Multi-Color Acquires York Label Group - NV Publications.com

September 12, 2011
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Vol. 13 No. 19
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Green Packaging Demand
To Reach $212 Billion In 2015
World demand for green packaging—including
recycled-content,
reusable, and degradable packaging—is
projected to rise 5.7 percent
per year to $212 billion in 2015, according
to a new study, World Green
Packaging, from The Freedonia
Group. The study notes that while
recycled-content packaging will remain
by far the largest product type
through the forecast period and be-
(Cont’d on Page 3)
New Study Reports
Growth Of Sleeve Labels
Sleeve labels, particularly heat
shrink sleeves, continue to take market
share around the world from glueapplied
and pressure-sensitive,
according to a new AWAreness Report
from AWA Alexander Watson Associates.
The report, Global Sleeve Label
Market and Technology Review,
provides a focused analysis of current
market status and technology,
(Cont’d on Page 18)
We Remember
September 11, 2001
Industry Buy-Out:
Market News
Multi-Color Acquires
York Label Group
reported by Greg Kishbaugh
Multi-Color Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, will reportedly become
the nation’s largest label supplier, nearly doubling its size,
with an agreement to acquire 100 percent ownership in privately
held York Label Group, Omaha, Nebraska, for $356 million
in stock, cash and assumed debt.
The purchase, which is expected to close by early October,
will increase Multi-Color’s revenues from $338 million last year
to a projected $640 million, increase its printing plants from
17 to 29 and its global employment from 1,353 to 2,553.
York, which also has
a joint venture in
Chile, is owned by Diamond
Castle Holdings.
It had revenues
last year of $240 million.
York has 12 plants across the United States, Canada and
Chile, with approximately 1,200 employees.
Not only will Multi-Color now be the largest label company
in the United States but it is reportedly the fastest growing
globally, as well, with revenues more than tripling since the beginning
of 2008. Nigel Vinecombe, Multi-Color President and
Chief executive officer, will continue in those roles with the
combined companies.
“Our customers will benefit from increased product offerings,
greater flexibility and contingency, more investments in
technology, increased access to innovation and greater consistency
in quality and service as we take the best resources from
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Green Packaging (Cont’d from Page 1)
yond, this segment will see the slowest increases due
to the maturity of products such as metal cans and
glass containers. On the other hand, above-average
demand growth is expected in reusable and degradable
packaging. In particular, the demand for degradable
packaging will continue to see double-digit
annual growth rates.
Gains in recycled-content packaging will be supported
by increased collection activity and processing
capacity, coupled with greater use of
recycled-content packaging by firms seeking to
demonstrate environmental responsibility and differentiate
their products. Demand for reusable packaging
will be boosted by an acceleration in global
manufacturing activity. Degradable packaging will
continue to see the fastest advances in demand, but
will only account for approximately 1 percent of the
overall green packaging market through 2015.
The Asia/Pacific region will see above-average gains
(7.2 percent from 2010 to 2015, to approximately
$79.1 billion) and will remain the largest regional market
in the world, due to its large food and beverage industries
(which represent the main green packaging
applications). Central and South America, Eastern Europe,
and the Africa/Mideast region will also experience
above-average growth, though advances in these
areas will stem from smaller bases (collectively, these
three regions only accounted for 12 percent of global
green packaging demand in 2010). Overall, some of
the fastest growth will be seen in Asia, specifically in
India, China, and Indonesia. Other developing countries
such as Russia,Turkey, Brazil, and Mexico are also
expected to see healthy gains.
The United States, which accounted for 23 percent of
global sales in 2010, is the largest national green packaging
market in the world by a wide margin. Other
large, generally mature markets include Japan and Germany.
While Japan will remain one of the largest markets
in the world, the country is forecast to see the
slowest growth rate through 2015. Nonetheless, good
opportunities will still be found in developed countries,especially
for degradable packaging products.
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The PABS 2011 product authentification and brand
security conference, organized by AWA Conferences
& Events, will take place September 14-15 in Chicago,
Illinois. Drawing speakers from around the world
and a variety of disciplines, the conference brings together
experts on intellectual property, counterfeiting,
and product diversion.
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CCL Announces
$30 Million Expansion Plan
CCL Industries Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has
announced plans to invest $30 million during 2011
and 2012 to expand its CCL Label division’s operations
in emerging markets. The company will build
three greenfield plants and invest in additional capacity
at some existing facilities.
