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Respect for people.(Editorial)(Brief article)
The author of our Printing Lean column, Tom Southworth, has composed a penetrating article for this issue. He writes about people, their value in the workplace, and how they are treated by managemen . . .

Europe's label industry looks at possible 7 percent decline.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Statistical data)
Signs are emerging that the economic recession is bottoming out, as far as self-adhesive labels are concerned - but the European industry could face the prospect of a 7 percent fall in output in 200 . . .

TLMI members to 'Get Smart' at September tech conference.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Conference news)
The biennial Technical Conference of the Tag & Label Manufacturers Association takes place September 9-10 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The event, traditionally attended hundreds of TLMI members, wi . . .

Cenveo to acquire Nashua Corporation.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Cenveo Inc. (NYSE: CVO) has announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the shares of Nashua Corporation (NASDAQ: NSHA) in a stock and cash transaction valued at app . . .

Vimercati named to FINAT chair.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Andrea Vimercati has been appointed)(Brief article)
Andrea Vimercati, the sales director of Pilot Italia, a Milan converter, has assumed the presidency of FINAT, Europe's label association. He succeeds Jan Frederik Vink of Kolibri Labels in The Nethe . . .

Comco manufacturing moves to St. Louis.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Press manufacturer Mark Andy says it will discontinue manufacturing and engineering operations at its Comco press factory in Milford, OH, USA, and relocate those operations to its headquarters plant . . .

WS Packaging wins 'Business Friend' award.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
WS Packaging Group has won the "Business Friend of the Environment Award" for environmental innovation by the Wisconsin Environmental Working Group, an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Comme . . .

Report: demand for labels to grow 4.3% per year through 2013.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
World demand for labels is projected to expand 4.3 percent per year through 2013 to 49 billion square meters. Value demand is expected to grow 5.3 percent per year to $105 billion. The pressure sens . . .

A&V to distribute flint's nyloprint printing plates.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Flint Group Flexographic Products has announced that Anderson & Vreeland Inc. has agreed to distribute its line of nyloprint printing plates and processing equipment for letterpress printing applica . . .

Tapp wins top business award in Napa County.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
The readers of North Bay Biz magazine, which covers the upper region's of California's San Francisco Bay area, have selected Tapp Technologies as the best company to do business with in Napa County. . . .

Medical label printer completes ISO process.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
HP Mile Inc., a medical label printing company based in Syracuse, NY, USA, has been recommended by its registrar for ISO 9001:2008 certification after implementing a new quality management system ov . . .

Mark Andy creates new website for customers.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Website overview)
MAX, the service and support team of Mark Andy, has created a new website: www.yourfriendinflexo.com. The site enables customers to maximize their productivity and profitability by taking care of th . . .

APR and DFI produce new prepress course.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
All Printing Resources (APR) and DiTrolio Flexographic Institute (DFI) have combined their training skills to produce an educational course titled Level II Flexo Prepress. The partner-ship will allo . . .

Flint to host annual narrow web print awards in Brussels.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Flint Group will host its 5th Annual Narrow Web Print Awards, celebrating excellence and entrepreneurship in the wider world of narrow web printing, at Labelexpo Europe in Brussels in September. Lab . . .

DuPont, Waste Management to recycle Tyvek in US.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
DuPont Nonwovens and Waste Management have launched a national mail-in recycling program to capture banners, envelopes and other items printed on DuPont Tyvek. The program provides a way for printer . . .

Bunting redesigns its corporate website.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Bunting Magnetics Co., Newton, KS, USA, has announced the rollout of its redesigned corporate web site: www.buntingmagentics.com. The site features improved navigation, better product information an . . .

Flexo Wash donates anilox cleaner to school.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Flexo Wash LLC of Louisville, KY, USA, has donated an anilox roll cleaning unit and technical support to the Harper National Flexographic Center at North Carolina's Central Piedmont Community Colleg . . .

Delta enters South Asia with Weldon Celloplast.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
Delta Industrial Services, located in Minneapolis, MN, USA, has appointed Weldon Celloplast Limited as its South Asian representative and distributor. Delta designs and manufactures customized, auto . . .

FTA draws a healthy crowd to Florida flexo conference.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Conference news)
Three days, 10 sessions, eight hours of exhibit time, approximately 1,200 attendees. Demographically speaking, Foundation of FTA's 2009 Annual Forum & Info*Flex Exhibition was a significant gatherin . . .

Label Traxx 5.4 is new from Tailored Solutions.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
Tailored Solutions, Milwaukee, WI, USA, the producer of Label Traxx print business software for flexographic narrow web converters and printers, has announced Version 5.4 of Label Traxx. Discussin . . .

Kodak, Xeikon promote web based label production.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
A new alliance between Kodak and Xeikon, a manufacturer of toner based digital label presses, enables label printers to extend their web based businesses with branded online ordering of tags, labels . . .

Franklin introduces microsphere adhesives.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Franklin Adhesives & Polymers has launched its new Micronax microsphere technology. It provides what the company says is "the highest degree of repositionability of any type of pressure sensitive ad . . .

Eckart unveils metallic digital inkjet inks.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Over the last three years Eckart, a Germany based ink and coatings manufacturer, has been developing a family of decorative metallic digital drop on demand (DOD) inks. The first of these was a solve . . .

EskoArtwork gives its users a look at future technologies.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Conference news)(Brief article)
Prepress leader EskoArtwork, based in Ghent, Belgium, hosted its customers May 17-20 at the EskoArtwork Worldwide User Conference (formerly EUGI). The event, which took place in Orlando, FL, USA, wa . . .

GEW donates UV system to Clemson institute.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
GEW Inc. has donated a seven-lamp ECP UV system with e-brick electronic power supplies to aid research and development activities at Clemson University's new Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and . . .

