Mark Andy

Rosemont, Ill.—A dedicated presentation, "It's Not About Digital - It's About Performance" was showcased live at the Mark Andy booth at Labelexpo Americas 2010, in Chicago

For those of you whose favorite shopping venue is a candy store, Labelexpo Americas might have been able to satisfy your craving—albeit, at slightly higher price tag.

Packaging equipment, software and service purchases by U.S. packaging printers, featuring Flower City Printing.

Steinhauser Inc. (Newport, Ky.) has come a long way in its 105-year history in the printing industry. Although it was founded by Albert Steinhauser in 1905 as a commercial printing operation, it has evolved into a business that, today, focuses solely on labels and packaging.

Paring down the category winners to select the Best of Show winner is quite a chore. This year, Mansfield, Mass.-based Hub Folding Box Company's Stoli Gold PET VAP nosed out South Australia-based Collotype Labels' offset-printed Trilogy wine label.

ROCKFORD, Ill.—Martin Automatic Inc. announced the installation of a new splicer and rewinder combo on a narrow-web label press at Flexographic Trade Services (FTS) in Fort Mill, S.C. The Martin Automatic MBSC butt splicer will be combined with an STR turret rewinder to provide non-stop roll changing for FTS’s new Mark Andy P5 Performance series press.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, featuring Avery Dennison.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Mark Andy is supporting Flexographic Trade Services (FTS) with the installation of a Performance Series P5 in the educational facility in Ft. Mill, S.C.  The new press will be available for viewing during the upcoming FTS Open House scheduled for August 10, 2010.

ST. LOUIS—Total Packaging Solutions, LLC, a Dayton, Ohio, converter, has invested in a Mark Andy Performance Series P7 press. Providing labels and packaging to the tobacco industry, this recent start-up had been outsourcing both offset and flexographic printing projects.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including Harper GraphicSolutions, Sun Chemical, Mark Andy and DuPont.