“Emerging market revenues now represent approximately
20 percent of the company’s total sales and
we expect growth to accelerate at a premium to the
developed world in the coming years as our customers
invest to drive improvement in consumers’
lives in these regions,” says Geoffrey Martin, CEO.
The company plans to build a third plant in Bangkok,
Thailand, expand both its Vinhedo and Criciuma facilities
in Brazil, and open a new plant in Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia. CCL expects its Asian operations to approach 10
percent of global label revenues in 2012. Construction
has already commenced on the new pressure sensitive
label facility in Vinhedo. The new site will more than
double the size of existing operations and support
home and personal care and healthcare customers in
Brazil. Additional converting capacity will be added to
the Brazilian sleeve plant in Criciuma.The Saudi Arabia
plant is a joint venture between Pacman and CCL.
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ICE Europe Will Be Largest
Ever Seeing 20 Percent Growth
The largest ICE Europe to date will open its doors
from November 8-10, at its new venue, the Munich
Trade Fair Centre, in Munich, Germany.A total of 370
exhibitors from 21 countries have already booked
stands at the exhibition.With a total exhibition space
of 9,500 square meters net, ICE Europe 2011 has
grown by some 20 percent compared with the exhibition
space at its old venue, Munich’s M.O.C. More
than half of the exhibitors, 58 percent, are German
companies. The second largest exhibitor country is
Italy, followed by Great Britain, Switzerland, the United
States, the Netherlands and France.
Key subjects at this year’s exhibition will be new
materials conversion, energy efficient production and
enhanced process control. Many of the exhibits showcased
at ICE Europe 2011 will focus on material reduction,
process control, waste reduction, improved
production processes with reduced energy consumption
and new materials from renewable resources.
Some of these topics will also be the subject of a
conference on “Sustainability in packaging —
processes and materials.”
Saudi Packaging Industry
Forecast To Grow By 25 Percent
Currently valued at $4.4 billion, forecasters are predicting
the Saudi packaging industry will grow by
more than $1 billion in the next four years.The growth
will largely be driven by a rise in personal income and
an increase in the number of working women, both of
which are bringing about a change in consumer
lifestyle.With an increase in consumer product marketing
by the brand owners, the largest rises are expected
to be seen in the food and beverage sectors.
Saudi Arabia accounts for 60 percent of the food
and beverages consumed in the Gulf region, a figure
that seems sure to increase in view of the country’s
policy of self-sufficient food production. At present,
agriculture represents just three percent of GDP, but
this figure will grow, along with the capacity for food
processing and packaging. The forward situation,
however, will be affected if the Saudi government
continues to maintain its strict control of international
involvement within the country.
Private consumption expenditure (defined as the
purchase of goods and services for consumption by
domestic private households) shows an annual
growth rate of eight percent, well ahead of the global
average of 6.4 percent. Assuming this continues, the
consumption of packaging material will increase at a
similar rate.
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SuperCorrExpo ® Returning
To World Congress In October 2012
The 2012 TAPPI/AICC SuperCorrExpo ® will return
to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from
October 1-4, 2012.
The most recent SuperCorrExpo, held in 2008, gathered
more than 300 exhibitors and 2.5 million
pounds of working machinery on the show floor.
SuperCorrExpo has already booked more than
94,000 square feet of equipment for display more
than one year in advance of the event.
Kaman Industrial Technologies
Acquires Target Electronic Supply
Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation
(Kaman) has acquired the assets of Target Electronic
Supply, Inc., a motion control distributor in Westwood,
Massachusetts. Target is a motion control distributor
in the New England trading area.
Kaman expects Target to have sales in 2012 of approximately
$19 million.
People & Places
Container Graphics
James W. (Jim) Alexander has been promoted, from
Chief Operating Officer, to President and Chief Operating
Officer of Container Graphics Corp. Neil B.
Saunders is passing on the role of President and remains
the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer.
Label Traxx
Label Traxx —the print business management software
for flexographic narrow web label printers and
converters—has named Maciej Matejczuk their
agent. Under the agreement, Matejczuk will market
the Label Traxx product to label printers and flexographic
converters throughout Central and Eastern
Europe.
In addition, Luther Erlund has been named as Vice-
President of Sales and Operations.
Unisource Worldwide
Juanita Biasini has joined Unisource Worldwide as
Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources for
Unisource Worldwide, Inc.
