FEATURED STORYFor many years, the name of the game in product marketing was to cram, cram, cram. More equated to better. Marketing communications expert Mark Lusky says the days of unfettered hype, on labels and elsewhere, are disappearing. FULL ARTICLE
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 Jemmco's JemmTac Web Cleaning Sleeve slides over your existing idler roll to provide exceptional web cleaning at a price you can afford. For just $50 you can cover a 3" x 12" roll and for $250 you can cover a 4" x 66" roll. Call or email us today to get your custom quotation and start saving! 262-512-9559
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SUNRISE, FL | D.P.R. Labeling announces the release of the Gemini digital die-cutter for sheet labels. Desktop-style cutter is capable of handling various types of materials with different thicknesses. FULL ARTICLE
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SCHAUMBURG, IL | INX Intl. Ink Co. will introduce the HMJ-250 medium batch automated ink dispenser, built by HMJ tech, at Labelexpo Americas. Features include fully automated valve cleaning and single point dispensing into any container.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN | Delta ModTech will feature Flex Edge Laser Technology with a new on-the-fly changeover demo at Labelexpo Americas. Technology is the solution for markets that demand flexiblity, new job set up is quick, and the ability to recall saved products speeds up changeovers.
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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. Contact us to Learn more!
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MALDEGEM, BELGIUM | Verstaete IML won three awards in the recent In-Mold Decorating Assn. awards competition, presented June 6 at the 2016 IMDA Symposium. In the Best Product Family category, the company earned a silver award for Berry Plastics' SelecTE product group, a range of high quality rectangular, sealed packaging provided with three-sided or five-sided IML labels. Thanks to the way in which this packaging is decorated, the quality of the food product is clearly visible to the consumer though the transparent sections of the package, and there is also enough free space to attract consumers with the excellent graphical quality of the label.
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FEATURED BLOG
Hats off to Nintendo, says senior marketer and brand enthusiast Stephanie Millman. This is the second time the Japanese company has turned the gaming category on its head. This time it's with Pokemon Go, in which players use the GPS and camera features on their smartphones to capture Pokemon characters while walking around.
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Webex Centers of Excellence - One Source for PrecisionTake 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. WATCH VIDEO
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Fundamental Web Handling principles apply across all roller-transported manufacturing processes. Understanding the basics helps to improve productivity and reduce waste of products made from papers, films, foils, nonwovens, textiles, belts, or any thin, continuous material. This eBook by well-known expert Tim Walker outlines many common issues with tension control, roller design, nipped processes, web position control, wrinkle prevention, and winding.
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FEATURED CONTENT: PRINTING
Label converter Tomatec celebrated the installation of two Performance Series presses from Mark Andy with an Open House at its facility in Seoul. To learn more, visit the PRINTING content category on our website.
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Parkinson Technologies is a global technology leader in high-performance web processing systems including the Dusenbery brand of slitter rewinders and Parkinson Winders brand of center and surface winders. Since our inception over 140 years ago, we've been helping customers worldwide enhance the speed, safety, performance and profitabilty of their production processes while providing them with everyday peace of mind. Learn More Here.
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FEATURED INSTALLATIONWegmann Companies (formerly A&D Label), St. Louis, MO, has added a BOBST narrow web flexographic press. Owner Mark Wegmann says, "We are going to use the press in a variety of ways, including augmenting our current print production along with combining it with some specialty off line production processes, that when used in tandem, will allow us to create products for a variety of markets, not currently available. We are also very excited about using the REVO (revolution ) process, a turnkey solution for expanded gamut." Pictured in front of machine at Bobst Firenze in Italy are (from left) Maurizio Trecate, sales director, Bobst Firenze, Mat Jones, regional sales manager for narrow web, Bobst North America, Mark Wegmann, owner, Wegmann Companies, and Matteo Cardinotti, managing director, Bobst Firenze.
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SPECIAL DIRECTORY
 We are currently updating our annual Contract Slitting Services Directory for the packaging market. Readers can quickly find converters offering specific Slitting Services. This directory is interactive with links to the PFFC Buyers Guide. We offer Free listings or upgraded listings to stand out more with Company logo, live website link, live e-mail link, and direct company Buyers Guide link.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
INEOS & MSM Poly Announce MOU for Barex Production Support
ROLLE, SWITZERLAND | INEOS Barex AG, INEOS Barex USA LLC, and MSM Poly LLC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the potential sale of intellectual property (IP) and production support related to the Barex product line that would allow MSM to purchase all existing IP from INEOS as well as specific physical assets, commercial/operation support and a supply of Barex resin.
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NOIDA, INDIA | Uflex Ltd and WaveFront Technology announce an extension of their existing alliance in India to bring manufacturing of Fresnel lens packaging films to Europe.
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HIGHWORTH, SWINDON, UK | Troika Systems, supplier of quality control analysis management systems for the print industry, received an award at the Stationers' Company Innovation Excellence Awards for its AniCAM 3D scanning microscope.
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VP of sales Tim Janes entertained his dad, John, over Father's Day weekend with a trip to the Evergreen Rodeo in Colorado. How's your summer? Send us your pictures! You can write to me at chine@pffc-online.com. -- Claudia Want to share your news with our subscribers? Send your company's announcements and new product releases to us for inclusion in E-Clips. Editorial Inquiries/Press Releases: Yolanda Simonsis | President/Editorial Director | 773-916-PFFC Claudia Hine | Managing Editor | 312-286-1374 Advertising Opportunities: Tim Janes | VP Online Sales | 303-674- 0577 Copyright 2016, YTC Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This newsletter is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of YTC Media, Inc.
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