Official Board Markets articles from February 2002

Official Board Markets archives from February 2002

Box shipments fall (again).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... Last year's corrugated industry shipments dropped 5.4 percent (on an actual basis), from 401.320 billion sq ft in 2000 to 379.584 billion sq ft, reports the Fibre Box Association. On an average week basis (accounting for differences in shipping...

Revamp your business model.(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... In 1984 the top five U.S. containerboard producers represented 33 percent of total market share. Today these top five account for 63 percent. Eighteen years ago in Canada, the top five producers covered 68 percent of the market; today that...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Inland, Kappa form alliance.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc., Indianapolis, has formed a strategic alliance with Kappa Packaging B.V., one of the largest European paperboard and packaging companies based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Through the non-economical...

Willamette urges merger.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... Willamette Industries Inc. and rival Weyerhaeuser Co. reached a definitive agreement to merge in a deal with an equity value of $6.2 billion. Executives from both companies struck a tentative agreement two weeks ago -- ending a 14-month...

Goettsch to represent Langston21.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Langston21 LLC, Moorestown, N.J., has appointed Goettsch International to represent the company in Latin America, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. Langston21 markets the Saturn V flexo folder gluer which is manufactured in Taiwan by TCY,...

Support builds for Corrugated 2002.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... Corrugated 2002 is performing "above expectations," says the group's organizers, Reed Exhibitions UK. "Corrugated 2002 is set to play a vital role in the growth and development of the industry into the 21st century," Exhibition Director Jane...

Smurfit-Stone installs 24th laminator.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. installs a Model 4260 label laminator, manufactured by Automatan Inc., at one of its Midwestern U.S. plants, marking the 24th Automatan label laminator in Smurfit-Stone plants worldwide. The laminator is configured...

SICPA consolidates operations.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... More than one year after the SICPA Group acquired Kromacorp International, manufacturer of specialty inks for gravure and flexo package printing applications, the company announced that Kromacorp is now operating as SICPA North America. ...

Wright offers free plate lifters.(T.D. Wright Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... T.D. Wright, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., is offering free steel-backed photopolymer printing plate lifters. Quantities are limited. The Wright plate lifter will help the user to lift plates from magnetic cylinders. For more information, contact...

Safety and health meeting on tap.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... The 59th annual Pulp and Paper Safety Association safety and health conference takes place June 2-5 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Paper converting industry safety presentations will be provided, along with break-out sessions with special interest...

Jet Corr installs steam system.(Donahue Steam Systems)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Donahue Steam Systems recently installed a complete boiler room and steam system on a new BHS corrugator at Jet Corr, Valparaiso, Ind. Donahue is based in Milford, Ohio. For more information, call 513-831-2700 or visit www.donahuesteam.com.

Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s.(ISO 9001:2000 standard)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s containerboard and packaging plant in Mount Olive, Ill., has passed the audit to upgrade to the new ISO 9001:2000 standard. Roger Ritterbaeck, lead auditor for Quality Management Institute, completed the audit.

Lightweight nestable pallet.(Liberty Carton Co.)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Protecta-Pack Systems, a division of Liberty Carton Co., Minneapolis, releases a lightweight nestable pallet that generates savings on LTL freight shipments. The 5.5 lb pallet allows for safer handling. Its high-density, injection-molded...

OBM stock index.(Official Board Markets)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Exch. Company Ticker Close % Change Symbol 1/30/02 This Week NASD Amcor Ltd. (H) AMCR 15.70 0.06 NYS Boise Cascade BCC ...

Smurfit-Stone combines units.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, is combining its Consumer Packaging and Specialty Packaging businesses into a single organization to be called the Consumer Packaging Division. The combined business will include folding cartons,...

Graphic packaging refinances.(Graphic Packaging International Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Graphic Packaging International Corp., Golden, Colo., is refinancing the company's debt. It intends to offer, by way of a private placement, $250 million of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 and to enter into a new $450 million senior secured...

MeadWestvaco begins operations.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... Mead Corp. and Westvaco Corp. shareholders approved the two companies' $3 billion merger last week. The shareholders approved the transaction, first announced in August, with more than enough votes in favor of the merger. More than 81...

