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Browse Back Issues This Issue E-Zine advertisement Economic Trends Related Links advertisement advertisement advertisement RONKONKOMA, NY | Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA), a leading technical society dedicated to supporting and advancing the flexographic printing industry, will co-sponsor Printing Industries of America’s (PIA) 2011 Continuous Improvement Conference. The event, set for April 10-13 in Kansas, City, MO., now in its 22nd year, is claimed to stand as the only conference for the printing and packaging industry focused on operational excellence and Lean Manufacturing. While the strategies for achieving operational excellence apply to all printing/converting companies, the conference will feature

PITTSBURGH—Not many business managers or consumers are optimistic these days. Kenneth Lerman, however, is sending the message that a new era has arrived, and now is the time to take positive steps in the right direction—toward sustainable growth and profitability.

Norwood Printing, Inc. has completed the installation of its third Edelmann web press, which was supplied by Edelmann’s distributor, Matik North America. Norwood Printing is the Package Insert & Outsert branch of Control Group, a supplier of printed packaging for pharmaceutical, health care, cosmetics, and consumer goods. The press, a Color Print V76, was purchased to provide additional production capacity, as well as replace a full-size sheetfed machine. It will run lightweight pharmaceutical grade paper to produce inserts and outserts. The Color Print V76 includes a lap splicer, multiple offset print towers, a high-speed sheeter/stacker, and UV drying. It has a web width of

WEST HARFORD, Conn.—Matik North America, the exclusive distributor for Edelmann Graphics GmbH, has launched the latest generation of shaft-less narrow-web presses from Edelmann in North America. Edelmann is a German manufacturer of litho based narrow-web presses. The company has been building presses since 1972 with a total worldwide installed base of 3,400. Well-known and successful in Europe, Matik appointed an Edelmann specialist, Chris Davis 18 months ago to raise the profile of the Edelmann range in the North American market. Several presses have already been sold, with a recent installation in New Jersey and an order for a DM press destined for Kansas. Tackling

HAMDEN, Conn.—The Specialized Packaging Group, Inc. (SPG) has been ranked 33rd on Black Enterprise Magazine’s 2007 Annual BE 100s list, a ranking conducted annually for black-owned businesses with exceptional sales revenues. The company had revenues of more than $134 million in 2006. The BE 100s were established in 1973 as a way to recognize the contributions and growth of black businesses in corporate America. In total, BE 100s companies employ more than 87,000 people and generate revenues of more than $22 billion. A company must be at least 51 percent black-owned and must have been fully operational for the previous calendar year to be