packagePRINTING August 2012 Edition
Data-Driven Content Management
Stephen Kaufman, chief technology officer for Schawk, explains why data-driven content management can provide significant benefits, especially when applied for pharmaceutical packaging.
Engineered for Endurance
ImageTek can now enter the prime label market—including beverage, beer and wine, and food packaging applications—due to new digital technology investements, such as a Jetrion 4900 UV inkjet digital printing system.
Excellence Awards : Photo Finish
Dennis Franklin Patterson, owner of Ben Franklin Press & Label, places print quality at the top of the priority list to ensure customer satisfaction. This focus has helped the company earn a position as one of the premier printers for wineries in the region. Winning Best of Show honors in this year's Excellence Awards competition is just one more feather in its cap.
Featured Products - August 2012
Featured Products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries, including Dover Flexo Electronics (DFE), NimCor, Webex, Montalvo, PFE Rolls, Maxcess and Goldenrod.
Package Printing Olympics –Polischuk
We recently held our own version of the Olympics at packagePRINTING, our Excellence Awards competition. This year's competition brought out the best of what the package-printing industry has to offer. The quality of the entries from more than 40 companies was simply superior, and seemed to reflect what is happening throughout the industry—doing more with less and a focus on quality.
Printer News - August 2012
News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Ampac, Spear and Bacardi, WS Packaging Group, CCL Industries, and Nordenia USA.
Supplier News - August 2012
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on Blue Dog Bakery and Hornall Anderson; Lebensbaum and Innovia Films; PIA's InterTech Technology Awards; UPM Raflatac; and Michelman.
Welcome to Labelexpo Americas 2012!
With more than 400 exhibitors at this year's Labelexpo Americas in Chicago, including Avery Dennison, UPM Raflatac, Gallus, EskoArtwork, Nilpeter, Flint Group, Mark Andy, and Sun Chemical, show visitors will be perfectly positioned to make informed choices from the numerous live demonstrations of the latest machinery and materials. Three new comprehensive workshop sessions for label and package printers will also be offered.
