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NEWS CLIPS uElsner Engineering Works, Hanover, PA, is named the exclusive sales representative for Wipcor S.r.l., Novara, Italy, for North American and Mexican sales. Elsner also will market the Wipcor line worldwide. uEvonik Goldschmidt Corp., Hopewell, VA, reports its Industrial Specialties and Household Care business lines will increase off-list prices for products marketed in North America. Silicones and organic products, including quaternary compounds, surfactants, amine derivatives, and specialty additives, will increase between $0.05/lb and $0.15/lb. Select products will see higher increases. uThe Packaging and Building Materials business of Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA, reports a list and off-list price increase for acrylic, vinyl acrylic, and styrene acrylic-based emulsions and solution acrylic polymers sold to the North American PSA, textile, nonwoven, and construction adhesives industries. uThe Montalvo Corp., Gorham, ME, opens a branch in Shanghai, China, designated Montalvo (Shanghai) Trading Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Montalvo Holdings. uInternational Paper, Memphis, TN, is named the No. 1 company for the Forest and Paper Products sector by FORTUNE magazine in its annual repor t of “America’s Most Admired Companies.” uThe InterFlex Group, Wilkesboro, NC, a flexible packaging company with facilities in the US, Scotland, and Brazil, acquires EBR Ltd., Sunderland, England, a flexible packaging converter with strong market positions in the UK bakery and snack food sectors. uPrism Group Holdings, Auckland, New Zealand, signs a distribution agreement with LithoTechnics Pty., Buckeye AZ, and Wollongong, Australia, in which Prism will sell and support the Metrix line of workflow integration and automation software worldwide on Mac OS X and Windows platforms. uGreat Northern Corp., Appleton, WI, acquires the assets of Creative Carton, Minneapolis, MN. Terms were not disclosed. What’s happening at your company? Send your news to yolanda.simonsis@penton.com. Journalists on Duomedia’s Drupa Discovery Tour gather for a group photo on a beautiful evening in Brussels, Belgium. Pre-Drupa Event Focuses on Innovation By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor GENT, BELGIUM | Duomedia’s Drupa Discovery Tour, a gathering of 83 journalists from 26 countries, took place March 20–24. More than 100 publications were represented, including PFFC. In the city EskoArtwork’s CEO Carsten Knudsen calls “the cradle of packaging software,” several companies previewed the hardware and software products they’ll introduce at the upcoming print show in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 29–June 11. Participating suppliers included EskoArtwork, which will show new software, plug-ins, platesetters, and digital cutting tables. CEO Knudsen also announced the acquisition of Gradual Software, whose staff and technology will be merged with EskoArtwork’s Enfocus operations. Agfa Graphics will introduce a chemistryfree, thermal digital plate; a series of thermal imaging CtP platesetters; workflow solutions; large-format printers; and a polyester-based synthetic paper. Pressroom chemistries include an eco-friendly plate cleaner. Punch Graphix Intl. presented a new generation of platesetters for UV plate exposure from basysPrint. The company’s Xeikon business will debut a toner-based digital color press. Atlantic Zeiser will introduce two highresolution inkjet printers. The company’s second generation LED UV curing technology also will be displayed. HP will show three new digital presses, its first-ever workflow portfolio, and an inkjet web press for high-speed color printing. New water-based latex inks are said to produce high quality, dry, odorless prints. Alwan Color Expertise will demonstrate new software for color management. PerfectProof will demonstrate proofing, large-format production, and packaging prototypes. Canon will show new color and B&W digital presses, including a device with clear toner to enhance print, as well as a process control system and production workflow. A large-format printer with an 80 GB hard drive also will be shown. A roundtable moderated by Laurel Brunner of UK-based Spindrift and Andy Tribute, Attributes Assoc., Cornwall, UK, tackled the hot topics of sustainability, automation, and emerging applications. The panel also debated inkjet versus toner and digital versus conventional print. Look for more details on these and other product launches in our Drupa New Product Digest on p44 and in upcoming issues of PFFC. For more information on the Drupa Discovery tour, visit our website at www.pffc-online.com. WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM 16 | MAY 2008 http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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