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US & INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS UNITED STATES 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance | Washington, DC; 202-347-8000; 877-772-6200; www.rpa100.com Adhesive & Sealant Council (ASC) | Bethesda, MD; 301-986-9700; www.ascouncil.org AIM—Assn. for Automatic Identification & Mobility | Warrendale, PA; 724-934-4470; www.aimglobal.org AIMCAL Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators | Fort Mill, SC; 803-802-7820; www.aimcal.org Aluminum Assn. | Arlington, VA; 703358-2960; www.aluminum.org American Chemistry Council (ACC) | Arlington, VA; 703-741-5000; www.americanchemistry.com American Forest & Paper Assn. | Washington, DC; 202-463-2700; 800-878-8878; www.afandpa.org American Management Assn. (AMA) | New York, NY; 212-586-8100; 877-566-9441; www.amanet.org American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) | Alexandria, VA; 703683-8100; 800-628-2783; www.astd.org Assn. of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) | Alexandria, VA; 703-836-2422; 877-836-2422; www.aiccbox.org ASTM Intl. | West Conshohocken, PA; 610-832-9500; www.astm.org AVS Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing | New York, NY; 212-248-0200; www.avs.org BFMA Intl.—The Organization for Forms & Business Process Professionals | Portland, OR 97204; 503-227-3393; www.bfma.org California Film Extruders & Converters Assn. (CFECA) | Newport Beach, CA; 949-640-9901; www.cfeca.org Composite Can & Tube Inst. (CCTI) | Alexandria, VA; 703-823-7234; www.cctiwdc.org Consumer Specialty Products Assn. | Washington, DC; 202-872-8110; www.cspa.org Content Delivery & Storage Assn. (CDSA) | Princeton, NJ; 609-279-1700; www.contentdeliveryandstorage.org Converting Equipment Mfrs. Assn. (CEMA) | Fort Mill, SC; 803-802-7820; www.cema-converting.org Converting Influence | Appleton, WI; 920265-6407; www.convertinginfluence.com Digital Printing Council (DPC) | Sewickley, PA; 412-741-6860; www.digitalprintingcouncil.com Envelope Mfrs. Assn. (EMA) | Alexandria, VA; 703-739-2200; www.envelope.org ESD Assn. | Rome, NY; 315-339-6937; www.esda.org Fibre Box Assn. (FBA) | Elk Grove Village, IL; 847-364-9600; www.fibrebox.org Film & Bag Federation, Unit of the Society of the Plastics Industry | Washington, DC; 202-974-5218; www.plasticbag.com Flexible Packaging Assn. (FPA) | Linthicum, MD; 410-694-0800; www.flexpack.org Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Assn. (FPPA) | Bel Air, MD; 443-640-1045; www.fppa.net Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA) | Ronkonkoma, NY; 631-737-6020; www.flexography.org Foil Stamping & Embossing Assn. (FSEA) | Topeka, KS; 785-271-5816; www.fsea.com Foodservice & Packaging Inst. (FPI) | Falls Church, VA; 703-538-2800; www.fpi.org Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF) | Reston, VA; 703-264-7200; www.gaerf.org Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) | Sewickley, PA; 412-741-6860; 800-910-4283; www.gain.net Gravure Assn. of America (GAA) | Rochester, NY; 585-436-2150; www.gaa.org GS1 US | Lawrenceville, NJ; 609620-0200; www.gs1us.org Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council | Falls Church, VA; 703-538-4030; www.unitdose.org INDA Assn. of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry | Cary, NC; 919-233-1210; www.inda.org Industrial Fabrics Assn. Intl. (IFAI) | Roseville, MN; 651-222-2508; 800-225-4324; www.ifai.com In-Mold Decorating Assn. (IMDA) | Scottsdale, AZ; 480-473-0301; www.imdassociation.com Inst. of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) | Naperville, IL; 630-544-5050; www.iopp.org BG88 | MARCH 2008 Inst. of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) | Washington, DC; 202-662-8500; www.isri.org Intl. Assn. of Diecutting & Diemaking (IADD) | Crystal Lake, IL; 815-455-7519; 800-828-4233; www.iadd.org Intl. Corrugated Case Assn. (ICCA) | Elk Grove Village, IL; 847-364-9600; www.iccanet.org Intl. Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) | Alexandria, VA; 703-549-8580; www.icpfbox.org IPA—The Assn. of Graphic Solutions Providers | Edina, MN; 952-896-1908; 800-255-8141; www.ipa.org ISA—The Instrumentation, Systems & Automation Society | Research Triangle Pk., NC; 919-549-8411; www.isa.org ISTA, Intl. Safe Transit Assn. | East Lansing, MI; 517-333-3437; www.ista.org Label Printing Industries of America (LPIA) | Contact Laurie Reynolds; 412-259-1802; www.gain.net Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) | Charlotte, NC; 704-676-1190; www.mhia.org NAPL—The Trade Assn. for Excellence in Graphic Communications Management | Paramus, NJ; 201-634-9600; 800-642-6275; www.napl.org National Assn. of Printing Ink Mfrs. (NAPIM) | Woodbridge, NJ; 732-855-1525; www.napim.org National Electrical Mfrs. Assn. (NEMA) | Rosslyn, VA; 703-841-3200; www.nema.org National Plastics Center (NPC) | Leominster, MA; 978-537-9529; www.plasticsmuseum.org North American Packaging Assn. (NAPA) | Alexandria, VA; 703-684-2212; www.paperbox.org North East Label Mfrs. Assn. (NELMA) | Contact Steve Miller; 610-873-0150; www.nelma.net NPES The Assn. for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing & Converting Technologies | Reston, VA; 703-264-7200; www.npes.org NPTA Alliance—The Assn. for the Paper, Packaging and Supplies Distribution Channel | Chicago, IL; 312-321-4092; 800-355-6782; www.goNPTA.com Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. Global (PLGA) | Naples, FL; 920-217-6059; www.plga.com Packaging Machinery Mfrs. Inst. (PMMI) | Arlington, VA; 703-243-8555; 888-275-7664; www.pmmi.org Paper Industry Management Assn. (PIMA) | Norcross, GA; 770-209-7230; www.pimaweb.org Paper Shipping Sack Mfrs. Assn. (PSSMA) | Coopersburg, PA; 610-282-6845; www.pssma.com Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) | Alexandria, VA; 703-836-3300; www.ppcnet.org Personal Care Products Council | Washington, DC; 202-331-1770; www.personalcarecouncil.org PostCom, Assn. for Postal Commerce | Arlington, VA; 703-524-0096; www.postcom.org Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) | Northbrook, IL, 847-562-2630; www.pstc.org Print Services & Distribution Assn. (PSDA) | Alexandria, VA; 703-836-6232; 800-336-4641; www.psda.org Printing Industries of America (PIA) | Sewickley, PA; 412-741-6860; 800-910-4283; www.gain.net Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA) | Charlotte, NC; 704-357-1150; www.picanet.org Radtech Intl. North America | Bethesda, MD; 240-497-1242; www.radtech.org Retail Packaging Assn. (RPA) | Covington, NY; 859-341-9623; www.retailpackaging.org Snack Food Assn. (SFA) | Arlington, VA; 703-836-4500; www.sfa.org Society of Mfg. Engineers (SME) | Dearborn, MI; 313-425-3000; 800-733-4763; www.sme.org Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) | Brookfield, CT; 203-775-0471; www.4spe.org Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) | Washington, DC; 202-974-5200; www.plasticsindustry.org Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Albuquerque, NM; 