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Two of the topics covered in this issue of packagePRINTING made me think back to "the good old days" when I worked in manufacturing.

A few years ago, ice in Orlando, Florida would have seemed an unusual, rare event. However, the past two winters have made it seem like ice in Orlando in January might be not be so unusual anymore. But we're not talking ice in January; we're talking ICE in April and the current plan is to have this not be a rare event, but one that occurs every two years.

If merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is an indication of the state of the economic environment, then we have one more indication that the economy is bouncing back. This issue contains news items on Repacorp's acquisition of Aladdin Label; PaperWorks Industries acquisition of Rosmar Packaging; Mid Oaks Investments purchase of Plastic Packaging Technologies.