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ARCHDALE, North Carolina, USA -- Novamelt GmbH has acquired the remaining 49% share of Novamelt-Jowat LLC from Jowat Corporation and Jowat AG. The purchase amount was not disclosed. The wholly-owned subsidiary will now be known as Novamelt Americas LLC. The company will expand its geographic support role to include all customers in North, Central, and South America. Novamelt expanded to North America in 2005 in order to support its global customer base with local manufacturing and R&D, and to establish a direct investment presence in the US Dollar-denominated economy. Jowat Corporation was the perfect partner at that time. Jowat

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%

DALLAS—Nov. 2, 2011—KBA North America announces that its latest corporate report includes informative articles on three of its successful U.S. print customers. These “real-world” stories capture the advanced technology, the thriving expansion, and the strong partnership forged with KBA. Expansion is the key theme of the article on Motivating Graphics, a global printing company based in Fort Worth, TX. This customer purchased a new Rapida 162 64˝ six-color press, making it the third KBA press for the large sheetfed and web firm that provides packaging and printing for the high-tech telecommunications market in North America, South America, Central America,

Continuing to offer customers high-performance film solutions with superior printability, Mactac® Printing Products has enhanced its Vivid™ prime film label stocks line with a new, robust topcoat for optimal print receptivity. The new topcoat will be available on two Vivid 3.4-mil soft white vinyl stocks and is the same topcoat used on several of Mactac's Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA) recognized durable film products. The new topcoat offers a matte finish and improved printability for a variety of prime film applications, including labels for health and beauty products, food and beverages, chemical and cleaner containers, and

Bemis Company (BMS) is a major manufacturer of flexible packaging products and pressure sensitive materials, with operations spanning the United States as well as Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and Asia. Although it serves a number of different markets, over 70% of net sales come from customers in the food industry. The company’s major competitors include Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), 3M Company (MMM - Free 3M Stock Report), and Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY). Operations  Bemis’ flexible packaging segment comprises roughly 90% of consolidated sales and derives more than two-thirds of its revenues from various flexible food packaging offerings, though

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