COHOES, NY | Mohawk has expanded its wide format inkjet portfolio to 112 items to meet the needs of the digital printing market. The portfolio includes 32 different product lines.

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 WILMINGTON, DE | DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Archer Daniels Midland Co. report a new breakthrough process with the potential to expand the materials landscape with high-performance renewal materials. The technology has applications in packaging and many other industries.

HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA | Havesino offers a slitter/rewinder for film, foil, paper, labels, and laminates. The HN film slitter has working speeds from 300 mpm to a maximum of 800 mpm.

Appleton Mfg. Division offers safe, productive and hands free slabbing solutions that fit your needs. Master and Butt Roll slabbing that is safe and productive, plus our Original Safe-Slab for blade free slabbing and core recycling. Visit www.appletonmfg.com for more details.

ROCHESTER, NY | Diamond Packaging won a Gold Award for Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue NYC Premiere carton in the Paperboard Packaging Council's annual competition. The packaging features metallized polyester board and intricate foil stamping and embossing accents. The brilliant, mirror-like finish of the substrate makes it a perfect choice for conveying the stunning graphics.

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Converting Track Systems offers the best roll handling solutions available. We design more efficient flow for your rolls, create safety, and ensure durability. Manual or motorized, our tracks are versatile and innovative. The value comes from the satisfaction of the finished project, and years of providing peace of mind for many customers just like you. We are dedicated to roll handling and our focus has always been to provide consistency and durability for our customers.

Dienes Corp. offers the PQAS-Time Saver, a lateral adjusting Crush Cut holder. To learn more, visit the SLITTING content category on our website.

Condolences to the family of Joseph Trungale, who passed away January 15. David Scheible, Mary Sullivan, Ralph Boer, James Chesley, Joe Czaplewski, Greg Clements, and Chris Glowacki are in the news. Follow your industry colleagues by Liking PFFC on Facebook and take a moment to congratulate them on their recent career moves.

Register by Jan. 29 to save up to $350! Return to the office with more info than Google when you join thousands from the package printing/converting industry for 4 days of learning and networking you simply can't find anywhere else. At Forum, learn about game changing technology poised to make huge impacts. Plus, discover how digital and flexo can equal a winning combination. Then, see the most revolutionary technologies on the INFO*FLEX show floor. Visit www.flexography.org
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Labels in Motion, Orlando, FL, a label converter that serves as an in-plant facility for its nutraceutical parent company XYMOGEN, has installed an HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press because it supports a wide range of standard, off-the-shelf substrates with in-line priming as well as pre-treated materials and offers up to seven ink stations for a wide color gamut. "Our company is now producing high quality, single-serve supplement packets in a timely, cost-effective manner using packaging materials that are approved for food safety," said Steve Kirchof, VP of sales and operations manager. "We considered other options, but the speed of the HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press combined with the price and the ability to do one-offs for our supplements was a very enticing combination for us."

Meech Static Eliminators has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence in high quality electrical engineering and for the last 50 years has specialized in the development of electro-static control solutions. Our product range includes both static control and web cleaning equipment for the printing, flexo and converting industries. We specialize in electrical AC and Pulsed DC ionization systems, which includes a range of ionizing bars, blowers and nozzles. We also offer a full line of static generation systems with various pinning heads and power capabilities. Learn More Here.

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Take a virtual tour of Webex and its two manufacturing Centers of Excellence in Neenah, Wisconsin, and Chicopee, Massachusetts. A $2.5 million investment, the Centers of Excellence initiative created two manufacturing centers of excellence, one in Neenah, Wisconsin, which specializes in the engineering and manufacturing of small and medium size rolls, and one in Chicopee, Massachusetts, which does the same for larger rolls. For more information, visit www.maxcessintl.com.

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AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | AWA Alexander Watson Associates presents the tenth Intl. Sleeve Label Conference and Exhibition March 3 and 4 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver, CO.

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MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ | Graphic Arts Advisors offers the Target Report, which chronicles merger, acquisition, and restructuring activity in the printing, packaging, and related industries.

WINDSOR, CT | Scapa Group has made a significant financial investment at its Renfrew, ON, Canada site to improve manufacturing capacity of polyethylene tapes.

 
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