Business Management - Operations

During this hour-long seminar, Sean Craig, product manager, Tidland Corp., will explain what factors should be considered in leveraging the latest shaft technology to optimize the performance of rewind and unwind applications. Attendees of this e-seminar, “Best Under Pressure, Performance Considerations for Core Shaft Selection,” will learn how to safely unwind large diameter rolls and maintain consistent tension, minimize vibration in surface and high speed winding, successfully wind product without cores, minimize ergonomic injuries in core shaft handling and roll loading, and equalize tension across multiple rolls in spite of caliper variation in the web. To register for the seminar, visit www.tidland.com/eseminar

The August issue of packagePRINTING includes extensive coverage of the Labelexpo including the exhibitors’ list, floor plan, and important information about the conferences planned. A sampling of the new products that will be on display during the show, scheduled for Sept. 11-14 in Chicago, will also grace the pages of this planner. Rotoflex International Inc. will demonstrate the next generation in digital web finishing technology at Labelexpo Americas 2006. The new Configuration 2 Vericut includes the latest advancements in semi rotary spot coating, cold foil, hot foil and embossing. Rotoflex is a world leader in advanced high-tech solutions for security sensitive industries including

CHICAGO—Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Patrick J. Moore received the Pulp & Paper Safety Association’s (PPSA) Executive Eagle Award for 2005. The annual award is presented to a pulp and paper industry executive that demonstrates a firm commitment to industry safety and makes significant contributions to the improvement of safety and health programs within his or her company. The Executive Eagle Award was presented to Moore June 14 during the PPSA conference in Orlando. “It is an honor to receive the Executive Eagle Award for Smurfit-Stone’s safety efforts. I share this award with all the Smurfit-Stone employees who follow

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.—Space is filling up fast for the Mark Andy Educator Series Seminar, Film Labels Done Right on July 12, 2006 at their headquarters in Chesterfield, Missouri. The event focuses on film, film label and other filmic applications for narrow web! This is a developing market, and each attendee will learn from a variety of critical supply and technology resources such as Klockner Films, Xsys Ink, Flexographic Resources and more! The seminar will address the various learning curves in making the transition from traditional pressure sensitive labels into prime film markets. Sessions will help alleviate the hurdles and challenges converters have when

This 2 ½ day educational seminar brings together all facets of learning for an informative class on the ever-evolving topic of color management. Color Management for Flexography consists of practical workshops and hands-on demonstrations to guide you through all the steps necessary to successfully implementing color management specifically for flexography. You’ll also have a chance to participate in in-depth discussions regarding color management techniques and experiences. The event is scheduled for June 26 - 28, 2006 in Rochester, NY. The cost is $750.00 per FTA Member (FTA Members save 50%!). Fee includes a copy of FIRST 3rd Edition (Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications and Tolerances)

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America is pleased to announce the 2006 winner of the Harper Flexo College of the Year Award: Dunwoody College of Technology, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, went home from this year’s FTA Forum with the prestigious honor. Art Ehrenberg, vice president of manufacturing operations at Harper Corporation, and Pete Hartman, Harper’s vice president of sales, presented the award and trophy to Dunwoody instructor Joe Muller at the Flexographic Technical Association’s 2006 FTA Forum awards banquet in Louisville, Kentucky, in April. Second place went to Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC), Harper Campus, in Charlotte, N.C. Two-time winner California Polytechnic

PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP announced that St. Hart Container, one of Southern California’s largest manufacturers of custom corrugated packaging, has installed the HP Scitex FB6700 Printer. “The new high-quality flatbed printer provides leading-edge short-run corrugated printing capabilities that are opening up new opportunities for the company.” For 35 years, Fullerton, Calif.-based St. Hart has provided a wide variety of packaging including POP displays, regular slotted boxes and specialty die cut boxes, to customers all over California, the Southwest and Mexico. In April, St. Hart added digital technology to its line-up of corrugated packaging machines to further expand the range of services and capabilities offered to

Every package printer strives to produce packaging of the highest quality for its customers. Aiding in that effort is today’s higher anilox roll line counts. Line counts upwards of 1,000 have given printers the ability to reach realms of quality impossible with older, lower cell count aniloxes. The only drawback to these higher counts is the delicate nature of the anilox cells, which can be easily damaged during cleaning. This is a conundrum printers need to consider and take seriously if they plan on reaping the full rewards attainable through these newer rolls. “Higher count anilox rolls, in response to the need for higher

More spot color with less cost and greater freedom The new Kodak Spotless Printing Solution Version 2.0 provides a wider spectrum of spot colors with greater flexibility for marketers and a more efficient production process for printers. Spotless software enables graphic communications providers to simulate spot colors with process inks, delivering the marketing and production value of spot colors without the spot color ink costs. The Spotless printing solution also does away with native file editing and eliminates the need for reformulation or proprietary inks. The next generation Spotless printing solution adds the ability to generate 5- and 7-color screen tint recipes in addition

HARTSVILLE, S.C.--Sonoco has opened a new Innovation Center in downtown Cincinnati, a facility dedicated to providing innovative packaging supply chain products and services for many of Procter & Gamble’s major brands. The Sonoco Innovation Center is located at 201 E. Fifth Street, Suite 1300, in the PNC Building. “This facility is a first of its kind in the packaging industry--where a packaging supplier has placed dedicated resources directly next to a key customer to provide technology, design, brand management, supply chain, marketing and sales services,” said Charles Sullivan, Sonoco’s executive vice president for the company’s consumer group of packaging and services businesses. “We understand that