Multi-Color reports revenue increase of 38%.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Financial report)
Multi-Color Corporation (Nasdaq: LABL) has announced financial results for the year ended March 31, 2009, compared with the same period a year ago. The company generated its eleventh consecutive yea . . .

Yazoo Mills improves and expands its website.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Yazoo Mills, located in New Oxford, PA, USA, has launched an improved and expanded website that provides visitors with an enhanced user experience. The site - www.yazoomills.com - is much larger, mo . . .

Multi-Plastics adds pouch materials to product line.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
Multi-Plastics Inc., Lewis Center, OH, USA, has added paper and film-faced pouch materials to its mono-web flexible packaging product line. The stocked C1S paper-faced structure under product code . . .

Charter Films increases coextrusion capacity.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
Charter Films, located in Superior, WI, USA, has announced that its new W&H coextrusion line is fully operational. The line was installed in late December 2008 at the Superior facility. The new li . . .

FTA unveils major update to FIRST flexo guidelines.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Twelve years ago, the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) unveiled a remarkable document, a large set of print production tools for flexographers that seemed to represent the sum of all knowled . . .

Performance Series: all new from Mark Andy.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
After inspecting and witnessing the new Mark Andy Performance Series press in action at the company's St. Louis plant, the customer was asked if he wanted to own one. "No," the converter answered. " . . .

3 Sigma Corporation.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
3 SIGMA CORPORATION. Troy, OH, USA - 3 Sigma has named Thomas J. Trayner CEO and chief marketing officer. . . .

Accraply.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)(Seamus Lafferty, Dave Hanson and Peter Nicholson )(Brief article)
ACCRAPLY, Plymouth, MN, USA - Seamus Lafferty will assume the role of vice president of sales and marketing, responsible for sales of all Accraply machine brands on a global basis. Dave Hanson has b . . .

Bunting Magnetics Company.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
BUNTING MAGNETICS COMPANY, Newton, KS, USA - Russ Woods has joined the company as a territory manager for its Printing Products group and Flexible Die Division. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . . .

Color Resolutions International.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
COLOR RESOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL (CRI), Fairfield, OH, USA - Mike Hayden has joined CRI as senior technical sales specialist, covering the Midwest region. Mark Neely is the company's new business dev . . .

Eskoartwork.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
ESKOARTWORK, Gent, Belgium - EskoArtwork announced that Peter Camps, senior vice president of Enfocus, its sister company, has decided to leave the company for personal reasons. Fabian Prudhomme wil . . .

Flint Group Flexographic Products.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
FLINT GROUP FLEXOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS, Charlotte, NC, USA - Geoff Barba will assume the newly created position of business development manager, Corrugated Market, for the USA and Canada. . . .

Lake Image Systems.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
LAKE IMAGE SYSTEMS, Henrietta, NY, USA - Jan Hommema has joined Lake Image Systems as direct sales representative for the Upper Midwest and Northwestern states. Kristin Rukas has been named direct s . . .

Multi-Color Corporation.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION, Sharonville, OH, USA -The company has announced that Nigel A. Vinecombe has been appointed chief operating officer. Vinecombe became president of the International Business . . .

Pitman Company.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
PITMAN COMPANY, Totowa, NJ, USA - Pitman Company announced that it has appointed Anthony P. Crupi Sr. as chief executive officer. Crupi was recently named to the Pitman Board of Directors. [ILLUST . . .

Radtech.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
RADTECH, Bethesda, MD, USA - David Harbourne, Fusion UV, was honored with the company's annual RadTech President's Award at the RadTech Spring Member Meeting held May 18-19 in Baltimore, MD. . . .

Smythe Companies.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
SMYTHE COMPANIES, Minneapolis, MN, USA - Smyth Companies has hired David Buchholz to fill the company's newly created position of vice president, continuous improvement. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . . .

Toray Plastics.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
TORAY PLASTICS, North Kingstown, RI, USA - Tho company has announced two promotions within its Lumirror Polyester Film Division. Tonya McBride has been named national sales manager and Justin Larson . . .

Unilux.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
UNILUX, Saddle Brook, NJ, USA - Unilux has named Chris Kapsalis as software development manager. WESTERN SHIELD LABEL COMPANY, Rancho Dominguez, CA, USA - Western Shield has announced the promotion . . .

Western Shield Label Company.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
WESTERN SHIELD LABEL COMPANY, Rancho Dominguez, Ca, USA - Western Shield has announced the promotion of Heather Curry to the position of inside sales manager. . . .

York Label.(INDUSTRY PEOPLE)
YORK LABEL, Omaha, NE, USA - Dave Klotter was promoted to vice president, sales and marketing. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . . .

At FINAT: little thanksgiving in Turkey.(ASSOCIATION NEWS)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Roland Berger Strategy Consultants)(
When the Europe based label association FINAT celebrated its 50th birthday in Paris in June 2008, the economic storm clouds were menacing but the climate at the congress was one of guarded optimism. . . .

Acquisitions, ownership and global pursuits.(NARROW WEB EUROPE)(Autajon Group)
The hottest news from France, as already reported in L&NW's online version, is the acquisition, by the country's third biggest label converter, of Bopack, hitherto the biggest. This will create a ma . . .

Pressure sensitive labels for returnable bottles.(NARROW WEB EUROPE)(Brief article)
Pressure from ecological groups means that the returnable bottle is increasingly used in Europe. Removing the label by washing, however, is no easy matter, according to Nicolas Towers of Krones. Pre . . .

Heidelberg - again.(NARROW WEB EUROPE)
Readers of this column will recall the financial problems besetting Heidelberg, widely considered in Germany to be "too big to fail." Recent events in the US and elsewhere have proven that there is . . .