Green Bay, Wisconsin

Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation is proud to announce that Ronald "Lee" Harper Kluttz has been promoted to Vice President of Operations. The grandson of company founders, Ron and Katherine Harper, Kluttz is the son of Harper President Margie Kluttz. He has worked for Harper Corporation of America for 20 years, since 1991, serving as an important part of the professional team. "My passion, vision, goal, and focus are to continue to build on the well-deserved legacy of the Harper name," commented Kluttz. "We will stay focused on the ideals of the founders, Ron and Katherine Harper, by

Charlotte, North Carolina, – Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America is still registering participants for the Greensboro, North Carolina stop on its 2011 Roadshow event. The Greensboro event, which is hosted by the Harper GraphicSolutions Division, will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2011 and any flexographic professional in the area not yet registered is encouraged to sign up. The Roadshow will provide a variety of information, including numerous seminars that will speak to the new technologies and practices of the industry. Over the course of the event, participants will have the opportunity to attend classes concerning:

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.—Ecology Coatings, Inc., a developer of nanotechnology-enabled, UV-curable advanced coatings, announced that it has entered into a commercialization agreement with WS Packaging Group, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, WS Packaging will purchase Ecology’s EcoQuik™ coatings for labels and packaging products manufactured by the company.

GREEN BAY, Wis.—Pliant Corporation, one of North America's largest producers of plastic films, has announced the purchase of two 65" Infiniti™ gearless flexographic printing presses from Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Pliant is a Schaumburg, Illinois based firm that is a leading supplier of value-added plastic films for flexible packaging, food, personal care, medical, agriculture, and industrial applications. According to Pliant officials, the new presses will be located at plants in McAlester, Oklahoma and Macedon, New York. Tom Bowden, Vice-President of Manufacturing at Pliant says, "When it came time for Pliant to purchase two new 10-color presses, we took the