consolidations have led to the formation of some really large...

A handy little management checklist.(Minding My Own Business)
September 1, 2004... Recently I read a fantastic article on Fortune.com (which happens to be an unusually well assembled online supplement to the print version of the magazine), in which authors Ram Charan and Julie Schlosser listed "Ten Questions Every Board...

Press vs. prepress: easing the pain.(Art Direction)(comparative analysis)
September 1, 2004... Ah yes, the in-house relationship between the prepress department and printing department: "A match made in He..." So how did you finish that sentence? Did a vision of Dante's Inferno come to mind, or did St. Peter and the Pearly Gates...

Tailored Label Products: a Wisconsin converter welcomes the most difficult challenges.(Narrow Web Profile)
September 1, 2004... A walk through the production area of Tailored Label Products on a typical day might reveal three entirely different types of work being run on three different presses: here a solvent job; there a printing, sheeting and packaging operation;...

Pharmaceutical labeling: driven mainly by brand protection concerns and regulations, pharmaceutical labels are becoming ever more sophisticated.
September 1, 2004... In 2003, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a mass recall of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor. The recall, triggered by the discovery of counterfeits, affected more than 130,000 bottles. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Inspection systems: from simple strobes to complex defect detection technology, web inspection is all about keeping customers, reducing costs, and improving quality.
September 1, 2004... We live in an imperfect world. Defects are always with us. Still, that does not stop the label customer from insisting on perfection. That's the reason inspection equipment is with us, and the reason that it has become a necessity, in all of...

Specialty films: specialty films offer narrow web customers a variety of features, ranging from highly decorative to highly functional.(Cover Story)
September 1, 2004... Spend a few seconds strolling down the hair and beauty aisle of a supermarket, and chances are pretty good that neon green bottles will visually pop off the shelf. The Garnier Fructis hair product line, with its noticeably green bottles, has...

Exhibitor directory.(Labelexpo Americas 2004)(Directory)
September 1, 2004... 3M EMTECH 639 3M Center, Bldg. 220-5E-06 St Paul MN 55144-1000 USA 651-733-9268 fax 651-733-1771 krjansen@mmm.com www.mmm.com The company showcases the latest in high performance products for the narrow web...

Product preview.(Labelexpo Americas 2004)
September 1, 2004... Labelexpo Americas 2004 takes place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago, September 13-16. On exhibit will be the newest and best products from nearly 400 industry suppliers. Over the next several pages we present a...

Supplier Gallery.
September 1, 2004... The Label & Narrow Web Supplier Gallery is a special presentation of new and important products. To receive more information about the products featured here, please circle the corresponding number on the response card and mail it today....

Press improvements.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... COMCO Milford OH USA The company has introduced improvements for its package printing presses. New upgrades are: new style air knives; an auto register system in a retrofit package designed specifically for the Commander series...

Films.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... TORAY PLASTICS North Kingstown RI USA Lumirror U6V and U6V1 co-extruded, UV stabilized polyester films are color neutral and won't degrade or yellow. The company also introduced multi-layer co-extruded polyester label films for durable...

Sleeve storage.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... HARPERSCIENTIFIC.COM Charlotte NC USA SleeveWrak stores up to 12 sleeves. The sleeves are stored vertically to minimize issues with weight-enhanced imbalance. Mounted on the fixed mandrel, the sleeves can be maneuvered over to the...

Cleaning systems.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... MAX DAETWYLER Huntersville NC USA The Ultrasonic Cleaning System offers direct drive rotation, power depth adjustment, zone cleaning and efficient process control. The direct drive rotation provides constant rotation and features no...

Testing equipment.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... UV PROCESS SUPPLY Chicago IL USA The Thin Film Calorimeter-9000 rapidly measures the exothermic heat reaction from a polymerizing sample through a sensitive sensor. This information is displayed through a LCD interface. The data can be...

Inks.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... WATER INK TECHNOLOGIES Lincolnton NC USA PharmaFlex is a new line of UV inks. The inks are BP free and offer low odor, consistent color, low viscosity and high strength. The company is also introducing Performa ink system, water based...

Edge trim removal.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... CONVERTER ACCESSORY Wind Gap PA USA The Fox Runner is a portable edge trim removal system. It utilizes the Fox TrimAway venturi design and boasts a variety of features, including a regenerative blower, a blower filter, and a pick-up...

Cleaning products.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... PRINTERS' SERVICE Newark NJ USA Baldwin cloth-based cleaning systems feature Prepac cleaning technology, which includes low VOC cleaning agent. The agent is completely contained in the roll and eliminates solvent handling. ...

Rotogravure print unit.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... MATIK NORTH AMERICA Hartford CT USA Omet, a narrow and mid-web press manufacturer located in Italy, introduced a movable rotogravure print unit for its VaryFlex line of gearless servo-drive presses. The cassette-style gravure unit is...

Glitter coating.(Narrow Web Products)
September 1, 2004... UVITEC PRINTING INK Lodi NJ USA 19130-77 Rotary Screen Glitter UV Coating is a smooth printing, glossy, large particle size coating designed for use with 100 and under screen mesh sizes. It is ideal for printing inline on narrow web...