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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—Twin Rivers Paper Company supports its commitment to sustainability by launching Twin Rivers® Offset 100, a printing paper containing 100 percent post-consumer fiber. Additionally, the company released its new Environmental Philosophy & Practices Overview brochure which highlights key components of its environmental platform. Responding to market demand for higher levels of post-consumer fiber, Twin Rivers Offset 100 fills a void in the market for environmentally friendly printing papers with high recycled content. Available in a basis weight range of 35-50 lb. (25 x 38), Twin Rivers Offset 100 is a versatile paper

Packaging Solutions Holdings has acquired Excel Pac, a leading flexible packaging manufacturer in the food, dairy and pet food markets from Vincent Musacchio. The team, assets and know-how of Excel Pac join Jen-Coat and a new greenfield plant and team in Wisconsin to form a Top 20 packaging supplier to the food, dairy and medical markets.

Flint Group Flexographic Products will hold the final two of this year’s four one-day seminars in October. The company will introduce the latest in nyloflex printing plates, rotec sleeves and Flint inks, as well as associated flexo printing technologies, in Cincinatti, Ohio, on October 19, and Montreal, Quebec, on October 21. Earlier this year the company conducted one-day seminars in Seattle and Los Angeles. Contact Doreen Bailey at +1 704 504 2625 or email events.flexographic@flintgrp.com for additional information. Click here for more stories about Flint Group Flexographic Products on L&L.com. Posted in Ancillary equipment, Inks & coatings, Plates &

Itasca, IL and Quebec, Canada—Punch Graphix Americas, Inc. and LR Graphic Supply, announced that the two companies have formed a strategic partnership for maximized growth within the Canadian graphic arts industry. Under the new agreement, LR Graphic Supply will be responsible for all sales and service of Xeikon and basysPrint product lines, both divisions of Punch Graphix in Canada.

Charlotte, N.C.—Global anilox supplier Harper Corporation of America is well known for its generosity to flexographic education endeavors, and its dedication to creating and maintaining a trained flexo workforce.

Sonoco announced that it will permanently close its Lancaster, Ohio, uncoated recycled paperboard mill, effective May 16, 2009, according to James Harrell, division vice president and general manager, Paper North America.