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News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, featuring the 2010 InterTech™ Technology Awards, GMG, Enercon Industries, Channeled Resources Group, and Avery Dennison.

Decorative foils continue to hold a strong presence on consumer product labels and cartons. Studies show that more than 70 percent of purchasing decisions are made once they are at the retail store. This provides brand managers and packaging designers the opportunity to set their products apart from others on the shelf through eye-catching labeling and packaging.

Gietz AG announced the sale of two Gietz ROFO 910 Tandem roll-to-roll machines to YUNNAN NINE-NINE COLOR PRINTING CO., LTD in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

CHICAGO—All over the world, companies that supply innovative equipment and services to the commercial, package printing, publishing and converting industry are gearing up for the industry's largest and most important event of the year, PRINT® 05 & CONVERTINGSM 05. he show will run September 9-15 at the McCormick Place Complex in Chicago.  Some 70,000 people are expected to attend, viewing nearly 800 company exhibits filling about 750,000 net square feet of exhibit space. "This will be the show not to miss as converters strive to stay competitive with new technology," said Nelson Stevens, President of Independent Machinery, Inc., which will occupy 1,500 square feet in

Hot stamping and embossing provides the packaging market with winning visuals for a wide variety of products. by Chris Bauer SUPPLIERS OF STAMPING and embossing equipment report a steep rise in the demand for their products. As converters are called on to create eye-catching packaging for a variety of products, they often look to stamping and embossing to give a package the visual edge over its competition. Suppliers explain the results are easy to see. "The evidence is in the grocery store," says Doug Herr, national sales manager for the Bobst Group. "Walking down the aisles today versus five years ago, you see