Colorado

The Colorado Department of Revenue has imposed rules upon marijuana dispensaries that call for all pot products, including buds and edibles, to be placed in opaque and child-resistant packaging before they leave the store.

Label printer Smyth Companies has purchased a Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX sheetfed press to accelerate job turnarounds at its Bedford, Va., plant.

Smyth Companies, one of North America’s premier package label printers, specializes in label and package promotion solutions for consumer goods in a variety of markets. Meeting customers’ just-in-time needs is crucial. The Minneapolis, Minn.-based printer has purchased a high-productivity Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX sheetfed press to accelerate job turnarounds at its Bedford, Va., plant.

Two premier label printers are now one entity as Smyth Companies, LLC announced the acquisition of Dow Industries of Wilmington, Mass.

MARIETTA, Ga.—Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company, announced that it plans to close its Golden, Colo., plant. The Company will transition business and equipment from Golden to other U.S. operating locations.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. and DENVER, Colo.—Plextronics, Inc. announced the introduction of its ink systems for organic solar cell fabrication at the IDTechEx PV Beyond Conventional Silicon Conference in Denver, Colorado. Developed around its record-setting photovoltaic technology, the company is releasing two versions of its Plexcore® PV ink system for use in research applications. The company is already scheduled to fulfill multiple orders for Plexcore® PV ink by the end of June. Troy Hammond, Plextronics’ vice president of products and a presenter at the conference, said that this is the first time the company has offered its organic photovoltaic (PV) product for sale. “We began our