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ROSEMONT, Ill.—Hundreds of global suppliers, converters, trade associations and media gathered to celebrate and reward excellence in the label industry at the Label Industry Global Awards gala dinner, Sept. 9 at Labelexpo Americas. Votes were collated from across the world, and winners were announced in four categories: • CONTINUOUS INNOVATION AWARD - sponsored by Labels & Labeling, Label & Narrow Web, NarroWebTech This award is for a long-established supplier or converter company within the label industry that has shown innovation and creativity over the years. Winner 2008: ExxonMobil Chemical The judges commented: “ExxonMobil puts a lot back into the industry through its own excellence

MENTOR, Ohio—The Fasson Roll North America division of Avery Dennison Corporation has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for a number of its North American coating and distribution locations. An independent, third-party organization accredited by the FSC to certify companies to their international standards has determined that Avery Dennison has ensured that Fasson® products sold as FSC-certified are sourced from a responsibly managed forest. “At Avery Dennison, we believe in achieving sustainable business success through responsible economic, social and environmental practices that help build healthy communities around the world,” stated Don Nolan, group vice president, roll materials, Avery Dennison. “Pursuit of certifications that

CHICAGO, Ill.—At Labelexpo this week, Avery Dennison announced that it has joined forces with EskoArtwork and ExxonMobil Chemical in extending PacVantage™ software and technology for digital labels. Last year, EskoArtwork and ExxonMobil Chemical introduced PacVantage™ software and technology for digitally printed labels at Labelexpo Europe. In this market segment, where the predominant printing technology is provided by HP Indigo, these companies broke new ground by offering a color guarantee. This guarantee provides converters that prepare their jobs using EskoArtwork software with PacVantage™ technology and print them on ExxonMobil Chemical’s Digilyte™ polyolefin films the assurance that they will be able to make color adjustments during

The Global Release Liner ­Industry Conference, hosted annually by AWA Conferences & Events, took place this year Feb. 6-8 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The event, which alternates annually between North America and Europe, drew 150 delegates from all corners of the globe to focus on the opportunities and concerns in a business that has seen considerable consolidation in recent years, and is facing rising costs, reduced profitability, and environmental issues. Market data Opening the formal conference proceedings, Conference Chairperson Corey M. Reardon, president and CEO of market research consultants AWA Alexander Watson Associates BV, provided the first keynote address—his company’s global update on the

DÜSSELDORF, Germany—TAGSYS, a global suppler of item-level RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) infrastructure, has announced that Portuguese fashion retailer, Throttleman, has received the ‘Best Enterprise Solution’ award from the EHI Retail Institute (a 500 member global retail trade association) for its successful deployment of a supply chain solution built upon TAGSYS’ UHF RFID tunnel. Integrating an RFID infrastructure has enabled Throttleman to increase the efficiency of its distribution center by 60 percent and ensures that stock is quickly and accurately routed to the appropriate stores. Affixed with Avery Dennison RFID labels, items are shipped from Throttleman’s manufacturing plant in India to their distribution center in

GLEN ALLEN, Va.—Signage manufactured using printed and organic electronics will generate $2.5 billion by 2015, according to a new report published by NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm. NanoMarkets’ report finds that electrophoretic displays, electrochromic displays, cholesteric liquid crystal, field-emission displays, OLEDs, electroluminescent materials and emissive carbon nanotube technology will impact a wide variety of signage markets ranging from large outdoor billboards to point-of-sale labels. This will offer major opportunities to manufacturers of OLEDs and paper-like displays as well as the materials, equipment and printing companies that support them. Additional details about the report including an excerpt can be found at www.nanomarkets.net. Other

RFID has been the “talk of the town” ever since Wal-Mart laid out its expectations to its largest suppliers in 2003—lots of press, lots of hype. Now, it seems as though more participants are asking that famous question posed in Wendy’s® commercials many years ago, “Where’s the beef?” It is true that the glowing light of RFID has dimmed during the last couple of years—reality has not lived up to the expectations that were created. That doesn’t mean, however, that RFID is no longer something package printers need to consider. RFID is being implemented in a wide range of applications and some of

ELGIN, Ill.—Following the success of its 2005 event, AB Graphic International will host a second open house at its U.S. location in Elgin, Illinois with participation from key industry partners including HP, EskoArtwork, and Avery Dennison. The event will be held Nov. 6 and repeated in the same format on Nov. 7 and 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A special event hosted by HP will take place on the evening of Nov. 6. The open house will give attendees the opportunity to see a range of equipment that will include RFID and related converting technology, turret rewinding, converting, and 100 percent inspection

ELGIN, Ill.—Following the success of its 2005 event, AB Graphic International will host a second open house at its USA location in Elgin, Illinois with participation from key industry partners including HP, Esko, and Avery Dennison. The event will be held Nov. 6 and repeated in the same format on Nov. 7 and 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A special event hosted by HP will take place on the evening of Nov. 6. The open house will give attendees the opportunity to see a range of equipment that will include RFID and related converting technology, turret rewinding, converting, and 100 percent inspection

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.—Avery Dennison RFID, a business unit of Avery Dennison Corporation and leading provider of RFID technology and services, announced the continued expansion of its RFID inlay product portfolio with the introduction of three new inlay designs—the AD-430, AD-630 and AD-813. The new inlays are EPC Class 1 Gen 2- and ISO-180006-C-compliant and are designed to be read across the range of global RFID frequency bands - 860-960 MHz - and integrate seamlessly into label converting processes. All three new products are scheduled for general release in the third quarter of 2007. According to George Reynolds, VP of global sales and marketing, “The