In this new position, Biasini will report directly to
Jenny Williams, General Counsel & Executive Vice
President – Human Resources, and will have responsibility
for human resources activities that support all
of Unisource’s global businesses.
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Flexo Market News September 12, 2011 7

DuPont Packaging Experts To Share
Insights During Pack EXPO Seminars
Presented under the theme “Building the Future of
Packaging Together,” DuPont is offering free seminars
featuring the company’s packaging experts at
DuPont’s suite,N-236, in North Hall at the Technical
Exchange during PACK EXPO, September 26-28,
2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In Optimizing Flexible Packaging with Unique
Tools from DuPont, Barry Morris, Ph.D., DuPont senior
scientist, will showcase computer tools that
help in the design of multilayer packaging structures
by optimizing performance and cost while ensuring
that the film or laminate can be fabricated on converting
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DuPont SaVE (“Sealant Value Estimator”) in a presentation
called How Much Does Your Flexible Package
Really Cost? on September 27 at 11a.m. at The
Baking-Snack Break, Booth #6243.
In Enhancing Package Performance, Value and
Sustainability With Modifiers, Jose Torradas, Ph.D.,
DuPont Packaging senior technical consultant, will
share insights into using polymer modifiers to make
packaging polymers tougher and stronger, enhance
their sealing properties, improve adhesion to foil or
paperboard and/or increase the performance of recycled
materials.
In Improving the Performance of Easy-Open Packaging,
Diane Hahm, DuPont Packaging technical consultant,
will share insights into several easy-open
sealant solutions from DuPont. Among
those are preformulated DuPont Appeel ®
lidding sealant resins, which can meet the
need for different levels of seal strength and
peel mode on virtually any packaging interface,
while avoiding solvents and related
VOC (volatile organic compound) issues.
In Surmounting the ‘Unjoinable’ Challenge,
DuPont technical fellow I Hwa Lee,
Ph.D., will discuss how DuPont Bynel ® coextrudable
adhesive resins can strongly
bond tie layers between dissimilar polymers
for use in a wide variety of coextrusion
processes, allowing converters to make affordable
high performing packaging.
For a complete schedule, visit
www.packexpo.dupont.com.
Sustainable Packaging Forum
To Address Wide Array Of Trends
The Sustainable Packaging Forum will be
held September 20-22, at the Intercontinental
Dallas in Dallas,Texas.
This year’s Sustainable Packaging Forum
provides attendees the opportunity to
choose from breakout sessions targeted toward
their particular businesses.
Speakers and panelists addressing the latest
information pertaining to sustainability
and packaging include representatives
from: PepsiCo; Coca-Cola Co.; The World
Wildlife Fund; Sealed Air; Johnson & Johnson;
Estée Lauder; The Forest Stewardship
Council; HAVI Global Solutions; Starbuck’s
Coffee; Procter & Gamble; Amcor; and Underwriters
Laboratories.
The seminar will feature nearly 20 breakout
sessions and two keynote presentations.
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International Paper Acquires
Temple-Inland For $4.3 Billion
International Paper has ended a takeover battle that
has lasted more than three months by announcing
that it has reached a “definitive merger agreement” to
acquire Temple-Inland for $32 a share plus the assumption
of $600 million in debt.
The boards of both companies came to an agreement
after International Paper raised its previous,
$30.60 per share offer, from back in early June. The
new offer was about 5 percent higher to $32 a share,
which implies a $3.7 billion cash payment plus the
assumption of $600 million in debt, taking the total
value of the transaction to $4.3 billion.
Reaching an agreement was taken as a step forward
by the market as shares in both companies soared.
Hostilities emerged after initial negotiations broke
down, with Temple-Inland’s board considering the
offer too low and International Paper taking its bid
directly to share-holders.
Temple-Inland’s board approved a shareholder
rights plan or a so-called poison pill takeover defense
prohibiting any person or group from owning more
than 10 percent of the company.
The merger will yield expected synergies of about
$300 million a year within 24 months of closing,“de-
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rived primarily from the areas of operations, freight,
logistics, selling expense and overhead.”
Media reports have suggested that the deal could
raise International Paper’s share of the corrugatedpackaging
market to about 37 percent, from the current
27 percent.
NuMaber Installs EskoArtwork
Digital Flexo Technology
NuMaber, a flexographic plate production company
based in Roncade, Italy, has invested in digital flexo
technology from EskoArtwork. The company has installed
four CDI Spark 5080 (format 1270 x
2032mm), two with HD Flexo for digital photopolymer
engraving.
