Business Management - Operations

PHILADELPHIA—Gallus, Inc. recently welcomed 50 current and potential Gallus customers to its third VIP Technology Seminar at the company’s Philadelphia facility. With the new Gallus EM 410 S as the backdrop, guests learned about how to be solutions providers for brand owners, how industry trends should be shaping their corporate strategies, keys to providing customer service, and witnessed a demonstration of the EM 410 S. Key to the event was a presentation on brand protection and the demonstration of the EM 410 S, which employed several processes to create a label using several different brand security techniques including taggants, hidden images, holograms, 2D bar codes,

Remaining competitive is one goal of many companies, but the companies that stand out are those that choose leading over simply competing. Syracuse Label Company, Inc., of Liverpool, N.Y. is one company that has worked hard to lead throughout its 40-year history. “We were one of the first rotary letterpress printers in the United States that offered high-quality print (4-color process) and chemical-resistant labels that flexographic printing was unable to offer at that time,” says Kathy Alaimo, president. “The rotary letterpress contributed to our rapid growth in the mid 1980s. Currently our goal is to continue our growth through the UV and water-based flexographic

Short-run printing is a reality today for any package printer, and a converter’s ability to adapt to this reality will go a long way toward customer retention. Being able to offer customers the option of shorter runs is the equivalent of offering them a new product—such as a new substrate, a specialty ink, or the ability to soft proof. However, integrating the shorter jobs into conventional press runs can be a challenging proposition. On the one hand, no one wants to turn down business, but on the other hand, fitting the shorter job in between two longer runs means more planning and makeready. Profecta

OAK HARBOR, OH—acpo ltd., a leading manufacturer of self-wound polyester and polypropylene overlaminate films, has received a Certificate of Registration, Certificate Number QEC15615, for complying with the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 quality management systems. This registration covers the quality management system for the manufacturing of self-wound and liner overlaminates and roll label stock and recertifies acpo ltd. for another three years. As a quality endorsed manufacturer, acpo ltd continues to create and improve pressure sensitive adhesive roll label films for the label and packaging industries. Their facility, located in Oak Harbor, Ohio implements the latest coating and slitting equipment technology with a

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Harper GraphicSolutions, the technical service division of global anilox supplier Harper Corporation, announced the dates for the 2007 Harper Flexographic Solutions Tour. Once again, industry experts will join the Harper GraphicSolutions team for a series of free one-day seminars that focus on trouble-shooting pre-press and print room problem areas, and cover the latest trends to improve print quality and press efficiency. The dates, cities and venues for this year’s tour are: Dallas, Texas—Thurs. February 22, 2007 Holiday Inn Dallas-Fort Worth Airport West 3005 Airport Freeway Bedford, TX 76021 Mesa, Ariz.—Thurs. March 15, 2007 Arizona State Polytechnic Campus Student Union’s Cooley Ballrooms A &

In-mold labeling (IML) is a product decoration method that has grown in popularity over the past 10 to 20 years. Why? Because it can provide lots of apple-pie type of stuff—improved quality and shelf appeal, reduced waste, reduced cost, and better durability. Who can argue with that? The IML process gets its name from how the label is applied to the plastic packaging container. The label is placed “in the mold” as the container itself is being formed. Plastic containers are produced using several different forming methods, including thermoforming, injection molding, and blow molding. To a large degree, the forming method used is

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Harper GraphicSolutions, the technical service division of global anilox supplier Harper Corporation, announced the dates for the 2007 Harper Flexographic Solutions Tour. Once again, industry experts will join the Harper GraphicSolutions team for a series of free one-day seminars that focus on trouble-shooting pre-press and print room problem areas, and cover the latest trends to improve print quality and press efficiency. The dates, cities and venues for this year’s tour are: Dallas, Texas—Thurs. February 22, 2007 Holiday Inn Dallas-Fort Worth Airport West 3005 Airport Freeway Bedford, TX 76021 Mesa, Ariz.—Thurs. March 15, 2007 Arizona State Polytechnic Campus Student Union’s Cooley Ballrooms A &

DAVENPORT, Iowa—PCT Engineered Systems, announced that its new 40,000-square-foot facility is now complete. PCT moved into their new facility in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center (EIIC) in northwest Davenport on January 12th, 2007. This facility will support the continued growth in PCT’s business and enable the company to achieve their strategic plan objectives. The company’s growth has been fueled by the acquisition of the BroadBeam line of electron beam processors in 2003. The expanded manufacturing space will enable a more efficient work flow and allows PCT to support a larger production volume. As part of the new facility, PCT is also installing a

SEWICKLEY, Pa. & RESTON, Va.—As part of its Digital Print 2007 initiative, the Digital Printing Council, a core service of PIA/GATF (Printing Industries of America, Inc. and the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation), today announces that it has formed an alliance with PRIMIR. PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and Research organization formed when GAMIS and NPES Market Research merged in 2005, will provide unique, in-demand content for PIA/GATF DPC members. PRIMIR content based on its unique research will appear as a regular feature in Digital Printing Report. The first PRIMIR content appears in the January issue of Digital Printing Report. The Digital Printing Report

Ciba Specialty Chemicals has launched Color Trend Vision, a design and technology package developed to provide designers, converters, and paint, ink, and masterbatch producers with global and regional color trend forecasts and information, design tools, technology, consulting services, and products for coatings, inks, and plastics applications. “Color Trend Vision is where science meets art,” says Siegfried Winkelbeiner, global head of Ciba Specialty Chemicals’ business line coatings. “This new concept covers all aspects of color from initial concept to finished object. It links the different stages of the value chain and assists all involved in the color process in achieving their objectives.” The tool kit