Business Management - Operations

MARIETTA, Ga.—Graphic Packaging International, Inc. plans to close four manufacturing facilities, and transition their business to other U.S. operating locations. The company's folding carton facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala. is expected to discontinue production by the end of the second quarter of 2009. It also expects to close folding carton plants in Morris, Ill. and Muncie, Ind. during the third quarter of 2009 and a multi-wall bag packaging facility, in Cantonment, Fla., by the end of the third quarter of 2009. Graphic Packaging also a permanently laid off about 60 employees at its Elk Grove Village, Ill. folding carton facility.

RIVER FALLS, Wis.—Print UV 2009 has booked a return engagement March 8-10 at the new Encore Wynn Las Vegas. Following the success of the inaugural Print UV conference in 2008, organizers of this year's event are putting the final touches on an educational and networking program designed to promote the growth of UV printing throughout the graphic arts industry.

TOPEKA, Kan.—The Foil Stamping & Embossing Association has announced that it will change its name to the Foil & Specialty Effects Association, but will still remain the FSEA.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands—The  Global Release Liner Industry Conference, hosted by AWA Conferences & Events, will be held March 4-6 in Miami, Fla.

Caraustar will provide a comprehensive program of separation pay, benefits coverage and job assistance to the employees affected by the Richmond closure to facilitate their transition to alternate employment. Greg Bartlett, vice president, sales Mill Group, stated Recession and declines in product demand necessitate that the company move aggressively to retain cost efficiencies and increase capacity utilization across its mill system.

RIVER FALLS, Wis.—Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, Print UV will take place once again at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas, March 8-10, 2009. This technology conference is dedicated to printers serious about growing, differentiating, and profiting with UV media.

The Application Development Team was assembled to work collaboratively with customers to provide product and process solutions for the industries MACtac serves, including the labels and labeling industry, which often presents extremely tough challenges. MACtac’s Application Development Team will work toward developing innovative solutions for all of MACtac’s areas of expertise, including Graphics, Roll Label and Sheets, Medical and Technical.

Following the acquisition of ANI, BASF Printing Systems and Flint Ink by CVC, he became general manager of Europe, Middle East, Africa and South America for Flint Group’s Narrow Web business prior to being named President of the division in March 2007. When combining this with his integrity, and passion for customers, this made him an outstanding leader for our company, our customers, and his colleagues.

Management Practices, Work Environment, Training and Development Opportunities, Financial Security, Workplace Health and Safety, Work-Life Balance, Recognition and Rewards, and Health and Wellness Programs.

[...] the Crystagram can have covert image elements to create a product authentication feature which combines overt, covert and traceability functions.The Certified Diamond Blister Pack from the Belarus-based company Holography Industry JSC also received high praise from the judges in the packaging section.Developed for Russia’s diamond grading and certification facility, the Smolensk Gemological Certification Center, Holography Industry’s hologram is applied to the protective blister packaging of certified diamonds to show if it has been compromised or interfered with in any way.A promotional hologram used by Imperial Tobacco to distinguish its Lambert & Butler brand from others won the ‘Best Promotion Award’. API Holographics and its sister company API Laminates created the new eye-catching hologram, featuring a ‘starburst’ visual effect, to ensure the Lambert & Butler brand stands out at the point-of-sale.A holographic packaging concept developed by U.S. firm Vacumet Corporation to ensure boxes of Hasbro’s Trivial Pursuit 25th Anniversary Edition stood out on retailers’ shelves in the crowded toys and games market was also highly commended.The ‘Best New Holographic Product Award’ went to Liechtenstein’s U-NICA Global Security Solutions for its intraGRAM™ injection mold-embedded hologram.The development involves embedding holographic images during the injection molding process, paving the way for the future mass production of integrated holograms in plastic parts.