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Latest news on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including briefs on KBA, Technicote, HP and Nilpeter.

FIRST PLACE McDowell Label and Screen Printing Co., Inc., Plano, Texas Winter Scene Press: Gallus Plates/Screens/Cylinders: DuPont, Gallus, Wilson Mfg. Anilox Rolls: Harper Dies: Wilson Mfg. Substrate: FLEXcon Ink/Coating/Adhesive: XSYS SECOND PLACE Label Technology, Merced, Calif. Weight Watchers Honey Almond Crisp Press: Mark Andy Anilox Rolls: Harper Dies: RotoMetrics Substrate: Technicote Ink: INX THIRD PLACE Banta Specialty Converting, Milwaukee, Wis. Kohler Plumbing - Fairfax 12182 - CP Press: Mark Andy Plates: DuPont Anilox Rolls: Harper Dies: RotoMetrics Ink: XSYS THIRD PLACE Gintzler Graphics Inc., Buffulo, N.Y. Essence

Acucote Pressure-sensitive labelstocks with environmentally safe, water-based, permanent, removable, and specialty adhesive formulations. Write 977, Visit www.acucote.com API Foils Hot stamping foils and supplies: metallic, pigment, pearl, specialty, and holographic foils. Write 978, Visit www.api-worldwide.com Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll N.A. Innovative Fasson-brand pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive paper, film, and specialty roll products used by label converters and consumer products packaging designers and manufacturers. Productivity, profitability, and growth achieved with innovative Fasson Advantage™ offering best-in-class service solutions such as next-day delivery, Fasson EXACT™ and RollXchange, an online marketplace for trading surplus roll products. Write 979, Visit www.fasson.com Arjobex Polyart™

Acucote Pressure-sensitive labelstocks with environmentally safe, water-based, permanent, removable, and specialty adhesive formulations. Specialists in thermal transfer media. Visit www.acucote.com API Foils Hot stamping foils and supplies: metallic, pigment, pearl, specialty, and holographic foils. Visit www.api-worldwide.com Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll N.A. Innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label products. Fasson-brand pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive coated papers, films, and foils in roll form are widely used in brand identity, bar code labeling systems, product identification, and other applications by label converters and consumer products package designers and manufacturers. Visit www.fasson.com Contract Converting Contract Converting's Roll Express™ program

Labels—Flexo (Line) First Place LSK Label Co. El Dorado Hills, CA M.G. Vallejo 750 ml Press: Gallus/Arsoma EM-280 Plates: DuPont Cyrel Anilox Rolls: Harper Dies: CompuDie Substrate: Technicote Ink: Akzo Nobel Judges' Comments: Nice combination of flexo printing with foil stamping/embossing. The sharpness of this entry's line work stood out. Second Place MPI Label Systems Stockton, CA Island Essentials Sunblock Press: Mark Andy 2200 Plates: DuPont Anilox Rolls: Harper Dies: Avis RotoDie Substrate: Fasson Ink: INX International Third Place Tape & Label Engineering St. Petersburg, FL Spring Valley Brewer's Yeast Press: Mark Andy 4150 Plates: DuPont Cyrel Dies: RotoMetrics Substrate: Green Bay Ink: Water

Pressure-sensitive label price pressures and competition may be heating up, but so are lucrative opportunities in film constructions, variable information, and product branding. By David Kucsma The pressure-sensitive label industry is a complex market, comprised of a number of segments with unique growth drivers and growth rates. Suzanne Zaccone, president of Graphic Solutions and the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI), believes the growth in pressure-sensitive labeling is a reflection of the overall health of the economy, driven by new product development. Feedback from base material suppliers and converters indicates the pressure-sensitive label marketplace grew 5 percent to 7 percent in sales dollars in

packagePRINTING presents the tag and label industry's exclusive first look at the winners of the 1997 TLMI Awards competition. By taking Best of Show honors in the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute's Awards competition, a combination offset-printed/foil-stamped front and back label solidified multi-process printing's reputation for adding value and elegance to printed packaging. Converted by Impressive Labels, Safford, AZ, the "Frescolina" wine label was tagged by the panel of judges as being superior to all 290 entries in this 20th annual competition. Overall, 49 TLMI and 18 FINAT member companies participated. Cited for its extremely exacting registration of two foils put down one