The system combines the performance of 4000 dpi
HD optics with exclusive screening technology. The
result, said the company, is sharper and more accurate
imaging, as well as more than 60-line printing.
Founded in 1978 as a photolitho company, NuMaber
specializes in working with digital photopolymer
and laser engraving of rubber sleeves and
cylinders.
The company uses Automation Engine workflow
software for packaging and printing pre-production.

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Study: Format Switches To Drive
22 Percent Flexibles Growth By 2016
Sales for the global flexible packaging market are
predicted to grow by 22 percent to more than $70
billion in the next five years, driven by Asian
growth and brands moving their products out of
other formats.
A new study from research body Pira claims that
flexible formats — such as the pouches recently
adopted by UK baby food brand Ella’s Kitchen —
will benefit from replacing formats such as metal
cans, glass and plastic bottles and liquid cartons.
Asia is expected to be the biggest geographical
growth market, while western Europe and north
America are likely to show only modest growth,
Pira’s report, The Future of Global Flexible Packaging
to 2016, predicts.
Total annual tonnage is expected to rise from 18.l
million tons in 2011 to 22.5 million tons in 2016, according
to the report.
Sales, meanwhile, will hit $71.6 billion by 2016
compared to $58.3 billion this year, the report predicts.
Elsewhere, the report says that barrier flexible
packaging will play an important role in the future
growth of the flexibles market as the major retail
chains demand greater product protection and
longer shelf life.
As a result, Pira expects higher-barrier plastics such
as BOPET, EVOH and PA, to show the highest growth
rates over the forecast period.
Geographically, growth in the mature western European
and north American markets is expected to
be modest, while the engines of expansion for flexibles
are expected to be the world’s developing
economies.
Asia, which represents 29.1 percent of global flexibles
consumption, is expected to lead the field with
annual growth of 7.9 percent.
India and China alone are expected to account for
more than two-fifths of all growth in the global market
in the coming five years.
Atlas To Provide Slitter
For Peruvian Converter
Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd. has been chosen
again as the preferred supplier of a 6.3m wide Atlas
CW964 primary film slitter, which will be dedicated
to the production of a new 6.2m wide CPP (cast
polypropylene) film line at OPP Film S.A. in Lima,
Peru.
The new CPP film line will be commissioned early
in 2012 and will reportedly be one of the two widest
CPP lines in operation worldwide and the first in the
Americas, at this width.

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Flexo Market News
INTERNET DIRECTORY
INTERNET DIRECTORY
Adheso-Graphics, Inc.
www.adheso-graphics.com
AGI manufactures, distributes and converts current
technology flexo mounting tapes and backing systems
for corrugated plate mounting. Flexstik hard
vinyl, FlexSoft, bi.esse brand, Gold Series Thin tapes
for sleeve and Narrow web plate mounting. Specialty
tapes that cover the vast thickness range requirements
and specific adhesion systems for all flexo
mounting requirements. We provide technical service
and problem solving services for unique customers &
applications.
Advanced Prepress Graphics, Inc.
www.flexoprepress.com
Flexo Plate making at it’s finest. All format’s available
up to 42” x 80”. Flexo artwork, Flexo films, and Flexo
Plates.
Anderson & Vreeland, Inc.
www.andersonvreeland.com
A&V manufactures a complete line of photopolymer
plate processing systems and is a leading distributor
of flexographic platemaking materials. A&V also sells
digital imaging systems and software specifically designed
for flexography.
Comexi Group Industries S.A.U.
www.comexigroup.com
The Comexi Group is a leading supplier of quality
flexographic C.I. presses for the flexible packaging
industry worldwide. We also provide solventless laminators,
slitter/rewinders and related peripheral equipment
such as automatic wash-up systems, solvent
recovery systems, automatic roll unloaders, and plate
cylinder/sleeve storage systems.
Daetwyler Corp.
www.daetwyler-usa.com
Specialized Doctor Blades for every printing and
coating application, including the One-Step, which
eliminates or greatly reduces UV spitting and the Soft
Blade, designed to significantly reduce score lines.
New Stableflex, which eliminates or greatly reduces
chatter. MDC Flexo Consumable Products includes
end seals, cleaning brushes, protective roll covers,
filter/magnet systems, cylinder repair kits, FOG ink
remover and lint-free rags and more. Daetwyler provides
solutions to improve efficiency and productivity
from prepress to pressroom.