OCC market report.(old corrugated container/cardboard)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... A few weeks ago I said in this space that 0CC prices had bottomed out but now (with the economy still knee deep in recession and board mills running poorly) I admit I was wrong. The OCC market is very, very sloppy. Many mills report that...

Companies report lower earnings.(Cascades Inc.)(Chesapeake Corp.)(Paperboard Packaging Corp.)(Norampac Inc.)(Paperboard Industries International Inc.)(Potlatch Corp.)(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)(Sonoco Products Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... Cascades Inc., Kingsey Falls, Quebec, reports net earnings of $120 million (Canadian) for the fiscal year 2001, compared to $75 million in 2000. Net sales increased by 5.5 percent during the year, amounting to $4.02 billion, compared to $2.87...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 2, 2002... The prices tabulated here are intended only as a reference standard to the current levels commonly prevailing in a representative proportion of the U.S. contract transactions. The prices listed do not connote any agreement or commitment by...

Chicago TAPPI makes donation.(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Chicago TAPPI has donated $1600 to Sue Mladenik and her four children, an Illinois family affected by the Sept. 11 tragedy. Jeffrey Mladenik, an associate pastor in Oak Brook, Ill., was among those killed when terrorists commandeered four...

Lemaire to speak at CCCA Conf.(Canadian Corrugated Case Association)
February 2, 2002... The Canadian Corrugated Case Association (CCCA) has set the speakers for its conference and trade fair, Feb. 28 - March 1 at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal. Keynote speakers include Alain Lemaire, president and ceo of...

TAPPI.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... TAPPI has elected five people to its board of directors for three-year terms. Charles Bogatie, general manager for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.; G. Ronald Brown, research director for Westvaco Corp.; Peter Lee, vice president of International...

Bay Corrugated Container Inc.(sales manager)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Bay Corrugated Container, Inc., Monroe, Mich., promotes Gary Rashleigh to sales manager. He began his career at Bay Corrugated in 1969. In 1987 he became a part of the sales department, responsible for accounts in northwest Ohio and...

Bobst Group Inc.(regional sales manager )(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Jeffrey Knudson joins Bobst Group Inc., Roseland, N.J., as regional sales manager for Martin equipment. He has more than 25 years of printing and converting experience. Knudson represents the Martin line of flexo folder-gluers and rotary...

Roberts Polypro opens Calif. office.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Roberts Polypro Inc. opens a second office in Valencia, Calif., north of Los Angeles. Richard Shumate, director of packaging and converting solutions, has relocated from the company's office in Charlotte, N.C., to run the new facility to better...

AIM installs folder-gluer.(American International Machinery )(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... American International Machinery (AIM), Oak Creek, Wis., installed its Signature Select Model folder-gluer at Paris Packaging, Paris, Texas. The Model 135 SLB 46 XL is designed for up to 53-inch carton blanks, has a touch screen operator...

Kiwiplan Inc.(technical sales team)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Kiwiplan Inc., Cincinnati, has formed a new technical sales team, comprised of Senior Business Consultants and Account Managers Dana Disney, Charlie Williams and Steve McDonald. The technical sales team provides services focusing on the...

VantagePoint Systems, Inc.(marketing team)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... VantagePoint Systems, Inc., a developer of packaging industry business management software, Vancouver, British Columbia, expands its marketing team. Patrick De Witt will assist corporate communications manager Louise Quinn with shareholder...

Pitman Co.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Thomas Ingram joins the Pitman Co., Totowa, N.J., as a regional packaging specialist. Ingram previously worked for the DuPont Cyrel[R] Division for 23 years. He serves customers in northern New Jersey and New York.

Water Ink Technologies, Inc.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Water Ink Technologies, Inc., Lincolnton, N.C., adds Paul Boggs as a technical sales representative. Boggs has more than 18 years of flexo printing and converting experience. He will consult with converters in North Carolina, Virginia and...

Orbituary.(Obituary)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2002... Paul Howard, veteran carton plant pressman, foreman, superintendent, and for the past 20 years, an inventor of a number of productivity improving accessories for printing presses, sheeters and other machines in widespread use in the carton and...

Stora Enso closes line, cuts jobs.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, will discontinue production of its folding carton operations at the Wisconsin Rapids paperboard mill. The company's pasted chip line at that mill also will be discontinued. The company also is closing a paper...

