Brian Bishop has taken over the responsibility as President for Gallus Inc., effective July 7, 2008. During his 26-year career, Bishop has gained experience and know-how in capital equipment service and sales. He began his career in several service functions, grew into sales management positions and eventually took over general management responsibility for the U.S. subsidiary of a reputed European special machinery group which acts globally. Jon Guy, who took over Gallus Inc. in August 2002 and grew the company significantly will support the transition, then assume another role outside the Gallus Group.
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Omaha, Neb.—LabelCorp Holdings, Inc. (“YORK Label”), a provider labeling and packaging solutions, has formalized its partnership with Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC (“Diamond Castle”) of New York. In June of this year, Diamond Castle, in partnership with YORK Label’s Senior Management Team, signed a definitive purchase agreement with Wind Point Partners of Chicago, Illinois. YORK Label’s Senior Management Team will remain in place and maintain a significant ownership stake in the Company. YORK Label is a provider of labeling and packaging solutions to global consumer products, wine and spirits, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage companies. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, YORK Label has 14 production facilities
Let the games begin! Thank God for the summer Olympics. For at least a two-week period, the news in our country was dominated by something other than another marathon contest that is taking place, not in Beijing, China, but in the good old U.S. of A. The other marathon, of course, is the run for the Oval Office, which seems as though it has been going on since Pheidippides ran the first marathon in 490 B.C. The printing industry’s version of the Olympics, drupa, took place during the Spring trade show season. Also held every four years, it dominated our news in much
Happy Anniversary, TLMI! The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute turned 75 last month. The trade association first known as the Tag Manufacturers Institute was born in Cleveland on June 15, 1933 when 18 companies banded together with a primary focus on how to deal with the requirements of the National Recovery Administration. To get on the path to where it is today, two significant milestones occurred in the 1960s. In 1962, the association expanded to include pressure-sensitive label manufacturers and had its first meeting as the newly formed Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute. In 1966, it added supplier companies as associate members, with 15
Synthetic papers are tough, but that’s just one of two key attributes that make them distinctive. The other is their ability to support high-quality printing. All applications in which synthetics are used take advantage of these qualities in one form or another. Potential uses for synthetic papers include virtually any application that requires long-term durability, says Mike Mead, marketing manager for Wausau Coated Products. “Synthetic papers are chemical-resistant, water-resistant, tear-resistant, and generally more durable than paper.” In addition, synthetic papers provide an ease of printability, he says. Paul Mitcham, director of marketing and sales support for Yupo Corporation America, concurs with
TAMPERE, Finland—UPM Raflatac has been ranked at the top in the latest Vendor Matrices released by ABI Research. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI Research to provide a clear understanding of vendors’ positions in specific markets. Two recently published Vendor Matrices assess RFID inlay manufacturers that offer passive HF (13.56 MHz) and UHF inlays. UPM Raflatac scored highest in the RFID Passive HF Inlay Vendor Matrix, followed by Tagsys and Texas Instruments. In the UHF matrix rankings, UPM Raflatac occupied second position, right after Alien Technology. Vendors are assessed by ABI Research on the parameters of innovation and implementation
TAMPERE, Finland—UPM Raflatac recently celebrated the opening of its new North American pressure-sensitive labelstock manufacturing facility in Dixon, Ill., about 100 miles west of Chicago. The new $100 million facility will offer UPM Raflatac’s full product range of paper and film label products and features the company’s latest proprietary technical solutions in both the coating and finishing areas. With its end-to-end automation, UPM Raflatac expects the Dixon factory will be the most innovative labelstock production and distribution facility in the industry. “Our mission is to continuously develop our product offerings and service concepts and provide substantial value to our label printer customers,” says
TAMPERE, Finland—UPM Raflatac recently celebrated the opening of its new North American pressure-sensitive labelstock manufacturing facility in Dixon, Ill., about 100 miles west of Chicago. The new $100 million facility will offer UPM Raflatac’s full product range of paper and film label products and features the company’s latest proprietary technical solutions in both the coating and finishing areas. With its end-to-end automation, UPM Raflatac expects the Dixon factory will be the most innovative labelstock production and distribution facility in the industry. “Our mission is to continuously develop our product offerings and service concepts and provide substantial value to our label printer customers,” says
MOBILE, Ala. and MIAMI—Xanté and SMART Papers have teamed up to offer a collection of SMART Papers’ premium heavy stock and specialty papers for use on the new Xanté Ilumina® 502 digital color press. As a result of this collaboration, Ilumina digital press owners will be able to offer their customers a wide variety of substrates previously unavailable for short-run applications. Ultra heavy paper print work, traditionally the province of large volume offset printers, can now be achieved affordably and with the highest quality, on demand in the short-run digital world. The Xanté Ilumina 502 Digital Color Press occupies a unique place in
MILWAUKEE—Tailored Solutions Label Traxx™, print business management software for flexographic narrow web label printers and converters, is celebrating its 15th birthday in 2008. In the 15 years since Label Traxx was introduced to flexographic narrow web label printers and converters, more than 300 printers rely on Label Traxx to monitor their operations and to provide timely data with which to make key management decisions. Discussing the 15-year milestone, Tailored Solutions president Ken Meinhardt commented: “When David Porter and I introduced Label Traxx in 1993, we hoped it would be a moderate success in the Milwaukee area. We never dreamed that label producers