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NEWS CLIPS EDI Adds Slot Die Company The Liberty WetWare system is a complete slot die coating module that can be shipped for on-site trials on actual production lines. The Liberty product range is now part of EDI. CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI | Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI) has purchased Liberty Coating Equipment, a manufacturer of slot die coating systems. EDI will retain the Liberty product range and trade name but will move all manufacturing systems from Liberty’s plant in Sussex, WI, to EDI headquarters in Chippewa Falls. Joining EDI as product manager for Liberty systems is Tom Johns, formerly design and application engineer with Liberty. EDI project and manufacturing engineer Mark D. Miller will serve as manager in charge of all Liberty accounts. Although EDI is also a supplier of slot die systems, there is little overlap between their customer bases, says Christopher W. Curtin, EDI’s executive VP of sales and marketing. “The acquisition…enables EDI to expand its reach in a number of slot die markets, particularly those requiring very thin optically clear coatings.” Perfect Roll Protection It’s like having a security force protecting your roll products 24/7. PIMA Hands Out Awards NORCROSS, GA | PIMA, the Paper Industry Management Assn., presented its top awards during the recent 2007 TAPPI Papermakers & PIMA International Leadership Conference. Keith Van Scotter, president of Lincoln Paper and Tissue, was named PIMA’s 2007 Executive of the Year; John “Jay” Martin, paper mill superintendent at Graphic Packaging Intl.’s Macon, GA, mill, was named the Brookshire Moore Superintendent of the Year; John Donahue, managing director of SAPPI Fine Paper North America’s Somerset operation, is the Mill Manager of the Year; and Russ Bishop, director of IT manufacturing for Weyerhaeuser Co., is Technologist of the Year. The conference was a collaboration between TAPPI and PIMA. For more information visit www.pimaandtappi.org. Plastic plugs up to 8" dia. Over 500 core plug sizes, styles and duty ranges! Basic roll protection starts with the perfect core plug. That’s where Badger Plug gives you more! More sizes … more shapes … more material choices … and more exacting tolerances.Your perfect core plug is only a phone call away. Gearless Press on Display TAVAZZANO, ITALY | Flexotecnica recently opened its global headquarters near Milan for a demonstration of the 52-in., eight-color Chronos sleeved gearless press. The press on display offered a maximum printing speed to 1,150 fpm; a drying tunnel with 16 nozzles; a repeat range from 14.6–31.5 in.; flying splice unwind and rewind for maximum roll diameters of 39.3 in; an AVT PrintVision Prelude video camera for web inspection and auto register control; a Speedy Clean automatic wash-up system; and a Fife edge guiding system. WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM Nobody protects your rolls better! Metal plugs up to 12" dia. Wood plugs up to 60" dia. 920-757-7300 • www.badgerplug.com Call us for all your roll protection needs, large or small. PFFC-ASAP 117 18 | SEPTEMBER 2007 http://www.badgerplug.com http://www.pimaandtappi.org http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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Table of Contents First Glance From the Editor Calendar of Events Web Lines Process Management News Clips Narrow Web & Label Reporter Narrow Web & Label What’s New Products Narrow Web Sustainability: Going Green? What's the Score with Wal-Mart's Scorecard? Straight Talk From Your Trade Associations Learn 5 Key Elements to Creating Cost-Effective and Eco-Conscious Packaging Install Energy-Efficient Light Fixtures and Reap the Environmental Benefits People, Profit, Planet: How to Balance the Impact of a Triple-bottom-line Philosophy Show Preview What’s New Products Services Directory Classified Marketplace Equipment Buyers & Sellers Advertisers Index Experience Speaks

PFFC - September 2007

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