Printer News - April 2013

AIMCAL's Product of the Year
FORT MILL, S.C.—The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International of Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package it produced for Embotits Espina, a 102-year-old maker of cold cuts headquartered in Vic, Spain.

Graphic Packaging served as converter and metallizer for the Bacon Microondas Espina pack and assisted with its design. Graphic Packaging's microwaveable QuiltWave susceptor rollstock consists of a dual lamination of PET/paper/patterned susceptor-metallized PET. A printed paperboard sleeve provides brand identity and product information, but is removed prior to microwaving. During the one-minute cooking period, the cells created by the pattern in the QuiltWave susceptor inflate to contact the four thin slices of bacon and cook it to the desired crispness.

TLMI's Singer Awards

GLOUCESTER, MASS.—The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) recently announced the winners of the prestigious Eugene Singer Award for Management Excellence. This award recognizes excellence in business management measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through the participation in the TLMI Management Ratio Study.

The 2012 TLMI Eugene Singer Awards were given to the following companies:

• Centennial, Colo.-based Columbine Label Company won in the small company category for the second time.
• Butler, Wis.-based Flexo-Graphics won for the mid-range company category, winning the award for the first time.
• Aurora, Ill.-based The Label Printers won for the medium company category. This is The Label Printer's fourth Eugene Singer Award.
• Longwood, Fla.-based Consolidated Label won for the large company category—its 11th Eugene Singer Award.

TLMI President, Frank Sablone, comments, "TLMI would like to congratulate this year's Singer Award winners. For the first time in the association's history more than 100 converter members participated in the TLMI Ratio Study in 2012, reinforcing the tremendous value our converter members obtain from taking part in the study."

Fort Dearborn Acquires FetterGroup Business

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL.—Fort Dearborn Company has acquired the assets of FetterGroup's paint and coatings label business.

"The acquisition is a logical fit for Fort Dearborn Company and reinforces our commitment to the paint and coatings label market," said Fort Dearborn CEO Jeff Brezek. "Fetter has a long track record of building solutions that address many of the unique needs inherent in the paint and coatings marketplace and therefore we are very excited to add their capabilities to ours and create a more robust solutions offering for this end market."

Fort Dearborn's management team expects the addition of Fetter's label business to contribute to the company's near-term and ongoing success as the housing market recovers.

"I am confident that this will be a seamless and transparent transition for our customers, and our respective teams are committed to this goal," said Terry Gill, FetterGroup president and CEO. "It is a change-intensive industry and Fort Dearborn is experienced with the distinct needs and customer requirements of this market."

Clondalkin Adds manroland Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Clondalkin Pharma and Healthcare North America has added an 8-color manroland 708 perfecting press with in-line foil applicator to its PS9000-compliant pharmaceutical packaging production facility in Charlotte, N.C. The press adds further capacity and high-quality color capability to the facility, which specializes in the production of folded cartons for the pharmaceutical sector.

Kevin Kenjarski, VP of sales and marketing, said, "As a forward-thinking and customer-focused business, investment in equipment that provides our customers access to the best quality products is of paramount importance to us. In the past six years we have invested $300 million in our Pharma and Healthcare packaging business, to drive our customer service capabilities."

TAPP Label Expands

NAPA, CALIF.—Tapp Label has acquired the assets of Ben Franklin Press & Label (BFP&L) and hired the employees. Going forward the former BFP&L will operate as Tapp Label.

John Attayek, CEO Tapp Label stated, "Today we are very pleased to announce the expansion of our business, the result of Ben Franklin Press & Label's joining Tapp Label Technologies. This event brings over 30 years of experience and customer oriented label printing excellence into the Tapp Label organization. Our customers are the true beneficiaries of this exciting change as we are able to offer an even broader array of services and capabilities to serve their label needs."

BFP&L president and general manager Dennis Patterson added, "All of us at BFP&L are extremely pleased to join Tapp Label Technologies because of our like-minded commitment to our customers' success and how we approach serving the wine and spirits marketplace."

PEOPLE
Sealed Air Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has elected Jerome A. Peribere to the position of president and CEO. He joined Sealed Air in 2012 as president and COO as part of a succession planning process. The position of COO will be discontinued.

Great Northern Corp. has appointed Rick Bishop as VP, general manager of its StrataGraph® operation in Oshkosh.

Mac Arthur Corp. announced that U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank appointed Mac Arthur Corp. CEO, Christie Wong Barrett (Wong), to the 2013 U.S. Department of Commerce Manufacturing Council. The council was created in 2004 to act as a private sector advisory committee to the Secretary of Commerce on the U.S. manufacturing industry.

Rondo-Pak has promoted Richard Leppert to the position of VP of global business development. He will support Rondo-Pak's customer base worldwide by working collaboratively with each of parent company Körber Medipak's four multinational locations.

Bemis Company announced that its Board of Directors has elected William E. Jackson, PhD as VP and chief technology officer. In this role, he will be responsible for leveraging Bemis' R&D capabilities across its global operations and diversified applications. pP