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FIRST PLACE Collotype Labels, Mile End South, South Australia Avery Lane Press: Nilpeter Plates/Screens: Kodak, Stork Dies: RotoMetrics Substrate: Spicers Ink/Coating/Adhesive: UV Flint Group SECOND PLACE Collotype Labels, Mile End South, South Australia Monkey Bay Press: Komori, Tahara, Roland, Heidelberg Plates: Kodak Dies: Rulecut, Triforme Substrate: CPI Ink/Coating/Adhesive: Flint Group

FIRST PLACE Collotype Labels, Mile End South, South Australia Graham Beck Brut Blanc de Blancs Press: Komori, Tahara, Roland, Heidelberg Cylinders: Kodak Dies: Rulecut, Triforme Substrate: CPI Ink/Coating/Adhesive: Flint Group SECOND PLACE Collotype Labels, Mile End South, South Australia Ondine Press: Gallus Plates/Screens/Cylinders: Winner, Gallus Dies: Kocher + Beck Substrate: Avery Dennison Ink: Flint Group THIRD PLACE Collotype Labels, Mile End South, South Australia Delicato Family Vineyards Press: Nilpeter Plates: Fuji Dies: Kocher + Beck Substrate: Avery Dennison Ink/Coating/Adhesive: UV Sicpa

CINCINNATI, Ohio--In an exclusive Labelexpo Americas preview, Nilpeter USA has showcased its FB3300A press at an open house in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company introduced its new FB3300A inline flexo press to the Americas with a demonstration that used 200 line screen photopolymer plates. Nilpeter partnered with Enovation Graphic Systems and MacDermid Printing Solutions, who demonstrated Digital MLT: a digital plate which was processed on the MacDermid LAVA thermal plate processing system. The resulting 200 line screen photopolymer plates were then used to print labels on the FB3300A. This is the highest line screen plate that MacDermid has ever developed. Nilpeter engineers demonstrated the versatility of the

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BAVENO, Italy—The Label Industry Global Awards 2005 Judges met in Baveno, Italy, just prior to the FINAT Congress, and formally decided the winners of all the Label Industry Global Awards winners.  Three of the four awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner on 21st September, the first evening of Labelexpo Europe 2005, at Autoworld Brussels.  However, the Judges are now able to announce that the winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award 2005.   The winner is Mr Lars Eriksen, owner and President of the family-owned company, Nilpeter A/S, Denmark.  Mr Eriksen has been Vice-Chairman of the Board

SHANGHAI—Labelexpo Asia 2005, taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on 7-9 December 2005, is set to be over twice the size of the last event in 2003.  All the leading international suppliers who were at the last show will be there again, such as Avery Dennison, Esko-Graphics, Gallus, HP Indigo, Kocher + Beck, Labelmen, Mark Andy, Nilpeter, Omet, Purlux, Rotoflex, Rotometrics, Raflatac, Shanghai Auclean, and Yupo - plus there will be many new exhibitors such as H-Shine Printing Machine Company and Orthotec Wan Am (Concorde Precision Technology). Package and label printing in China accounts for some 48% of the country's total

Today's narrow-web presses provide a wide range of options for highly flexible and productive package printing. PRINTERS IN THE narrow-web, product-decoration business are asking—and being asked—to do more and more for their customers at virtually every turn. Competition is fierce at all levels of the supply chain and successful companies are doing everything they can to protect their existing business, while expanding into growth areas. Many times, these efforts require new technologies and capabilities. Manufacturers of narrow-web printing presses are responding to the needs of their customers by providing a sophisticated array of features on their press offerings. The results of these

Short-run printing is no easy task, but when done right, the rewards can make it all worthwhile. PACKAGE PRINTERS ARE facing a future marked by shorter production runs that may pose challenges for even the best of today's printers. Meeting these challenges head on will require investment in technologies that are geared toward the ultimate in flexibility. Printers will be getting all the help they need from press manufacturers who are making tremendous strides towards maximizing the uptime potential of their new press offerings. "The well-known trend in the market is toward smaller runs for various reasons," observes Terry Trexler, product manager

Want the look? Want the feel? Converters tell packagePRINTING why rotary screen printing is the process of choice for producing stand-out labels and containers, despite its extra costs. IN THE LAST few years, rotary screen printing has pretty much become a prerequisite for label converters looking to keep up with competitors and their own customers' requests. Its ability to produce a look, as well as a feel, not achievable with other printing processes has made rotary screen printing "almost a necessary evil," said Dan Plash, sales manager, Telstar Engineering. "It's getting to the point that label printers are almost being forced into adding screen

Narrow-web flexo converters look to benefit from new technologies and market trends, but competitive pressures will be formidable. BRAND OWNERS WANT high-quality packaging and labels that increase product differentiation, produced in shorter runs. Those are taxing demands, but the narrow-web flexo industry is positioned to deliver. Today's market trends offer an opportunity for narrow-web flexo converters to grow their businesses in the face of industry consolidation, competition, and financial pressures. It's a simple formula: What consumers want is what consumer product companies (CPCs) want their converters to deliver, and new narrow-web technologies are making that possible. "Narrow-web converters, press manufacturers, and CPCs are all