Bobst SA

Sonoco announced at its annual shareholders meeting that it will increase production capabilities and support R&D innovation.

Fratelli Roda SA is reportedly the first Swiss company to install a Bobst Accucheck unit. The new technology will allow the company to acquire new customers, especially in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

On March 31, 2008, following a thorough due diligence process and the approval by the German Federal Cartel Office, Bobst Group completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the Fischer & Krecke Group, in Germany. This acquisition is in line with the Bobst Group strategy to expand its operations in the flexible materials market worldwide and to strengthen its presence in the flexographic printing area. The one-time costs to integrate Fischer & Krecke’s operations will lead to a slightly negative operating profit for the Flexible Materials Business Area in 2008. In 2009, the operating profit is expected to return again to positive figures. The

Shorter runs—they are the reality for many package printers today. This reality can impact your slitters/rewinders by way of greater wear and tear, more frequent tool changes, and so on, but these are not the only packaging trends that affect the slitters/rewinders market. The myriad substrates available to converters alone impacts slitter/rewinder performance and construction. Thank the emergence of flexible packaging for the increased substrate requirements. All these factors will impact your business in terms of what equipment you buy—a typical rewinder versus a turret rewinder, for example—what you will do to increase the lifespan of such equipment, as well as what other types