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OMET SRL, Italian manufacturer of narrow- and mid-web printing presses and converting equipment announced the opening of its new branch in America, OMET America Inc

News on suppliers to the package printing industry, including Harper Corporation, Davis-Standard, Tailored Solutions, KBA North America and more.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—The Printing Association of Florida (www.pafgraf.org) announced recently that next year, for the first time ever, the Graphics of the Americas (GOA, www.graphicsoftheamericas.com) Expo and Conference will be held in Orlando, Florida.

FORT MILL, S.C.—Wikoff Color Corporation has purchased the assets of Frontier Printing Inks, a leading Canadian manufacturer of quality printing inks for the flexible packaging, label, fine paper and paperboard markets. Established in 1951, Frontier Printing Inks has many years of experience developing performance-based printing inks for flexographic and gravure printing. The company has enjoyed particular success in the flexible packaging market through an ongoing commitment to product development and technical service. Frontier Printing Inks has 80 employees and four manufacturing plants in three Canadian provinces: two in Ontario, one in British Columbia and one in Quebec. One of the two Ontario plants is

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—During a week of sun, surf and corrugating and packaging discussions in Cancun, Mexico, ACCCSA (Association of Corrugators in the Caribbean, Central and South America) honored global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America and three of its executives during a gala dinner event on June 22, 2005. Hans Homberger, president of ACCCSA, presented Ron and Katherine Harper, CEO and president of Harper Corporation respectively, with two awards for their long-time support, and thanked Harper for its quarter century of work with the group. In addition, Juan Bermudez, Harper Corporation's Latin American Sales Manager, received an instructor's award for Harper's commitment to flexo