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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Print Council announced that its annual membership and general information meeting will be held on October 5 from 11:30 to 12:30 pm in Room S 502A at McCormick Place in conjunction with Graph Expo.

STEVENS POINT, Wis.—NewPage Corporation announced that its world-class No. 3 paper machine at its Escanaba, Mich., mill will manufacture release liner and general purpose label papers for North American and International pressure sensitive markets.

BIRMINGHAM, U.K.—HP announced that print service providers (PSPs) operating HP Indigo digital presses have new business opportunities as a result of additional press features, partner finishing solutions, and expanded media capabilities for packaging production introduced at Ipex 2010.

Digital printing and workflow developments for package printing, including products from NewPage, Griffin-Rutgers and Masterpiece Graphix.

CHICAGO—Dscoop expects to host more than 80 Partners at Dscoop5, its fifth annual conference taking place Feb. 18-20, 2010, in Dallas, Texas. The Solutions Showcase exhibit hall will be 20 percent larger than last year.

Sustainability news in the package printing industry, including GEW's Green Award and briefs on NewPage, Mitsubishi and Sonoco.

LOVELAND, Ohil—The Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership welcomes the addition of NewPage Corporation to the SGP Patron program as a Platinum Patron.

NORCROSS, Ga.—Unisource Worldwide, Inc., a distributor of paper, packaging, and facility supplies in North America, is supporting the U.S. paper industry’s antidumping and countervailing duty petitions covering imports of certain coated paper from the People’s Republic of China and Indonesia.

The economy has not been exactly easy on American industry as of late. And, businesses in the package-printing industry are no exception to those dealing with the difficult times. With consumers and business partners cutting back on spending, it has been a rough few months. Some companies are still doing well, others are struggling, and some are closing their doors.

There are some things as an advocate of paperboard packaging you would expect to hear from me—how it protects, promotes, identifies, and informs the consumer better than any other form of container; how the printing quality of the folding carton, and now in some instances the corrugated box, is unequaled; how it offers visibility, product differentiation, and style versatility in almost limitless combinations; and how it meets the challenges of distribution, freight, and maximizing shelf space.