News on Suppliers to the Packaging Printing Industry from packagePRINTING April 2013

Vice President of Operations Lee Kluttz comments: "I am very excited about the new HEX division. This new facet of Harper Corporation will complement our current products and services while providing a higher degree of support to industry professionals."

Louis Oscar Werneke, 1926-2013

Louis Oscar Werneke, a successful businessman who founded Werneke Ink, died peacefully on March 31. Werneke's company supplied water-based and UV inks to the label printing industry from eight U.S. facilities and distributors throughout the world. He sold his company to Akzo Nobel Inks (now part of Flint Group) in 1998.