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Synthetic materials are well known for their their ability to stand up to tough conditions or to maintain their structure and print quality once off the press and on to packages. They are often incorporated on shampoo bottles and other health and beauty packaging, as well as pharmaceutical packaging.

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Printing Industries of America has announced the recipients of the 2008 Best Workplace in the Americas Awards.

THE BEST THING that could be said about 2002 is that our economy was in a recovery mode. The ongoing problem is that this recovery is not one that is exuding much business confidence. It seems like everyone is looking over their shoulder waiting for the shoe to drop. There is much uncertainty, what Dr. Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisors, termed as "event uncertainty" at his presentation at TLMI's Annual Meeting in October. And it appears that this uncertainty won't go away anytime soon. Prakken pointed out that this recovery will be different from typical recoveries that we've seen in the past, mainly