Flint Group

News on suppliers to the package printing industry, including Ashland Performance Materials, Flint Group, Eastman Kodak Company, Avery Dennison and more...

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has announced plans to host the Harper Road Show 2011 on March 30 at its global headquarters in Green Bay. Visitors will see both narrow inline and wide web CI machines in one location and learn from the experts how to make sure their operation runs as efficiently and competitively as possible.

Following recent stops in Florida in January, 2011, the Gallus ECS 340 will be on the road once again, stopping first in Dallas, Texas for a demonstration with Pitman for two days, on March 29 and 30. Then, on April 5, Harper Corp. will hold its Northeast U.S. road show at Gallus’ facilities in Philadelphia.

Coatings and adhesives from Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., that are marketed to North American narrow web label, tag and wrapper converters, will now also be available from Flint Group.

Flint Group announced that Daniel F. McDowell has been appointed as president of the global Packaging & Narrow Web division.

Flint Group North America has announced price increases on certain printing inks and pressroom chemistry sold in the United States and Canada.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including Anderson & Vreeland, Flint Group, Agfa Graphics, Davis-Standard, Heidelberg USA, and Schawk, Inc.

Anderson & Vreeland (A&V), a leading supplier of flexo prepress equipment and materials, marks a milestone in January, 2011—a half-century of supplying platemaking equipment and materials to the flexographic industry.

PLYMOUTH, Mich.—Flint Group North America has announced a six percent price increases on all energy curable inks and coatings for sheetfed, liquid packaging, and web offset applications, effective immediately.

CLEMSON, S.C.—OMET and EskoArtwork announced their next joint seminar at the Sonoco Packaging Institute at Clemson University; “Think before you Shrink”. It will also include hands-on training presented in conjunction with Karlville Development.