Business Management - Operations

ACCEL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS The Sentinel Ink Management System is an electronically-controlled, completely automated cartridge-based ink dispensing system. Write 900, www.accelus.com, Alden & Ott Printing Inks Co. A total ink company, small enough to formulate custom solutions, but large enough to serve the needs of the most demanding industry giants. Write 901, Visit www.aldenottink.com American Water Graphics Ammonia-free flexo inks. Water-based ink systems flexo printing applications. Write 902, Visit www.awg-ink.com ANI Printing Inks Water-based/UV Inks and coatings for the narrow-web, label, and packaging industries. Ink systems include: water-based flexo, UV flexo, UV letterpress, UV offset, UV rotary screen,

Alcoa Flexible Packaging, in a short five years, has proved itself a successful converter, due in no small part to a solid business operating philosophy and commitment to the industry. by Kate Sharon Associate Editor ALCOA MIGHT BE better known as one of the world's leading producers of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina, but it's also a top North American-based flexible packaging converter. Alcoa Flexible Packaging was born in May 2000 when Alcoa and Reynolds Metals Co. finalized the acquisition of a flexible packaging company that had been in business since the 1920s. Since then, Alcoa Flexible Packaging has been providing converted foil

VANCOUVER, BC—Creo Inc. announces new strategy to expand distribution of Creo solutions to the flexographic market in the United States. Creo is pleased to announce partnerships with All Printing Resources of Glendale Heights, IL, Anderson &Vreeland, Inc. of Bryan, OH, and JV Imaging Systems Inc. of Northborough, MA. These certified flexo dealers will represent Creo prepress systems including the Prinergy Powerpack® prepress workflow, the ThermoFlex® family of flexographic computer-to-plate imaging systems, and Integris" proofing systems, to meet the needs of flexographic printers, converters and trade shops. Creo packaging sales managers Tom Roddy and Bob Sutton have been appointed flexo channel managers. Bringing a combined

Solventless lamination provides the versatility needed by Hood Packaging Corp.'s plant in Decatur, Ga. to help it meet the needs of its customers. HOOD PACKAGING CORP. is a fast-growing manufacturer of printed packaging products, specializing in customized paper and plastic bags. The company's roots go back to 1959, and it spent its first 30 years as a one-plant operation named Southern Bag Corp. In the early 1990s, the company began a series of acquisitions to expand its reach in packaging. First, two multi-wall bag plants were acquired from Georgia Pacific, along with the operation of Patria Packaging of Valdosta, Ga. In 1996, Southern

CLEMSON, Tenn—Clemson University is proud to announce the next Flexographic Process Printing symposium, March 9-11, 2005. Since 1992, the Department of Graphic Communications has offered this outstanding 2.5-day program on color reproduction focused on the flexographic printing industry. The symposium offers an in-depth examination of the production techniques that produce predictable, repeatable color for top-quality print. The symposium will focus on press characterization, the fundamentals of color measurement, and the application of process color in the production environment. This symposium is a unique opportunity for your personnel to learn directly from some of the top color professionals and educators in the flexographic printing industry.

With the assistance of INX, the Roll Labels Division of Universal Products becomes in demand for "on-demand." Since its inception six years ago, the Roll Labels Division of Universal Products has become the company's fastest growing business unit, converting and diecutting in-line, 4-color process labels. Things are going so well, in fact, that a 300 percent growth target has been projected for this year, and its managers are confident the goal is attainable. Based in Goddard, KS, the Roll Labels Division prints labels for a diverse range of regional and national companies, including such high-profile companies as Intel, Coleman and Excel Corporation. Roll Labels