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HP awards: Hally Group's winning entry in the Food Industry category labels HP Packaging Label makers Suoa Stik Labels and Hally Group from Australia and New Zealand respectively, took to the stage during this year’s HP Digital Print Awards, which were held in conjunction with the Dscoop Asia 2010 in Seoul, Korea. Supa Stik Labels was announced the winner of the Alcoholic Beverages category, and the only Australian company to take home an award, while Hally Group was the recognised winner in the Food Industry category. Taiwan-based Sunlea Label Printing was a major winner on the night taking

Cambridge Mass.—More than 180 attendees from 12 countries came to the first IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia conference and exhibition. The majority of delegates were from Japan, with many surprise attendances from major Japanese institutions getting involved in this exciting new topic. In addition, delegates from Korea, China, Taiwan, Europe, and North America came to learn from the 30 speakers including Sony, Konarka, Epson, Marubeni, Hitachi and Nokia. Eighteen companies joined the IDTechEx hosted tours to visit companies such as Toppan Printing, Toppan Forms, Dai Nippon Printing, Hodogaya Chemical and The University of Tokyo. These tours provided exclusive insight into the companies’ activities not easily

NEW YORK, N.Y.—The RFID Company, a leading manufacturer of low cost, high performance RFID hardware solutions announced the establishment of a RFID Center in India and the addition of 18 new partnerships in India. The new RFID Center will further expand SmartCode Corp’s footprint in the India market and will include Research & Development, Sales & Marketing, and Distribution for the India market. The new RFID Center in India will also cater to the neighboring markets of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Burma. SmartCode Corp’s new RFID Center will join SmartCode’s long established presence in the Asian market including China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong,

It's not a simple two-step process, but many suppliers are offering slitter/rewinders that help converters simplify and manage all of their slitting/rewinding needs. SLITTING/REWINDING IS an everyday aspect of the package-printing job, often taken for granted as a necessary evil. But, behind this mundane reality are technologies that can impact a company's bottom line. From heavy-duty knives to wide-diameter rewind rolls, there are multiple components to each slitter/rewinder machine. packagePRINTING spoke with several suppliers about this off-press component of the package-printing job and the machines that help make it possible. Films, papers, and foils With a wide array of substrates dominating the package-printing industry,