Official Board Markets articles from July 2004

Official Board Markets archives from July 2004

Recovered paper problems abound.(Shipping Capacity Is Just One)(influence of shipping on recycled paper exports in china)
July 3, 2004... It's no secret among industry participants that recovered paper is the largest volume item shipped from the U.S., says Wade Schuetzeberg, managing director, ACN Europe. As the shipping industry goes, so does the export of recovered paper....

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... 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...

Industry hits 50% recycling goal.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... More than half (50.3 percent) of the paper consumed in the U.S. last year, or 49.3 million tons, was recovered for recycling, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) reports. This recovery represents an increase of 69 percent since...

Inland to close two plants.(Indiana And S.C.)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Temple-Inland announced plans to close its Mishawaka, Ind., and Rock Hill, S.C., corrugated plants. Both plants are scheduled to close in early September. The company's other facilities will serve customers. About 119 people are employed at the...

Firms investing in color management.(Study Says)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Demand for color management offerings is at a five-year high, according to a new study by TrendWatch Graphic Arts. Seventeen percent of design and production firms plan to invest in color management software in the next 12 months, according to...

MeadWestvaco, Papa John's partner.(4-To-Go)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems' new Papa John's 4-To-Go pack is a hand-packed carton that holds four 20 oz. Coca-Cola products and is available for delivery or carryout at all participating U.S. Papa John's locations. This MeadWestvaco...

UK company buys first Rapida 205.(Largest Sheetfed Press)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Augustus Martin, England's largest producer of point of purchase material and outdoor media, has ordered the first UK Rapida 205, KBA's 'super XXL' format sheetfed press. The London Docklands Group also has taken an option on a second Rapida...

PPA develops university syllabus.(PKG Design And Engineering)(The Paperboard Packaging Alliance)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) releases a comprehensive paperboard packaging syllabus for use by the country's top packaging design and engineering university programs. The material was developed with input from packaging faculty and...

JB dryer increases efficiency at API.(Production Speed Gains)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Associated Packaging, Inc. (API), Greer, S.C., installs a JB Machinery infrared dryer system on its five-color, 66- by 130-inch Langston Precion rotary diecutter. API reports it has seen a significant overall productivity increase on the...

Lewisburg installs Esko-Graphics DCM.(Digital Printing)(Digital Converting Machine )(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Lewisburg Container, Lewisburg, Ohio, installs an Esko-Graphics Kongsberg Digital Converting Machine (DCM) to work alongside its CorrJet 2000 digital printer. Lewisburg Container produces corrugated sheets and packaging, including...

Green Bay division logs 11 accident-free years.(2,000,000 Hours)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... The Folding Carton Division of Green Bay Packaging Inc. achieves 11 years and 2,000,000 work hours with no lost-time accidents. This is the first time a manufacturing division of the company has reached this milestone. The division includes 93...

Stoneway Carton installs BoxPro.(From HyperWare)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Stoneway Carton, Seattle, installs HyperWare's BoxPro estimating and order entry system. Fully integrated with ACCPAC's Accounting Suite, BoxPro gives a robust Windows-based solution for corrugated box plants and brokers. HyperWare is based in...

Stora Enso and Bosch develop pharmaceutical pkg.(Pharmapak SHR)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Stora Enso and Bosch's new pharmaceutical packaging concept, the Stora Enso PharmaPak SHR, is a small hands-resistant, senior-friendly, high-compliance packaging solution. The concept consists of an automatic cartoning machine, a new package...

Gibraltar delists shares.(Cutting Costs)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Gibraltar Packaging Group, Inc., Hastings, Neb., has voluntarily filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to terminate registration of its common stock under the Securities Act of 1934. It expects the Form 15 to be effective...

Caraustar to close two plants.(N.C. And KY.)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Caraustar Industries, Inc., Atlanta, is closing its Charlotte, N.C., folding carton plant of the Custom Packaging Group and the Georgetown, Ky., plastics plant of the Industrial & Consumer Products Group. Customers of these facilities will be...

Rigid box sales decrease.(NPA Reports)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... May rigid box sales dropped 16.40 percent to $2,665,255, compared with May 2003 sales, according to the National Paperbox Association's (NPA) billed sales statistical program. The NPA report reflects sales statistics submitted by NPA member...