505-856-7188; www.svc.org Specialty Graphic Imaging Assn. (SGIA) | Fairfax, VA; 703-385-1335; www.sgia.org Synthetic Organic Chemical Mfrs. Assn. (SOCMA) | Washington, DC; 202-721-4100; www.socma.com Tag & Label Mfrs. Inst. (TLMI) | Naperville, IL; 630-357-9222; www.tlmi.com TAPPI | Norcross, GA; 770-446-1400; 800-332-8686; www.tappi.org Technical Assn. of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) | Sewickley, PA; 412-259-1706; www.taga.org Thermoforming Inst. | Irvine, CA; 949-2616979; www.thermoforminginstitute.org Tube Council | Flemington, NJ; 508850-5179; www.tube.org US Chamber of Commerce | Washington, DC; 202659-6000; 800-638-6582; www.uschamber.com Vinyl Inst. | Arlington, VA; 703-7415670; www.vinylinfo.org Waterless Printing Assn. | Woodstock, IL; 815337-7681; 800-850-0660; www.waterless.org Women In Packaging | Kennesaw, GA; 678594-6872; www.womeninpackaging.org INTERNATIONAL ACIMGA, Italian Mfrs. Assn. of Machinery for the Graphic, Converting & Paper Industry | Milan, Italy; +39-02-319-1091; www.acimga.it Aluminum Assn. of Canada | Montreal, QC, Canada; 514-288-4842; www.aac.aluminium.qc.ca Asociación de Corrugadores del Caribe, Centro y Sur América (ACCCSA) | San José, Costa Rica; +506-204-7201; www.acccsa.org Asociación Gremial de Ind. Gráficos de Chile | Santiago, Chile; +56-2-225-7706; www.asimpres.cl Asociación Mexicana de Envase y Embalaje (AMEE) | Morales, Mexico; +52 (55) 5545-6258; www.amee.org.mx Associação Brasileira da Indústria Gráfica (ABIGRAF) | São Paulo, Brazil; +55-11-5087-7777; www.abigraf.org.br Associação Brasileira de Embalagem (ABRE) | São Paulo, Brazil; +55-11-3082-9722; www.abre.org.br Australian Inst. of Packaging | Oxley, Queensland, Australia; +61-7-3278-4490; www.aipack.com.au Canadian Plastics Industry Assn. | Mississauga, ON, Canada; 905-678-7405; www.plastics.ca Canadian Printing Industries Assn. (CPIA) | Ottawa, ON, Canada; 613-236-7208; www.cpia-aci.ca CONLATINGRAF | Montevideo, Uruguay; +5982-9028160; www.conlatingraf.org EDANA, Intl. Assn. Serving Nonwovens Industries | Brussels, Belgium; +32-2-734-9310; www.edana.org European Aluminium Assn. (EAA) | Brussels, Belgium; +32-2-775-6363; www.aluminium.org European Aluminium Foil Assn. (EAFA) | Düsseldorf, Germany; +49-211-4796-150; www.alufoil.org European Flexographic Technical Assn. (EFTA) | Somerset, UK; +44 (0) 1458-241455; www.efta.co.uk European Metallizers Assn. | The Hague, Netherlands; +31 (0) 70-312-3917; www.eurometallizers.org Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) | Düsseldorf, Germany; +49 (211) 4796-150; www.flexpack-europe.org Graphispack Asociación | Barcelona, Spain; +34-932-332-250; www.graphispack.org Hong Kong Packaging Inst. | T.S.T. Kowloon, Hong Kong; +852-2624-9083; www.hkpi.org.hk Instituto Argentino del Envase (IAE) | Buenos Aires, Argentina; +54-11-4957-0350; www.packaging.com.ar IoP: The Packaging Society | Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK; +44-01476-514590; www.pi2.org.uk Inst. of Packaging S.A. (IPSA) | Pinegowrie, South Africa; +27-11-782-0233; www.ipsa.org.za Intl. Society of Coating Science and Tech. (ISCST) | Contact Brian Higgins; 530-752-8780; www.iscst.org Netherlands Packaging Centre | Gouda, The Netherlands; +31 (0) 182-512411; www.nvc.nl Packaging Assn. of Canada (PAC) | Toronto, ON, Canada; 416-490-7860; www.pac.ca Paper & Paperboard Pkg Env. Council | Etobicoke, ON, Canada; 416-626-0350; www.ppec-pap http://www.isri.org http://www.thermoforminginstitute.org