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Blue Ridge Community College is creating a training program to address a shortage of skilled workers in the packaging industry.

The program will provide specialized training in gluing and die-cutting. It's expected to start either in the fall or in the spring of 2015.

Smyth Companies, one of North America’s premier package label printers, specializes in label and package promotion solutions for consumer goods in a variety of markets. Meeting customers’ just-in-time needs is crucial. The Minneapolis, Minn.-based printer has purchased a high-productivity Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX sheetfed press to accelerate job turnarounds at its Bedford, Va., plant.

Manchester will ultimately be merged into PaperWorks, itself an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners. With five facilities in Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Texas, Manchester Industries provides large-scale sheeting, rewinding and cutting operations to commercial printers and packaging companies across the continent. The company’s 180 employees will become part of the PaperWorks Paperboard Group. "Manchester Industries has carved out its place as a world-class converter," stated PaperWorks Industries CEO Thomas J. Garland. "These five plants will be a significant asset for PaperWorks as we move forward, and we intend to spare no effort to ensure that Manchester’s reputation for

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