Miami, Florida

Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation will exhibit at the 2012 PLGA Conference. Harper will be represented by Tony Donato and Alex James, who will exhibit Harper Corporation’s XDI™ - Ceramic Gravure Cylinders, product information, and HarperScientific’s Gravure Phantom QD™ Ink Proofer. Donato will act as a co-chair of the fourth session, “The Packaging Printing Process - Then, Now, and the Future.” The session covers the history of offset, flexo, and gravure technology over the last 20 years. James will be a presenter in the session discussing “Offset and Flexographic Pre-press." The theme is "The Keys to Gravure's Success"

CHEVY CHASE, Md.—Professor Byron Christmas, University of Houston-Downtown, received the 6th annual RadTech President's Award at the RadTech Winter meeting in Miami, Florida. This award is presented to individual RadTech members that make significant contributions to RadTech and the advancement of UV and EB technology.  "Dr. Christmas' contributions to UV/EB Technology include not only his direct efforts with RadTech, but extend to his highly regarded research, and perhaps most importantly, the development of students in our field," says David Harbourne, President of Fusion UV and President of RadTech. "For several years he has presented a very successful polymer chemistry 'undergraduate course' at our biennial