http://www.rpa100.com http://www.iadd.org http://www.tube.org http://www.ascouncil.org http://www.iccanet.org http://www.uschamber.com http://www.aimglobal.org http://www.icpfbox.org http://www.vinylinfo.org http://www.ipa.org http://www.waterless.org http://www.aimcal.org http://www.womeninpackaging.org http://www.aluminum.org http://www.isa.org http://www.americanchemistry.com http://www.ista.org http://www.afandpa.org http://www.gain.net http://www.amanet.org http://www.mhia.org http://www.acimga.it http://www.aac.aluminium.qc.ca http://www.astd.org http://www.napl.org http://www.napim.org http://www.acccsa.org http://www.aiccbox.org http://www.nema.org http://www.asimpres.cl http://www.astm.org http://www.plasticsmuseum.org http://www.amee.org.mx http://www.avs.org http://www.paperbox.org http://www.abigraf.org.br http://www.nelma.net http://www.abre.org.br http://www.bfma.org http://www.aipack.com.au http://www.cfeca.org http://www.npes.org http://www.plastics.ca http://www.cctiwdc.org http://www.goNPTA.com http://www.cpia-aci.ca http://www.cspa.org http://www.plga.com http://www.conlatingraf.org http://www.contentdeliveryandstorage.org http://www.pmmi.org http://www.edana.org http://www.cema-converting.org http://www.pimaweb.org http://www.aluminium.org http://www.convertinginfluence.com http://www.pssma.com http://www.alufoil.org http://www.digitalprintingcouncil.com http://www.ppcnet.org http://www.efta.co.uk http://www.envelope.org http://www.esda.org http://www.personalcarecouncil.org http://www.eurometallizers.org http://www.fibrebox.org http://www.postcom.org http://www.flexpack-europe.org http://www.pstc.org http://www.graphispack.org http://www.plasticbag.com http://www.psda.org http://www.hkpi.org.hk http://www.flexpack.org http://www.gain.net http://www.packaging.com.ar http://www.fppa.net http://www.picanet.org http://www.pi2.org.uk http://www.flexography.org http://www.radtech.org http://www.ipsa.org.za http://www.fsea.com http://www.retailpackaging.org http://www.iscst.org http://www.fpi.org http://www.sfa.org http://www.nvc.nl http://www.gaerf.org http://www.sme.org http://www.pac.ca http://www.gain.net http://www.4spe.org http://www.ppec-paper.com http://www.gaa.org http://www.plasticsindustry.org http://www.paperplus.org http://www.gs1us.org http://www.svc.org http://www.cobro.org.pl http://www.unitdose.org http://www.sgia.org http://www.radtech-europe.com http://www.inda.org http://www.socma.com http://www.syba.cz http://www.ifai.com http://www.tlmi.com http://www.thaipack.com http://www.imdassociation.com http://www.tappi.org http://www.uilmac.com.mx http://www.iopp.org http://www.taga.org http://www.worldpackaging.org http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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PFFC - March 2008 Table of Contents First Glance Calendar of Events From the Editor Web Lines Process Management News Clips Narrow Web & Label Reporter Narrow Web & Label What's New Products Label Converting Sleeves Cover Story - Plasma Treating Top 10 Lamination Metallizing Flex-Pack What's New Products Services Directory Classified Marketplace Equipment Buyers & Sellers Advertisers Index Experience Speaks Buyers Guide Buyers Guide Contents Product Classifications Index Basic Materials Services & Supplies Equipment, Accessories & Machinery Advertisers Index Manufacturers & Suppliers Index Free Information/Reader Service US & International Associations Hang On Insert

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