DECATUR

News on printers to the package printing industry, including Great Northern Corporation, Huston Patterson, Label Printing Industries of America, Precision Color Graphics, Repacorp, Inc. and Aladdin Label.

DECATUR, Ill.—Huston Patterson Corporation recently earned the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) chain-of-custody certifications.

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