Business Management - Operations

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[...] 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.

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.

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

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

PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP has completed the PANTONE Goe licensing for the HP Indigo Ink Mixing System, making HP the only company among both digital and analogue press providers to offer both on-press simulation and an ink mixing solution for the PANTONE Goe System. Additionally, HP has developed what it says is the industry’s first swatchbook for on-press PANTONE Goe simulation. The new HP Indigo PANTONE Goe simulation swatchbook will be included in Pantone and HP’s new version of the Digital Color Toolbox for the PANTONE Goe System, a two-swatchbook bundle that offers a convenient way to compare solid PANTONE Goe Colors with their

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands—The Global Release Liner Industry Conference, hosted annually by AWA Conferences & Events, took place this year in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 6-8. Delegates from from around the world convened to focus on the opportunities and concerns in a business which has seen considerable consolidation in recent years, and is facing up to of rising costs, reducing profitability, and environmental issues. Opening the formal conference proceedings, conference chairperson Corey M. Reardon, President and CEO of market research consultants AWA Alexander Watson Associates, provided the first keynote address. He noted that regarding the release liner market as a whole, North America is still the

Back in 1979 when Joe Elphick, president and CEO, and his partner (since retired) founded Colonial Carton Company (CCC) in New Jersey, the two probably didn’t picture a 72,000-square-foot facility in North Carolina, with an additional 40,000 under construction. They probably also did not foresee almost losing the company’s building and almost all its equipment after a fire. However, joining the Independent ­Carton Group (ICG) helped ensure that the company would not only rise from the ashes with some of the latest technologies available, but also that there would be no loss of business or productivity when the unthinkable occurred. Having a contingency plan

HIGH POINT, NC—Mike Cox has joined Vecoplan, LLC as the Mid-West Sales Manager in their Waste Division. Cox will be responsible for sales to the municipal, industrial and post-consumer waste markets including the printing and document destruction industries. Vecoplan is the worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, including shredders, material handling machinery, separation equipment, and complete waste reduction systems. Cox brings 18 years of experience in capital equipment and industrial sales to his new position. “The rapid growth that we’ve experienced, especially in our Waste Division, has made it necessary for us to expand both our facilities and our personnel. We are fortunate to have

Vecoplan, LLC has promoted Mike Wilhoit to the newly created position of Vice President of Operations. Vecoplan is the worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, including shredders, material handling machinery, separation equipment, and complete waste reduction systems. Prior to his promotion Wilhoit was Operations Manager at Vecoplan and oversaw their recently completed building expansion. In his new position Wilhoit will oversee all aspects of manufacturing and daily facilities operations. “Over the last six years Mike has proven his leadership abilities and we’re fortunate to have someone of his caliber in a position to head up our production operations” states Len Beusse, COO at Vecoplan.