SAM's adopts FBA standard.(Fibre Box Association )(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... SAM's Club, Bentonville, Ark., has asked its produce suppliers to begin shipping in new corrugated containers meeting the Fibre Box Association (FBA) Common Footprint Standard. The change applies to shipments of apples and pears, citrus,...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Michael Smurfit steps down.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Michael Smuffit, chairman and ceo of Jefferson Smurfit Group plc, Dublin, Ireland, has decided to step down, effective Oct. 31. He will remain chairman of the board of directors. The board of directors has appointed Gary McGann as ceo designate...

Visy to build new plant in Australia.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Visy Industries plans to construct a $30.58 million state of the art corrugated box factory in Wodonga, Australia. The new Wodonga factory will produce up to 60,000 metrictons a year of corrugated packaging, with the capacity to grow to...

MeadWestvaco to focus on core.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... MeadWestvaco Corp., Stamford, Conn., has set its locations for corporate groups, representing the initial phase of restructuring plans resulting from the merger of Mead and Westvaco. The company plans to cut 400 people as a result. ...

Unicorr buys Action Container.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Unicorr Packaging Group's Stephryn Industries Division has purchased Action Container. Terms were not disclosed. Both companies are located in Columbia, S.C. Stephryn and Action Container will combine their sheet plants in Action's...

Caraustar may close Halifax mill.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Caraustar Industries Inc., Atlanta, will likely close its Halifax, Nova Scotia, paperboard mill this year. CEO Thomas Brown says it is likely the company will close the mill sometime this year if soft industry demand continues. The mill, which...

Arvco Container Corp.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... The British Standards Institute auditing firm recommends Arvco Container Corp., Kalamazoo, Mich., for ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) certification. Arvco says it is the first U.S. independent corrugated company to be...

AICC lines up meeting speakers.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters )(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) has lined up its speakers for the 2002 Spring Meeting, "Priorities for Prosperity: Achieving Entrepreneurial Balance in Family, Business & Life," April 24-27, at the Hyatt Regency...

Caraustar Industries Inc.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Caraustar Industries, Inc., Atlanta, reports revenues for the fourth quarter of $216 million, a decrease of 8.3 percent from revenues of $235.5 million for the same quarter of 2000. The net loss was $5.1 million. For the year, revenues...

Gaylords Container Corp.(Gaylord Container Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Gaylord Container Corp., Deerfield, Ill., reports a net loss of $8.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2002, compared to a net income of $1.6 million for the same period last year. The results include a $2.9 million gain from the sale of...

Graphic Packaging International Corp.
February 9, 2002... Graphic Packaging International Corp., Golden, Colo., reports a net loss of $5.1 million on net sales of $270 million, compared to a net loss of $1.5 million on net sales of $269.6 million. For the year ended Dec. 31, the net loss was $3.6...

Temple-Inland Inc.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Temple-Inland Inc., Austin, Texas, reports income of $26 million, compared to income of $35 million. For the year, the company reports income of $102 million, compared to $204. The paper group reports operating income of $27 million,...

Obm stock index.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 9, 2002... obm stock index Exch. Company Ticker Close Symbol 2/6/02 NASD Amcor Ltd. AMCR 15.20 NYS Boise Cascade ...

NPA sets meeting schedule.(National Paperbox Association)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 9, 2002... The National Paperbox Association (NPA) and the Canadian Paper Box Manufacturers Association (CPBMA) have scheduled their 84th Annual Meeting for May 1-5 at the Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Fla. This year's theme is "Finding...

FTA will listen to customer.
February 9, 2002... The Flexographic Technical Association's annual forum convention and exhibition, Forum 2002: Capitol Ideas for People, Process and Profit, is May 5-8 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. The meeting features sessions on FQC,...

Old newsprint prices take a beating.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 9, 2002... The most dramatic short-term impact on the old newsprint market was unquestionably the December 2001 shutdown of Garden State Paper's 100 percent recycled newsprint mill in New Jersey, reports Moore & Associates' Bill Moore in the firm's latest...

Chicago TAPPI: reach your full potential.(reports from meeting)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Reach your full potential. That was the message received by more than 50 attendees at last week's Chicago TAPPI meeting at the Ramada O'Hare Hotel. The event began with an afternoon workshop and discussion session. Inx International Ink Co.'s...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 9, 2002... Transacted boxboard prices The prices tabulated here are intended only as a reference standard to the current levels commonly prevailing in a representative proportion of the U.S. contract transactions. The prices listed do not connote...