Average sheet prices.(prices and rates)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 3, 2004... Average Sheet Prices Based upon a survey of sheet plants. Per 1000 sq. ft., 50,000 sq. ft. single item orders, including delivery charges. Southeast/ East South ...

Geographic definitions for OBM paperstock chart (p. 11).(Official Board Markets)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * New England: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut * Southeast: Mason-Dixon line (boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland) to the Mississippi * Southwest:...

San Diego Paper Box chooses A.I.M.(Folder-Gluer)(American International Machinery )(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... San Diego Paper Box installs a Signature Series II folder-gluer from American International Machinery (A.I.M.), Oak Creek, Wis. The Series II Model 110 four and six corner machine features triple carrier construction throughout, a versatile...

CPD Tech Pack purchases Imaginera.(From Amtech)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... CPD Tech Pack, Oklahoma City, purchases the Imaginera system from Amtech to replace its Zytek system. Amtech uses a data conversion utilities set to automatically move the company's data from Zytek into Imaginera, ensuring a smooth transition...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.
July 3, 2004... Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements are as defined in the current ISRI Scrap Specifications Circular (now...

OCC moving steadily.(Problems In China)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... The past few weeks were very quiet on the OCC front. Board mills are running very well right now. Their finished products are in strong demand so don't look for a lot of downtime announcements. A lot of people are wondering why China hasn't...

Beverage carton recycling hits 30%.(European Union)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Thirty percent of all beverage carton packaging on the market within the European Union of 15 member states is recycled, according to a report from The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE), Brussels, Belgium. This...

Lorentzen & Wettre acquires.(Emveco Inc.)(Mergers, acquisitions and divestments)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Lorentzen & Wettre, Stockholm, Sweden, acquires the Newberg, Ore.-based Emveco Inc., manufacturers of laboratory test instruments for quality control operations in paper mills. The company's installed base includes more than 900 instruments...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(securities)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 3, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings ...

Mitsubishi sells ninth EVOL since Sept.(Flexo Folder-Gluer)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Mitsubishi sells its ninth EVOL flexo folder-gluer since the equipment's introduction in September. The EVOL is the latest addition to Mitsubishi's line of flexo folder-gluers. Mitsubishi is based in Hunt Valley, Md. For more information, call...

Heidelberg.(People Update)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Mark Wossner will succeed Klaus Sturany as chairman of the supervisory board of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Sturany will resign July 21 as chairman of the supervisory board following RWE's sale of its share in the company. Sturany, cfo of...

KBA.(People Update)(Radebeul)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Arndt Jentzsch, sheetfed veteran and senior engineer at KBA's Radebeul, Germany, plant, retired at the end of June. Christian Ziegenbalg, who most recently served as head of printing/coating unit engineering at KBA Redebeul, will succeed...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Prices and rates)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... 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 any...

Herlihy recognized for safety excellence.(Pulp & Paper Safety Assoc.)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Thomas Herlihy, executive vice president of Green Bay Packaging Inc., Green Bay, Wis., receives the Executive Eagle safety award from the Pulp & Paper Safety Association (PPSA) at its annual awards conference. Herlihy, who has been with Green...

AICC holds lean manufacturing, maintenance seminars.(More Planned)(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... Recent Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) seminars on lean manufacturing and maintenance management attracted high turnout. In early June, AICC held its first ever Executive Lean Manufacturing Workshop in Rosemont, Ill.,...

National Graphic Supply will distribute INX ink.(New York Area)(Distribution agreements)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2004... INX International Ink Co., Elk Grove Village, Ill., names National Graphic Supply Corp. as a new distributor. The Albany, N.Y.-based National Graphic Supply Corp. will market INX's ink and coating solutions exclusively within a 200-mile radius....

China's clout continues: recovered paper needs.(JP Management Consulting North America)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Recovered paper use in China will nearly double, increasing from 16 to 34 million metric tons between 2000 and 2010, says David Null, JP Management Consulting North America, Roswell, Ga. He was part of a panel discussion on Asia that was held...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 10, 2004... 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...

Change in business ownership.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 10, 2004... One of the key driving forces for China's economic success has been the change in ownership Collective State 1980 24% 76% Collective Private State Other 2000 33% 17%...