PRPflexo Introduces Thermal
ExSpect ® Printing Plates
PRPflexo a prepress services and flexographic
printing plate provider based in Indianapolis, Indiana,
has developed its flat-top-dot plate technology to
work with thermally produced plates.
PRPflexo first introduced its flat-top dot plate technology
in 2004.
“We recognized the benefits of thermal processing
early on, with no solvent or drying requirements, it
became the choice of many printers seeking faster
production times and ‘greener” processing,’ said Chris
Green, General Manager. “Unfortunately, the print
quality was never able to compete with flat-top dot
plate technology, so printers had to decide between
print quality and overall speed, until now. In trials to
date we have seen thermally processed flat-top dot
results rival solvent produced plates.”
Thermal ExSpect ® printing plates are available in
both digital and analog formats of any thermally
processed materials.“We never found it to be a good
business practice to impose restrictions on our customers,”
said Green. “Many printers we work with
have a preference for certain types of photopolymer
they feel works well with the substrates they use, so
by developing a process internally that works with
any sheet material, they can continue to use what
works best for them.” explained Green.
Stora Enso Inaugurates
New Recycling Process In Barcelona
Stora Enso’s Barcelona, Spain, mill celebrated the inauguration
of its new, recycling process on September
6th. The mill processes used beverage cartons
from several European countries.
Stora Enso’s Barcelona mill receives used milk and
juice cartons from Spain, France, Portugal and the
UK.The new recycling process enables full recovery
of all the materials used in the beverage cartons, including
the fiber, plastic and aluminum.
“The innovation is that we are now able to recycle all
the constituent parts of beverage cartons,” said Håkan
Molden,VP Carton Board at Stora Enso Packaging.
The recovered fiber is used for the production of
white lined chipboard at Stora Enso’s Barcelona Mill.
The process is based on pyrolysis, i.e. heating up the
material in the absence of oxygen. The process was
refined in collaboration by Stora Enso’s Barcelona
mill and Alucha Recycling Technologies. The innovation
was selected as a winner of the 2010 ‘Best of the
Best’ LIFE Environment Projects award, granted by
the European Union to recognize projects that have a
positive impact on the environment.
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US Demand For Labels
To Reach $20 Billion In 2015
U.S. label shipments are forecast to rise 4.8 percent
annually to $20 billion in 2015, according to Labels,a
new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based
industry research firm.
The pressure sensitive segment will continue to
dominate output, accounting for more than 70 percent
of the total. Although pressure sensitive labels
will expand at a healthy rate, they will continue to
face growing competition from alternative labeling
methods such as stretch sleeve, heat-shrink and inmold
labels. Among these, heat-shrink labels are projected
to advance at the fastest rate through 2015,
with gains attributable to their ability to form-fit contoured
containers, providing 360-degree graphics and
a broad promotional area which enable consumer
products to stand out on crowded store shelves.
Paper Holds Strong
Paper will remain by far the leading stock material
in the label industry for the foreseeable future. However,
it will continue to lose market share to plastic,
which will account for more than one-quarter of
label shipments in 2015. Plastic stock materials will
gain popularity due to their aesthetic and performance
advantages over paper, as well as a broad shift
in favor of plastic packaging. Moreover, plastic is
heavily utilized in pressure sensitive, heat-shrink,
stretch sleeve, in-mold and thermal transfer labels,
each of which is expected to grow at a healthy rate.
Among plastic label resins, polypropylene and
polyvinyl chloride are widely used, although the latter
will lose out to other plastic substrates with
lower perceived environmental and health risks. In
particular, trends favoring more environmentally
friendly substrates will propel gains for polylactic
acid, albeit from a very small base.
Primary packaging represents the leading application
for labels in the U.S. market. Label demand in
this sector will be driven by a shift in product mix favoring
higher-value label types (including large, fullbody
labels, plastic labels and those featuring
higher-end inks and printing technologies), as labels
play a crucial role in the building of brand identity in
an intensely competitive consumer product marketplace.
However, the secondary packaging and mailing
and shipping segments will achieve more rapid demand
gains. In secondary labeling, advances will be
supported by the penetration of barcoding labels in
the transportation and distribution sector, along with
the significant potential for smart labeling markets
such as food safety applications.
