Netherlands

The program for the Global Release Liner Industry Conference & Exhibition, hosted by AWA Conferences & Events and being held in Chicago March 31 - April 1, has been published.

DIDAM, Netherlands—This year, MPS will show three press lines at Labelexpo 2010 in Chicago: EC, EF, and EXL-packaging.

Exhibit categories at interpack 2011 will include packaging machinery and devices, packaging materials as well as confectionery and bakery machinery and equipment and services.

HERLEV, Denmark—Gerhardt International A/S, a supplier of rotary converting tools, and RR Rotary A/S, a supplier of solid rotary dies mainly for the packaging, hygiene, and medical markets, have merged their European production facilities of solid rotary dies.

To better satisfy the needs of the visually impaired in North America, the International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD), located in Crystal Lake, IL, has created “Can-Am Braille,” a set of guidelines and recommendations for the use of braille on packaging.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands—The  Global Release Liner Industry Conference, hosted by AWA Conferences & Events, will be held March 4-6 in Miami, Fla.