SSCC will raise export linerboard prices.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Earlier this month Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, sent out letters to customers stating that on September its price for export linerboard will go up $50/ton. "Whether this is a precursor to another hike in domestic linerboard...

EU launches Sonoco probe: reduce competition?(Sonoco Products Co.)(Ahlstrom Corp.)
July 10, 2004... The European Commission has begun a detailed investigation into the planned joint venture between U.S. packaging company Sonoco Products and Finnish fiber-based materials firm Ahlstrom, reports Forestweb. These two companies plan to combine...

IP completes box USA acquisition: 24 facilities, 1 mill.(International Paper Co.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... International Paper (IP), Stamford, Conn., completed its acquisition of Box USA on July 1 on terms previously disclosed. This acquisition is part of the company's strategic plan to grow its core paper, packaging and forest products businesses....

Weyco's Portland plant to close: shoe box business.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Workers at Weyerhaeuser Co.'s Portland, Ore., corrugated box plant have been told the plant will close by the end of the summer, leaving as many as 30 people out of work, reports the Portland Business Tribune. The closure of the former...

Sun introduces new company name: Sun Automation group.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... All of the SUN companies, Sun Automation, Sun Source 1, Sun Automation Europe, and Sun Source Europe, now have one company name, Sun Automation Group. "This name change has been planned for some time as the benefits of consolidating all of...

Prullage wins Mill Buyer Award: Graphic Packaging buyer.(Gregory Prullage)(Graphic Packaging International Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Gregory Prullage, manager of fiber procurement, Graphic Packaging International Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich., was recently awarded the second annual Mill Buyer Award. He received the honor at last month's Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show...

Companies partner to donate cosmetic kit: for cancer patients.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Diamond Packaging, Hazen Paper Co., MeadWestvaco, and Flutes, LLC, team up to donate 60,000 cartons to the Look Good... Feel Better@ program co-sponsored by the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CTFA), American Cancer Society, and...

Paperboard mill performance.(Production data)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 10, 2004... Paperboard Mill Performance U.S. paperboard production by furnish, current and cumulative totals in 1000 short tons, as reported by the American Forest & Paper Association. Unbleached ...

Producer price indexes--1982 = 100.(Paper products)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 10, 2004... Producer Price Indexes--1982 = 100 Year March Apr May 2002/2003 2004 2004 2004 Total Paperboard 164.3/162.7 157.8 162.3 166.3 Total...

Containerboard inventory drops slightly: story behind price increases.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Total containerboard inventory (at mills and box plants combined) fell 0.3 percent between the end of April and the end of May, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) reports. Specifically, it went from 2,292,400 tons at the end of...

Tim-Bar modifies name, invests in Miami: Timbar Packaging & Display.(Tim-Bar Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Tim-Bar Corp., Hanover, Pa., and its divisions will now operate as TimBar Packaging & Display. This includes Oneida Container, Vernon, N.Y.; Oxford Container, New Oxford, Pa.; Sunbelt Container, Gallatin, Tenn., and Spartanburg, S.C.;...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
July 10, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (8) Chicago $65-70 (0)...

Minn. Rock-Tenn press operators may strike: no overtime pay.(Rock-Tenn Co.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... A week after PACE Local 7-264 ratified a three-year contract at Rock-Tenn's St. Paul, Minn., boxboard mill, members of the GCIU Local 29-C rejected a nearly identical offer and unanimously requested strike sanction from their international...

China extends deadline again: to Aug. 1.(General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... The deadline for export registration is extended again to August 1, 2004, according to a nonce released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People's Republic of China. According to...

Discovery Center to open by Dec: new logo.(Paper Discovery Center)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... The Paper Discovery Center, Appleton, Wis., has a new logo featuring a paper airplane flight. The facility plans open by the end of the year the historic Atlas Mill section of Appleton. The Center will house the Paper Industry International...

Weyco picks Voith: NipcoFlex and Ecosoft.(Voith Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Weyerhaeuser selects Voith as the supplier of a NipcoFlex shoe calender and a 2-roll EcoSoft calender for the rebuild of the company's board machine 3 in Longview, Wash. The 5.100 mm wide board machine 3 produces liquid packaging board with a...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 10, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White ...