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DuPont Packaging Graphics
www.cyrel.com/na
DuPont Packaging Graphics is the world’s leading
supplier of flexographic printing systems in digital and
conventional formats; including Cyrel® brand photopolymer
plates, Cyrel® FAST processing equipment,
Cyrel® round sleeves, mounting and finishing
products. For more than 35 years, beginning with
Cyrel®, the first photopolymer printing plate, through
to today’s digital workflow revolution, DuPont has
been driving innovation in the Flexo and package
printing industries. The Digital Cyrel® FAST imaging
system has been broadly recognized for its efficiency,
productivity, print performance, and environmental
benefits.
Eaglewood Technologies / Sani-Blast
www.eaglewoodtech.com
Eaglewood Technologies, LLC is the maker of Sani-
Blast anilox roll cleaning equipment and is the pioneer
is anilox roll cleaning. We offer cleaning
equipment and service for wide and narrow web rolls
and print sleeves using environmentally safe baking
soda. Eaglewood Technologies is also the exclusive
U.S. distributor of Pulse Roll Label Products including
a revolutionary linerless product. A recent addition to
Eaglewood’s product line is Variable Data Printing
(VDP) equipment. To complete the product offering is
a line of daily press cleaners.
Flexotecnica – Get the Edge
www.flexotecnica.it
Flexotecnica’s patented Safe Sleeve Change® system
and Speedy Clean® auto washup system are
designed to give converters a competitive edge
through Flexotecnica’s commitment to research and
development. Service and support for Flexotecnica
presses is provided by North American Cerutti Corporation
in New Berlin, WI, with U.S. resident technicians,
an extensive spare parts inventory and an
experienced, dedicated service staff. Visit our web
site for more information.
Flint Group
www.flintgrp.com
Flint Group Flexographic Products globally offers an
outstanding product range: nyloflex® and nyloprint®
photopolymer printing plates for flexographic, letterpress
and gravure applications along with coating
plates for offset printing, processing equipment, nylosolv®
washout solvents, rotec® sleeves, rotec®
adapters and the endless photopolymer nyloflex®
ITR sleeves. Product names marked with ® are registered
trademarks of Flint Group Germany GmbH.
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Harper Corporation of America
www.harperimage.com
We’ve made ceramic anilox rolls longer than anyone
in the world and pride ourselves on being the best in
the world. Whether wide web, narrow web, newspaper,
or corrugated markets, Harper continuously
strives to bring new flexographic products and services
to the printing industry that will improve the quality
of your graphics.
J I MacWilliam Co., Inc.
www.jimacwilliam.com
Used equipment for flexible packaging, folding carton,
paper, film, foil and non-woven industries. Professional,
knowledgeable service for over 30 years.
Mark Andy, Inc.
www.markandy.com
Mark Andy, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of
narrow and mid-web printing and converting equipment.
The company has a rich history of delivering solutions
to increase productivity and profitability for the
label and packaging markets. The company supplies
leading global brands including Comco printing/converting
machinery, Mark Andy printing/converting machinery
and UVTechnology curing systems and
replacement parts. Mark Andy, Inc. is headquartered
in St. Louis, MO, with sales and distribution offices in
France, Switzerland, and the UK.
Sell A Repo.Com
www.sellarepo.com
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Labelexpo
Harper Corporation To Display
Anilox Roll Technologies
Harper Graphics GmbH, the European licensee of
global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation, will
exhibit at Labelexpo Europe 2011, September 28-October
1 in Brussels, Belgium.
Harper will display its anilox roll technology,
HarperScientific’s patent pending Phantom QD motorized
ink proofing system with a wide range of its
accessories, including proofer roll stand, Flexo and
Gravure QD proofers, tonal scale rubber rolls, and
XDI images.
Harper Graphics GmbH will occupy booth number
11Q50 and, along with Harper Corporation of America,
will have representatives to answer any and all
questions.
Edale To Introduce New
Flexo Press, Gearless Print Head
UK-based Edale (stand 7M60) will showcase two
new products: the FL-350, a label, film and ticket
printing flexo press, and a new gearless flexo print
head aimed at the mid-web packaging printer.
Edale will be staging live demonstrations of the FL-
350 on each day of the show.
The new machine is said to utilize the latest servo
technology and is claimed to achieve high print quality
whilst reducing job change times and set up
wastage.
It also employs Edale’s Pit Stop Color Change system,
enabling operators to complete a full color
change in less than 1.5 minutes per station, according
to the company.
