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Substrates & adhesives

Avery Dennison honored in the Netherlands

13 February 2012

During a recent visit to the corporation’s facility in Hazerswoude, the Netherlands, Avery Dennison chairman, president and CEO Dean Scarborough...

Substrates & adhesives

M-real to be renamed Metsä Board

10 February 2012

European fresh forest fiber paperboard producer M-real will become Metsä Board following the decision by parent Metsäliitto Group to rebrand as Metsä...

PC Industries and FiberMark join TLMI

10 February 2012

The TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute) has welcomed two new supplier members to the association: Gurnee, Illinois-based PC Industries and...

Substrates & adhesives

M-real to become Metsä Board

10 February 2012

Change in parent name means new name for paperboard producer

Building the ideal company

10 February 2012

If you’re considering an acquisition, there are plenty of great deals out there, writes L&L columnist Bob Cronin, managing director of The Open...

Digital printing

Digital vs offset: quality is no longer an issue

10 February 2012

Print quality is no longer an issue printers and converters should be concerned about when considering digital technology

New products

Kolbus moves into packaging

10 February 2012

Casemaking specialist demos DA 260 on variety of packaging items

British engineering firm takes on manroland sheetfed division

09 February 2012

British engineering group Langley Holdings has been named as the company taking over the sheetfed printing equipment division of insolvent German...

People

Vibrant Graphics increases production control efforts

09 February 2012

Vibrant Graphics, a converter in Milwaukee, has appointed Sally Okruhlica to take charge of production control. ‘We are excited to have Sally join us...

New products

Fiberweb introduces KleanWipes Static Reduction Sleeve

09 February 2012

Fiberweb, a speciality industrial materials business, has announced its KleanWipes Static Reduction Sleeve for flexographic printing and converting...

Finishing & embellishment

German converter orders Rotocontrol RSC slitter rewinder

09 February 2012

Barthel, a German converter part of die Barthel Gruppe, placed an order for a Rotocontrol RSC 440 web width slitter rewinder after seeing a...

Western Shield Label redesigns website

09 February 2012

US converter Western Shield Label Company has redesigned its website, www.westernshield.com. ‘I’m really excited with the new site’, said Dan Stadler,...