Sonoco enters into supply agreement: BSH Home Appliances.(BSH Home Appliances Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Sonoco and BSH Home Appliances Corp., Huntington Beach, Calif., have entered into a five-year supply agreement. BSH Home Appliances is a subsidiary of Bosch and Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, Germany, which is a joint venture between Robert...

Metso starts Avantone Oy: packaging solutions.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Metso Corp., Helsinki, Finland, is outsourcing its development project related to intelligent packaging and printing to a new joint venture established with Hansaprint, a Finnish printing house, and Nokia Corp. The new company Avantone Oy,...

AICC concerned about price hikes: rapid fire.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) notes that industry press reports about increasing containerboard prices have used terms like "rapid fire" and "slam dunk" to describe the round of increases now in place. Supplies...

Safety seminar covers OSHA standards: at Arvco.(Occupational Safety & Health Administration)(Arvco Container Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... In late June, 15 production, safety and human resources personnel from sheet and corrugator plants and a sheet feeder participated in the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters' (AICC) first Improving Plant Safety seminar in...

All-American Recycling, Inc.(People Update)(Roger Brown)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Roger Brown was recently inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame in Ft. Benning, Ga. He is the owner of All-American Recycling, Inc., Columbus, Ga.

Rising prices mobilize Fed: staying power.(United States. Federal Reserve Board)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Paper and paperboard prices have climbed over the past few months, responding to the upward move in the industry's operating rates. The improvement arrived just in time and helped finance higher fuel costs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data...

Boxboard demand improves: PPPC reports.(Pulp and Paper Products Council)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... North American boxboard demand improved in May, growing 1.8 percent, while production was up 2.1 percent compared to the same month last year, reports the Pulp and Paper Products Council, Montreal. Boxboard mills operated at 91 percent of their...

Short course on Lean planned: Sept. 15-16.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... TAPPI's Implementing Lean Manufacturing for Flexos and Diecutters short course will take place Sept. 15-16 at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk in Neenah, Wis. Chaired by Richard Target, On Target Consultants, the course presents an aggressive approach...

Corrugated better for watermelons: CPA cost study.(Corrugated Packaging Alliance)
July 10, 2004... The Corrugated Packaging Alliance's (CPA) newest cost-comparison study concludes that shipping watermelons in bulk bin corrugated containers saves nearly 20 percent of annual, total supply chain/distribution costs, compared with shipping in...

ICG invests in marketing: association of independents.(Independent Carton Group)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... The Independent Carton Group (ICG), the Newtown, Conn.-based association of 18 independently owned and operated folding carton companies, targets purchasing professionals with its first multi-placement advertising campaign. Part of a $300,000...

Mod-Pac foregoes printing rights: receives $22 million.(VistaPrint USA, Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Mod-Pac Corp., a Buffalo commercial printer and paperboard manufacturer, will receive $22 million for agreeing to forego exclusive North American printing rights to VistaPrint USA, Inc., Lexington, Mass., according to the Buffalo Business...

R-T closes Michigan paperboard mill: 106,000 tons of capacity.(Rock-Tenn Co.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Rock-Tenn Co. closed its Otsego, Mich., paperboard mill. The Otsego mill had an annual capacity of 106,000 tons, which primarily served Rock-Tenn's book and binder and laminated furniture components converting plants. Through the twelve...

UV flexo inks.(Product Update)(INXFlex 2000 UV flexo inks)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... INX International Ink Co.'s new INXFlex 2000 UV flexo Inks are formulated to provide exceptional flow, color consistency, and transfer properties on a wide range of substrates. According to the company, the inks help users make the most of...

IP, GP and Weyco share business risk profiles: standard & poor's report.(International Paper Co.)(Georgia-Pacific Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... International Paper Co. (IP), Stamford, Conn., Georgia-Pacific Corp. (GP), Atlanta, and Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash, have similar business risk profiles, according to a Standard & Poor's Ratings Services peer comparison report. All are...

Drupa products have U.S. debut in Chicago: Graph Expo and Converting Expo.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... This year's Graph Expo and Converting Expo, to be held Oct. 10-13 in Chicago, will serve as the U.S. debut venue for many new technologies and products introduced at drupa, held in Dusseldorf, Germany, last May. The show's producer, the...

MAN Roland EnergyLink.(Product Update)(Powervar)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... MAN Roland collaborates with electrical quality company Powervar to develop a device that automatically stabilizes and purifies pressroom power to help ensure that presses aren't affected by electrical spikes, surges and fluctuations. The...

