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NEWS CLIPS uFlexo Concepts, Plymouth, MA, a manufacturer of MicroClean dry media anilox cleaning systems, teams with J.M. Heaford, Cheshire, England, to open a MicroClean demonstration center in Altrincham, England. Heaford produces proofing and mounting equipment and distributes consumables, including anilox sleeves, mounting tape, doctor blades, and inks. uCaraustar Industries, Atlanta, GA, an integrated manufacturer of converted recycled paperboard, joins the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. uDow Chemical, Midland, MI, increases prices for all hollow plastic pigment latex products by US $0.11/lb (dry) and styrene acrylate and vinyl acrylate products by US $0.10/lb (dry) sold by Dow Emulsion Polymers to customers in the US and Canada. uFlint Group, Luxembourg, acquires the packaging ink business of Siegwerk, Siegburg, Germany, in Australia and New Zealand. uWeko North America announces a new headquarters and new management at 896 W. St. John St., Spartanburg, SC 29301; 864-278-8449. uTeknek, Renfrewshire, Scotland, reaches an amicable settlement in its ongoing dispute with SDI and expects to spearhead a new campaign to grow its US presence. This includes new facilities and an enhanced range of products and services. uChesapeake Corp., Richmond, VA, dedicates a new plastic packaging plant in Peremarton, Hungary, to serve specialty chemical customers. uRonin Investments Managing Co., Tel Aviv, Israel, acquires close to 25% of the shares of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT), Hod Hasharon, Israel. uAhlstrom Corp., Helsinki, Finland, announces price increases on its flexible packaging, metallizing, office, and graphic papers manufactured at the French Rottersac and Stenay plants. The increases are a result of the continuous rise of raw materials and energy costs, the company says. uGould Paper Corp., New York, NY, completes the acquisition of the Dallas division of Sabin Robbins Paper Co., Cincinnati, OH. What’s happening at your company? Send your news to yolanda.simonsis@penton.com. A recent Nordmeccanica open house featured two new solvent-free adhesives from Rohm & Haas. Open House Presents Solvent-Free Adhesives LONG ISLAND, NY | Nordmeccanica held an open house on April 10 at its Long Island location in which two new solvent-free adhesives from Rohm & Haas were tested and demonstrated on a Nordmeccanica Super Simplex laminator. The laminator was used courtesy of PrestigePak, a converter of flexible packaging located in Fond du Lac, WI, which purchased it from Nordmeccanica and allowed it be used for the demonstration prior to shipment. W O Fifty Years of Data RESTON, VA | RK Donation Is a Hit CHICAGO, IL | Graymills Corp. has donated six of its Quick Change peristaltic ink pumps to Clemson Univ.’s flexographic lab. Jay Sperry of the Sonoco Inst. at Clemson says, the pumps “worked great and greatly assisted ink maintenance and changeover speed.” The Market Data Program of NPES, The Assn. for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, celebrated 50 years of data gathering in 2007. Today, the program collects shipments data in nearly 200 product categories, including imaging/ prepress, systems and software, pressroom equipment, bindery/finishing, and graphic arts supplies. Shipments of graphic arts machinery and equipment were nearly $220 million in 1957. In 2006 total US shipments of printing equipment and graphic arts supplies were more than $3 billion. NPES provides the opportunity for all of its members to participate in the Market Data Program at no cost, adding the program is legally monitored and highly confidential. WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM 16 | JULY 2008 AT http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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PFFC - July 2008 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 Cover: Special Report Start with Security 2008 TAPPI PLACE Conference Printing Partnerships Paper’s Pledge Edible Markers Flexography Exclusive Research: Critical Trends What’s New Products Services Directory Classified Marketplace Advertisers Index Experience Speaks

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