Domtar installs jogger aerator.(at Laurentide Finishing Centre)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Domtar/Laurentide Finishing Centre, Terrebonne, Montreal, has installed an Automatan jogger aerator to condition sheeted loads of stock prior to shipment to customers. The Model 7300 was selected for its sheeting operation to jog and aerate...

Harper offers roll program.(HarperScientific)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... HarperScientific.com, Charlotte, N.C., adds the EchoExpress [TM] anilox roll program to its e-commerce site, www.harperscientific.com. The site also supplies the EchocelJunior [TM] precision hand proofer and CeramClean II [TM] anilox roll...

Creo Users launch new web site.(Creo Users Association)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... The Creo Users Association (CUA), Vancouver, British Columbia, launches its new web site at www.creousers.org. The site marks several changes to the CUA, including its name, matching the vendor's recent moniker change from CreoScitex and Creo...

MacDermid Inc.(appoints Thomas Frater business manager, Sleeves)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... MacDermid Inc., Atlanta, appoints Thomas Frater business manager, Sleeves. Frater will direct the expansion of MacDermid's advanced printing sleeve systems and digital sleeve solutions. He has 10 years of global printing and graphic arts...

PACCESS.(appoints Bob Brenner senior vice president, Global Business Integration)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... PACCESS, Portland, Ore., appoints Bob Brenner senior vice president, Global Business Integration. Brenner most recently was ceo and cto of PaperExchange.com. He will lead PACCESS' information technology group. Brenner was with Andersen...

Barco achieves record year.(Barco Graphics, 250 Kongsberg XL cutting/creasing sample tables)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Barco Graphics, Vandalia, Ohio, achieved a record year with 250 Kongsberg XL cutting/creasing sample tables sold worldwide, including 100 sold in North America. The 100th North American Kongsberg XL sample table was sold to Ernest Paper...

Menasha installs Donahue system.(BHS doublefacer and steam system)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... The Menasha Corp., Hartford, Wis., installs a 3-Zone hot plate temperature control system on a new BHS doublefacer and a steam system on a new BHS Modul Facer, integrated into the existing steam system, from Donahue & Associates International,...

Smurfit-Stone buys bundle breaker.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Alliance Machine Systems International)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Portland, Ore., recently installed an Alliance Machine Systems International bundle breaker. The bundle breaker cleanly and quickly separates bundles of nicked material into smaller bundles. Multiple rows of...

G-P purchases Steam System.(Georgia-Pacific buys Stickle Steam Specialties system)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Stickle Steam Specialties installs its 860 Steam System with thermocon doublebacker assistance on Georgia-Pacific's 110-inch BHS corrugator in its Martinsville, Va., plant. The steam is jointly supplied by city sources or converted to a new...

U.S. food container demand grows.(forecast to reach $12.6 billion in 2005)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Demand for food containers in the United States is forecasted to grow more than 3 percent annually to $12.6 billion in 2005. Fostering the advance will be an expanding population base, greater use of higher value packaging, and consumer demands...

Creo Products Inc.(makes appointments)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Creo Products Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, appoints Mark Dance to cfo effective April 30. Dance retains his position as coo and will continue to serve as a director of the company. He will replace Michael Graydon who will continue with...

Longview Fibre.(appoints Mart Laird manager of Kentucky plant)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2002... Mart Laird is promoted to manager of Longview Fibre's Bowling Green, Ky., container plant. Laird has 20 years of experience in all phases of container manufacturing. He has been superintendent of Longview's Twin Falls, Idaho, container plant...

Peltz sells shredding division.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... The Peltz Group, Milwaukee, has sold its shredding division, Security Data Destruction, to Iron Mountain Confidential Destruction, a division of Iron Mountain. Terms were not disclosed. The sale is part of a new marketing partnership. Peltz...

Triad still going strong: "as big industry suffers, so do these suppliers: Triad Inc. ponders layoff".(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... That was the headline of a front-page feature article appearing in the Feb. 12, 2001 issue of The Wall Street Journal. It painted a bleak picture of the corrugated container industry. Staff Reporter Dan Morse attempted to reflect the state of...

