Portland, Ore.

X-Rite, Inc. has nearly doubled the locations this spring where it will be offering its Fundamentals of Color and Appearance (FOCA) one-day seminar.

PORTLAND, Ore.—Rose City Printing & Packaging, a manufacturer of printed folding carton packaging based in Portland, Ore., has recently opened a second manufacturing facility in Vancouver, Wash. The new 80,000-square-foot facility is needed to handle business growth that has doubled in the past three years. The Vancouver facility is expected to hire between 25 and 40 employees in the next few months. Rose City’s Portland facility, which was started in 1945, is a 107,000-square-foot facility that employs more 125 people. Rose City Printing & Packaging is owned by Rick Safranski and Steve Lobis. They are anticipating sales to increase to $60 million over the

Converters and suppliers who would like a preview of the TLMI North American Label Study should visit their booth (#99) at Labelexpo Americas 2006, which will be held September 11-14, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago. The TLMI North American Label Study gives a snapshot of the industry as it is today, and a virtual blueprint for markets will change tomorrow. This in-depth study, updated by the association every three years, aims to inform label converters and suppliers about the drivers shaping the pressure-sensitive label market. It also provides benchmark-level researched market data and trend information to assist companies in making