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Industry Meetings Put on Hold: TLMI and IADD

Published: September 14, 2001
Both the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) and the International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD) have put their upcoming meetings on hold due to Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the USA.

Prime Labels Are More Than a Family Affair

Published: September 1, 2001
Purchased in part to serve divisions in its parent company, Prestige Label has fulfilled that role with excellence while building up a broad and impressive

Rotoflex to Launch Product Platforms at Label Expo Europe

Published: August 10, 2001
Rotoflex International says it will launch its new "Millenium Vision," the PRO Series, which includes five product groups—Pro Inspect, Pro Vision, Pro Secure, Pro DieCut, and Pro Tech—for inspection, slitting, rewinding, die-cutting, and vision converting applications, at Label Expo.

Tamper-Evident, Tamper-Proof Packaging Part of Life Today

Published: July 1, 2001

A tamper-proof package, i.e., one that could never be opened, would mean no one could tamper with the cookies, but no one could eat them either!

Russian Label Show Exhibits Lively Growth

Published: July 1, 2001
Where in the world can the packaging industry enjoy annual volume growth of 30% and more?

Shared Focus Makes for One Successful Company

Published: July 1, 2001
Two label converters come together, and the result is award-winning synergy.

Mikoh, Intermec Technologies Produce Smart&Secure Labels

Published: May 1, 2001
Mikoh Corp. and Intermec Technologies Corp. have announced a collaboration to incorporate Smart&Secure RFID transponders (thin, flexible Radio Frequency Identification circuits) into a unique array of p-s label constructions.

Holograms Light Up the Jimi Hendrix Experience

Published: May 1, 2001
A quarter million oval onlay labels for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, the new acclaimed CD and LP collection of recordings by the late guitarist, were

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

Published: May 1, 2001

With a brand new competition added to the agenda, the Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. gathers in Florida.

Sheet-Fed Label Converter to Keep Winning Ways

Published: May 1, 2001
For one 88-year-old sheet-fed label producer, “Independence Day” has taken on a whole new meaning. And, it has a brand new date.

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

Published: April 1, 2001

Hammer Lithographic is a company that knows how to focus for success. When it decided to tackle the difficult job of converting sheet-fed BOPP, that ability proved invaluable.

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

Published: April 1, 2001
With a supplier alliance and four years of homework, Hammer Lithographic adds sheet-fed BOPP to its operation successfully.

Wide vs Narrow Web FlexoIt's More Than Just the Width

Published: March 1, 2001
Flexography is the fastest growing printing process. This growth has come from many flexographic printing sectors, including wide web flexible packaging and narrow web label printing.

New Label Press Moves Company to the Next Level

Published: March 1, 2001
Schultz Bros. USA needed another press for its label converting operation, and it wound up being the first customer for the new Mark Andy Scout.

Formulators Look Beyond the Peel, Tack, and Shear Profile

Published: February 1, 2001
Although first developed more than 30 years ago, the microsphere technology behind 3M's Post-It Notes—sticky when you need them, removable when you don't—continues

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