Transacted containerboard prices.
February 16, 2002... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Smurfit completes machine rebuild.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, recently completed a rebuild of its #5 paper machine at its Philadelphia, Pa., boxboard mill. The rebuilt machine will produce about 70,000 tons of coated recycled boxboard annually. The company made...

MAN Roland publishes yearbook.
February 16, 2002... In a practical demonstration of one-on-one print production, MAN Roland Inc. has published a personalized edition of its World of Print yearbook. It features a compendium of facts and figures on print consumption worldwide, along with...

OBM stock index.(Official Board Markets)(Statistical Data Included)
February 16, 2002... Ticker Close % Change Exch. Company Symbol 2/13/02 This Week NASD Amcor Ltd. AMCR 14.86 -2.24 NYS Boise Cascade ...

Shipments reflect poor economy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 16, 2002... Industry shipments of corrugated products last December and for 2001 were down when compared to the same numbers for December 2000 and 2000, reports the Fibre Box Association (FBA). For December 2001, the South Central experienced the...

Weyerhaeuser files claim.(against Kmart Corp. )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 16, 2002... Weyerhaeuser Co. has filed a claim in Detroit, Mich., bankruptcy court against Kmart Corp. for payment on contract, reports Forestweb. The company claims that Kmart is 30 days in arrears in payment of $1.4 million owed to it and its...

International Forest Products Corp.(hires John Daniel, director of secondary fiber sales)(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... John Daniel joins International Forest Products Corp. (IFP), Boston, as director of secondary fiber sales. Daniel will manage IFP's recovered paper export sales. He most recently built the recovered fiber trading business at Enron. Prior to...

MeadWestvaco Gralex team up.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... MeadWestvaco's packaging resources group, Stamford, Conn., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gralex, Inc., a leading manufacturer of thermoformed paperboard and heat sealing equipment, Lewis Center, Ohio, setting the stage for...

Iggesund develops anti-counterfeit board.(Iggesund Paperboard)(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... The Swedish paperboard manufacturer Iggesund Paperboard has developed a technique to identify the board used in packaging in such a way that counterfeited goods can easily be detected. Iggesund Paperboard's method for the security marking...

IP to lay off 110.(International Paper Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 16, 2002... International Paper Co., Stamford, Conn., will lay off up to 110 workers at its bleached paperboard mill in Riegelwood, N.C. The layoffs are part of a reorganization plan to reduce costs and improve competitive position. They are expected to be...

Pratt Industries expands.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... The Pratt Industries plant in Valparaiso, Ind., recently celebrated the second anniversary of its start-up with the addition of two more finishing machines and the completion of a new warehouse. The 145,000 sq ft storage and office space is...

Noonan to speak at Paper Week.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... Peggy Noonan, political commentator and renowned author, will be the guest speaker at the Annual Luncheon of the American Forest & Paper Association's (AF&PA) 125th Annual Paper Week, March 10-12 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. ...

AICC region 7 schedules tour.
February 16, 2002... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) Region 7 has scheduled its next meeting at 9 a.m. March 15 in Richwood, Ky. The meeting includes a tour of a Willamette Industries plant. There also will be a discussion on preprinted...

CTI installs its Sheet Manager.(Corrugated Technology, Inc)
February 16, 2002... Independent Corrugator, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, recently installed Sheet Manager, Corrugated Technology, Inc.'s (CTI's) comprehensive order management, shipping and billing system, which allows the company to beat rush hour and boost...

JB Machinery installs dryers.(Bay Cities Container Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... JB Machinery, Weston, Conn., recently installed a full Interstation complement of infrared dryers and a Final flexo dryer at Bay Cities Container Corp., Pico Rivera, Calif., on a Martin DRO1628, four-color diecutter. The dryers achieve Bay...

Key Container installs Steam System.
February 16, 2002... Donahue and Associates International, Inc., Milford, Ohio, installs a complete Donahue Steam System, including a new boiler and additional boiler room equipment, at Key Container, South Gate, Calif. For more information, call Donahue at...

Flint Ink expands.(Toronto facility)(Brief Article)
February 16, 2002... Significant growth in the demand for new UV/EB ink systems from North American label and folding carton converters has resulted in expanded operations at Flint Ink's Toronto facility. The 86,000 sq ft site will now operate around the clock to...