PFFC - January 2008 - (Page 18) NEWS CLIPS Automation Fair Returns CHICAGO, IL | For more on the Automation Fair, see Yolanda Simonsis’s editorial in the December 2007 issue of PFFC, p10. SMS Sells BGE DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY | SMS has sold off the last remaining company in the plastics technology sector, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering (BGE),Gloucester, MA. The buyer is a US Management Buyout Group led by investor group Mousam Ventures. John Sharood, chairman of what now will be called Gloucester Engineering, and vice chairman Dick Murphy joined with eight senior managers, including BGE president and CEO Carl Johnson, to purchase the company. Rockwell Automation welcomed more than 13,000 attendees from 65 countries to the 2007 Automation Fair, held November 14–15 at the new McCormick Place West hall. The event included more than 100 solutions and product exhibits and over 85 technical sessions, hands-on training labs, and manufacturing industry presentations on key automation trends. This is the 16th such event, and Keith Nosbusch, chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation, says, “Each year at the Automation Fair we have the opportunity to bring together customers and manufacturing professionals from around the globe. This [event] is an environment where manufacturers can bring their problems and walk away with solutions that will help them be more competitive in their businesses.” PAPER, FILM & FOIL CONVERTER Drupa Sessions Will Point the Way CHICAGO, IL | The popular concept of “modularity” certainly will be featured at drupa 2008, and not just in the machinery exhibited. The event, to be held May 29–June 11 at the Düsseldorf, Germany, Fairgrounds, includes an ancillary program which drupa 2008 project director Manuel Mataré calls a modular system. He says the system “gives visitors the opportunity to put together a personalized package and thus get the most out of the expertise [offered].” The ancillary program includes Highlights Tours, drupa innovation parc powered by HP, an industry forum, and Compass Sessions. The Compass Sessions are two-hour intensive workshops staged daily from 9:00–11:00 A.M. in the Congress Center East at the Fairgrounds. Organized by Print & Media Forum AG, each session will be devoted to a different topic concerning technology and new lines of business in the printing industry, and each will comprise four half-hour talks by industry experts. Participation in the Compass Sessions costs 75 (60 for members of the German Printing and Media Industries Federation). Compass Session topics include the following: digital/inkjet printing (May 30); digital workflows (May 31); offset printing (June 2); web-to-print solutions (June 3); printed electronics (June 4); premedia (June 5); package printing (June 6); digital/inkjet printing (June 7); digital workflows (June 9); pre-media (June 10); and offset printing (June 11). For the detailed Compass program as well as registration information, visit www.compass-sessions.de. For other drupa 2008 information, visit www.drupa.de. PFFC-ASAP 113 18 | JANUARY 2008 WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://www.compass-sessions.de http://www.drupa.de http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM
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