The FL-350 has a 350mm web width, substrate capacity
from 30 to 450 microns and a maximum
speed of 200m/min.
New Direct Laser Engraving Flexo
CTP System Introduced By Fujifilm
Fujifilm (stand 7N25) will exhibit its new B2 direct
laser engraving (DLE) flexo CTP system.
The Fujifilm DLE flexo CTP system is said to eliminate
the multiple processing steps (UV exposure, solvent
or thermal processing, drying) required with
current Laser Ablation Mask (LAM) technologies.
A highly-cured plate, manufactured using a polymerization
reaction, combined with a digitally controlled
engraving process, is said to ensure the dot
profile is very accurate.
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Multi-Color Acquires York (Cont’d from Page 1)
both businesses and create higher overall performance
standards,”Vinecombe said.
The majority of York’s revenues are in the pressuresensitive
label markets for home and personal care,
food and beverage, wine and spirits, and healthcare.
The acquisition is the largest since Multi-Color acquired
Australian-based Collotype Ltd., in 2008 for
$178 million in its first overseas expansion. Since
then the company has made four acquisitions in Europe,
and investments in South America and China.
Vinecombe told investors earlier this month that
Multi-Color is one of only a few global players in the
industry, and none has more than about a three percent
share. He said the company aims to claim a larger
share of the highly fragmented $30 billion global
label manufacturing market through a combination
of acquisitions and internal growth.
Diamond Castle representatives Ari Benacerraf and Lee
Wright will join Multi-Color’s board when the deal is
completed. Multi-Color said it has secured financing
with a revised five-year $500 million credit facility, plus
$100 million that provides room for future acquisitions.
DuPont Packaging Graphics
To Market Adapters Powered by Inometa
DuPont Packaging Graphics,Wilmington, Delaware,
has announced a global agreement to market a series
of print adapters and adapters for CDI imaging manufactured
by Inometa, as part of the DuPont Cyrel ®
round flexographic printing workflow.
The Inometa compressible adapters are specially
designed to optimize the performance of both Cyrel ®
round Thin sleeves and Cyrel ® FAST round Thin
sleeves, and provide excellent register accuracy, low
dot gain and outstanding print quality from run to
run. Made of precision fiberglass, they are engineered
to run smoothly with minimal run-out. The
adapters have a rubber stop and bayonet locking system,
and are available in all standard sizes.
The Inometa adapters will be featured in the DuPont
booths at upcoming trade fairs, including ProFlex, September
20-21, in Stuttgart, Germany, and LabelExpo,
from September 28 - October 1,in Brussels,Belgium.
RotoMetrics Expands
Flexible Die Production In Asia
RotoMetrics, St. Louis, Missouri, has begun producing
AccuFlex flexible dies at its Melbourne,Australia,
facility. The company will also manufacture the full
range of Gerhardt-brand flexible dies, including the
laser-hardened 5* flexible die, in Melbourne.
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Technical Sales Representative
Pamarco Global Graphics is looking for a Technical Sales Representative
to work alongside our existing sales and service staff in Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana and Arkansas. Canidate will work closely with the VP of
Sales and Marketing and other members of the customer service team
to manage customer accounts. Ideal candidate will be based out of the
Dallas,Texas metro area.
Duties:
• Sell the organizations products and services by interacting with
established customers and developing new prospects.
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Sleeve Growth (Cont’d from Page 1)
and the opportunities sleeving presents for sleeve
label producers, material suppliers, and users.
The new study analyzes current demand for sleeves
in the labeling arena.Their present share of the world
labeling market — 12 percent — is estimated to grow
at an annual 4.5 percent to 5 percent CAGR to 2015.
This is the highest projected growth rate for all labeling
types, and places the technology as a prime competitor
to pressure-sensitive labels in premium
product labeling applications. Heat shrink sleeve formats
dominate usage, with 76 percent of the market.
IMI’s 8th Annual Security Printing
Conference Addresses Today’s Challenges
The IMI’s 8th Annual Security Printing Conference
will take place November 16-18 at the Hollywood
Beach Marriott in Hollywood Beach, Florida.
The conference will address the challenges, advancements
and opportunities in dealing with security
issues and enabling brand protection for products,
more secure packaging and production of secure
documents for a wide variety of applications.
ISC President Allen Westerfield, and Andrew Gardner,
ISC Treasurer and Lexmark International World
Wide Brand Protection Manager will deliver a presentation
on counterfeiting problems.
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