GPA, Specialty Substrate Solutions

To provide marketers and brand owners with more opportunities for creating impactful packaging with added environmental benefits, GPA has announced the addition of Ultra Digital and Ultra Print 100% recycled brown kraft boards to its collection of unique substrates.

Industry News on the package printing industry, including Middleton Printing, GPA, DuPont, Labels Unlimited, OEC Graphics, Toray Plastics (America)

PRINT 13 and CPP EXPO had a successful five-day run in McCormick Place. "Two common themes seemed to be repeated by attendees and exhibitors alike at the show this year," reported Ralph Nappi, president of the Graphic Arts Show Company. "First, a sense of optimism existed that has not been evidenced in our industry for a few years; the second was the surprising number of deals that were inked at the show."

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on Heidelberg, Bobst, Wilson Manufacturing, Multi-Plastics Inc., Nilpeter, Emerald Packaging and Gintzler Graphics.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on GPA, RotoMetrics, MTL Print, Heidelberg North America and W&H Press.

At Dscoop7 in Washington, DC last month, GPA was chosen as the recipient of the 2012 Jack Glacken Award for its outstanding contributions to the Dscoop community, as well as its passion for the industry.

More than 2,000 digital print professionals recently gathered at Dscoop7, marking a 30 percent increase in core North American attendees from last year’s event. Attendees from 38 countries rounded out the total. “Dscoop7 was a success in every sense of the word,” said Craig Curran, Dscoop7 chairman and vice president of sales at Nosco.

GPA proudly announces the latest addition to their product line: InCycle™ Expanded PET, the revolutionary, sustainable alternative to traditional films and synthetics. It offers durability, environmental benefits, and a feather-light weight one must feel to believe.

Dscoop will host more than 90 Partners at Dscoop6, its sixth annual conference, taking place Feb. 17-19, 2011, in Orlando.

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Printing Industries of America (PIA) announced the recipients of the 2009 Best Workplace in the Americas Awards. A total of 37 graphic arts companies, both members of PIA as well as non-members, were selected by a committee of distinguished human relations (HR) experts from within the industry.