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The Domino label press, its first foray into printing presses, is in the field with the company expecting a flood of orders over the next year DOMINO PRINTING SCIENCES HAS produced a 5% increase in sales for 2011 to £314.1 million, the 33rd year of growth for the Cambridge business. Pretax profits also rose to £57.4 million, up 10%. The company found it tough going in North America and parts of Europe, the UK and Germany excepted, but noted good growth in the developing markets in central Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The company has increased its staff

The latest FESPA Economy Survey has revealed that 70% of respondents are looking to diversify their business to improve business growth. The top areas in which print service providers (PSPs) plan to develop into are interiors (17.4%), label printing (16.67%) and signage (15.53%). Over half believe that the market has not fully recovered (52.44%) but the outlook of printers remains optimistic despite the challenging environment, with three quarters of respondents believing that the market will grow in 2012, with an average expected growth of 14.5% across the year for their business. Reflecting on 2011 end of year sales, 20.4%

MIDLAND, MICH. (Aug. 15, 4:50 p.m. ET) -- Dow Chemical Co. has made some changes in the executive ranks of its plastics units. Glenn Wright has been named business vice president of Performance Packaging for Midland, Mich.-based Dow. The unit has annual sales of $8 billion and is part of Dow’s Performance Plastics division. The newly created Performance packaging unit represents a shift away from an asset-based approach to a market/value chain orientation, Dow officials said in an Aug. 15 news release. The unit’s focus is on flexible food packaging. Wright has more than 25 years of market experience,

DuPont Packaging Graphics announced the planned start-up of the new DuPont™ Cyrel® round manufacturing facility at its site in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. Cyrel® round sleeve production will begin in the first quarter of 2012.

The Global Packaging Alliance (GPA) recently held its annual meeting in Hong Kong, providing a forum for its members to review industry trends and the latest developments in packaging innovation and sustainability. The group also focused on ways to further support international brands in growth markets.

NEU-ISENBURG, Germany, – DuPont Packaging Graphics announces the planned start-up of the new DuPont Cyrel round manufacturing facility at its site in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. Cyrel round sleeve production will begin in the first quarter of 2012. "This investment extends our capability to supply the growing global demand for flexographic print sleeves and demonstrates our commitment to advancing flexography around the world," said Matthias Heinzel, global business director – DuPont Packaging Graphics. "Continuous flexo sleeves are lightweight, easy-to-handle print forms that enable quick change-over on press; and their seamless design enables high press speeds and the capability to print difficult-to-register,