Stuart Hazelton joins Harper Corp. of America as sales manager for Harper Graphics.(People Update)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... Stuart Hazelton joins Harper Corp. of America as sales manager for Harper Graphics. He is based in Harper Graphics' UK office and will supply customers in European markets with the company's anilox products. Harper Graphics, a Harper/Inometa...

KBA North America.(People Update)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2004... KBA North America, Williston, Vt., names Randy Perkins its new district sales manager to cover northern California, the northwest U.S., and southwest Canada. Perkins joins KBA with two years of printing supply sales experience for Bottcher...

China props its paper industry: U.S. put at disadvantage.
July 17, 2004... Subsidies and other government intervention underlie the massive expansion of pulp, paper and wood processing manufacturing capacity currently underway in China, according to a new report issued by the American Forest & Paper Association...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Illustration)
July 17, 2004... 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...

SSCC sees better earnings.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. says it expects to post earnings better than forecast by Wall Street analysts. The company states earnings for the second quarter, due to be released on July 23, would be "slightly better" than the consensus...

Stora Enso buys paper merchant.(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Stora Enso is buying Scaldia Paper in the Netherlands from International Paper to strengthen its position in the European paper merchant market. The debt-free transaction is valued at $37 million, the Helsinki, Finland-based company says. The...

Weyco to close Fla. sheet feeder: Bardcor corrugated.(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Weyerhaeuser Co. will close its Lakeland, Fla., BARDCOR corrugated packaging sheet feeder facility within the next 30 days. The closure affects approximately 42 positions. In a related move, Weyerhaeuser's Plant City, Fla., containerboard...

E and E display to close doors: auction date set.(Public Notice)
July 17, 2004... After 48 years of business, E and E Display Group, Lawrence, Kan., is closing, reports Display & Design Ideas. E and E clients included Hallmark Cards, RadioShack, and Verizon. The company produced displays and store fixtures in wood, metal,...

Golf outing kicks off year: Chicago Tappi.(annual golf tournament)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Chicago Tappi will be kicking off its year with its fourth annual golf tournament. This year the event will be a Texas Scramble (with Peoria Format) on August 24 at the Ruffled Feathers Golf Club, Lemont, Ill. Registration is at noon. The...

JSG's McGann to keynote board conference: meaty agenda.(International Containerboard Conference)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Jefferson Smurfit Group's Gary McGann will be the keynote speaker at the eleventh International Containerboard Conference, to be held October 13-14 in Chicago. The meeting will occur at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. Topics to be covered...

CMM offers exhibitor cost reductions: April 18-21, 2005.(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... In an effort to help converting machinery and materials suppliers reduce costs associated with transporting machinery to CMM International, to be held April 18-21, 2005 in Chicago, show organizers offer several price breaks for exhibitors of...

PPC: prepare now for RFID: 5 steps.(Radio frequency identification)( Paperboard Packaging Council)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... The Paperboard Packaging Council's (PPC) newly-formed RFID Task Force identifies five steps for converters to prepare for the application of the technology, which is currently required at crate and pallet level in January 2005 by Wal-Mart,...

Accubatch 2020MA model onsite ink management system.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Pacific Inks introduces the Accubatch 2020MA model onsite ink management system. The single pail production system grows with a converter's ink demands. This new model will allow small- to large-sized flexo or screen printers to mix batches of...

Thin film calorimeter.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... UV Process Supply's Con-Trol Cure's[R] TFC-9000[TM] thin film calorimeter tests inks, coatings and adhesives to ensure they cure to specifications and perform consistently batch to batch. The TFC-9000 rapidly measures the exothermic heat...

FIT students win pkg contest: cosmetic packaging.(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) students Carlo DiRusso, Malvina Yampolsky and Yin Wu win the first Robinson Paperboard Packaging design contest held at FIT, New York City. Robinson Paperboard Packaging sponsored the competition to bring a...

Harris & Bruno International.(People Update)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2004... Harris & Bruno International, Roseville, Calif., appoints Bob McVerry as its new West Coast offset sales representative. He replaces Scott Barker who retired. McVerry, owner of NOW Pressroom Products, represents several equipment manufacturers...