Business Management - Operations

Print UV Returns to Vegas
December 12, 2008

RIVER FALLS, Wis.—Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, Print UV will take place once again at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas, March 8-10, 2009. This technology conference is dedicated to printers serious about growing, differentiating, and profiting with UV media.

Caraustar Industries Announces Plant Closure and Production Curtailment
December 12, 2008

Caraustar will provide a comprehensive program of separation pay, benefits coverage and job assistance to the employees affected by the Richmond closure to facilitate their transition to alternate employment. Greg Bartlett, vice president, sales Mill Group, stated Recession and declines in product demand necessitate that the company move aggressively to retain cost efficiencies and increase capacity utilization across its mill system.

MACtac Application Development Team Delivers Solutions
December 11, 2008

The Application Development Team was assembled to work collaboratively with customers to provide product and process solutions for the industries MACtac serves, including the labels and labeling industry, which often presents extremely tough challenges. MACtac’s Application Development Team will work toward developing innovative solutions for all of MACtac’s areas of expertise, including Graphics, Roll Label and Sheets, Medical and Technical.

Russell Joyce, President Flint Group Narrow Web, died on Saturday 6th December
December 8, 2008

Following the acquisition of ANI, BASF Printing Systems and Flint Ink by CVC, he became general manager of Europe, Middle East, Africa and South America for Flint Group’s Narrow Web business prior to being named President of the division in March 2007. When combining this with his integrity, and passion for customers, this made him an outstanding leader for our company, our customers, and his colleagues.

GPA Honored as Best Workplace for Third Straight Year
December 4, 2008

Management Practices, Work Environment, Training and Development Opportunities, Financial Security, Workplace Health and Safety, Work-Life Balance, Recognition and Rewards, and Health and Wellness Programs.

Packaging hologram innovation shines at industry awards
November 28, 2008

[...] the Crystagram can have covert image elements to create a product authentication feature which combines overt, covert and traceability functions.The Certified Diamond Blister Pack from the Belarus-based company Holography Industry JSC also received high praise from the judges in the packaging section.Developed for Russia’s diamond grading and certification facility, the Smolensk Gemological Certification Center, Holography Industry’s hologram is applied to the protective blister packaging of certified diamonds to show if it has been compromised or interfered with in any way.A promotional hologram used by Imperial Tobacco to distinguish its Lambert & Butler brand from others won the ‘Best Promotion Award’. API Holographics and its sister company API Laminates created the new eye-catching hologram, featuring a ‘starburst’ visual effect, to ensure the Lambert & Butler brand stands out at the point-of-sale.A holographic packaging concept developed by U.S. firm Vacumet Corporation to ensure boxes of Hasbro’s Trivial Pursuit 25th Anniversary Edition stood out on retailers’ shelves in the crowded toys and games market was also highly commended.The ‘Best New Holographic Product Award’ went to Liechtenstein’s U-NICA Global Security Solutions for its intraGRAM™ injection mold-embedded hologram.The development involves embedding holographic images during the injection molding process, paving the way for the future mass production of integrated holograms in plastic parts.

Sun Chemical Announces Leadership for North American Inks Business
November 25, 2008

PARSIPPANY, NJ—Brian Leen, president of North American Inks at Sun Chemical, announced the appointment of key leaders responsible for the growth and sales of the company’s newly reorganized North American business unit North American Inks has adopted a structure that will provide greater focus on delivering quality, service, and innovation to customers and improve business efficiencies.   Chris Parrilli has been named vice president of customer service centers in Sun Chemical’s North American Inks business unit.

DuPont Packaging Graphics and Sun Chemical collaborate with ink and plate technologies
April 14, 2008

WILMINGTON, Del. and NORTHLAKE, Ill.—DuPont Packaging Graphics (DuPont) and Sun Chemical have joined forces to create a new standard in quality and environmentally smart flexographic printing by bringing together Sun Chemical’s patented WetFlex™ wet-on-wet flexographic printing process with its patented UniQure™ electron-beam cured inks and DuPont™ Cyrel® FAST technology. The joint work was focused on linking the WetFlex™ printing process with the DuPont™ Cyrel® photopolymer plate technology and resulted in obtaining previously unachievable levels of print graphics while providing the market with a solvent-free process that can contribute to sustainability improvements in printing and packaging. Research and development teams from both companies worked together

DuPont Packaging Graphics and Sun Chemical collaborate with ink and plate technologies
April 11, 2008

WILMINGTON, Del. and NORTHLAKE, Ill.—DuPont Packaging Graphics (DuPont) and Sun Chemical have joined forces to create a new standard in quality and environmentally smart flexographic printing by bringing together Sun Chemical’s patented WetFlex™ wet-on-wet flexographic printing process with its patented UniQure™ electron-beam cured inks and DuPont™ Cyrel® FAST technology. The joint work was focused on linking the WetFlex™ printing process with the DuPont™ Cyrel® photopolymer plate technology and resulted in obtaining previously unachievable levels of print graphics while providing the market with a solvent-free process that can contribute to sustainability improvements in printing and packaging. Research and development teams from both companies worked together