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FEATURES In-depth features targeting converting industry issues UV-LED: Cost-Effective, Green Printing By Linda M. Casatelli Ultraviolet (UV) curing has long been recognized as an environmentally friendly printing system because it emits no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In addition, it offers instant cure. However, UV curing can add installation costs and be more expensive to run on a day-to-day basis. READ MORE Packaging Company Sets Up in Shuttered Nashua Plant (part 2) Jan. 5, Nashua, NH -- "We still have to be careful, but we have good clients," Siega said. "I think that there will definitely be some growth . . . even in these trying economic times."       Two C Pack had outgrown its old space at 23 Dumaine Road, too. So the company figured it was perfect opportunity to expand and start fresh with an eco-friendly building, something few paper box companies get to do, Siega said. READ MORE Packaging Company Sets Up in Shuttered Nashua Plant (part 1) Jan. 5, Nashua, NH -- Two C Pack Systems, a specialty packaging company, has moved into the long-vacant Corning plant off Amherst Street following a whopping $20 million investment into one of the largest commercial buildings in Nashua. READ MORE READ ALL FEATURES [CLICK HERE] NEWS News and information for the converting community Multi-Color Corporation Announces Plant Closing Jan. 9 -- Multi-Color Corporation today announced plans to consolidate its heat transfer label (HTL) manufacturing facility located in Framingham, Mass. into its other existing facilities. The transition will begin immediately with a final plant closure within the next several months. READ MORE Flint and Unirep Partner in Joint Venture Jan. 9 -- Flint Group, a world leading supplier to the printing and packaging industry, and Unirep, a major supplier to the Turkish paper and packaging industry, announce that they have established a joint venture in Turkey. The joint venture, "Flint-Unirep Packaging Inks," based in Istanbul, has been formed to serve the local packaging market. Turgay Gümus has been appointed General Manager of the new Joint Venture. READ MORE Dow Chemical-Rohm & Haas Deal OK with EU Jan. 9 -- The Dow Chemical Company indicated it has been informed of the decision by the European Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 declaring its proposed acquisition of Rohm and Haas Company compatible with the European common market. READ MORE READ ALL NEWS [CLICK HERE] BRENDAN'S BLOG - THE BOTTOM LINE CMM Blog CMM Blog Safety & the Environment on Stage for FPA in Florida READ ALL BRENDAN'S BLOGS [CLICK HERE] COLUMNS Columns AIMCAL BLOG: Happy? New Year By Dr. David Roisum These are my predictions for the new year: Machine builders remain lean and unable to do serious development work or possibly even service trouble spots in the field if they come too fast and too furious. As I teach in my newest book, The Web Machine Buyers Guide (available shortly), the machine builder's economic cycles are nearly two years behind the rest of the economy. READ MORE AIMCAL BLOG: The Cost of Complexity By Dr. David Roisum The cost of capital equipment is big in the minds of those who must sign off with some expectation of a reasonable cost-benefit or payback period. However, there is a tendency to overestimate the importance of things that are measureable, such as money spent. Conversely, there is a tendency to underestimate the importance of things that are not easy to measure, such as confusion. READ MORE AIMCAL BLOG: Environmental Stability By Dr. David Roisum There are many things a product designer must consider. Often overlooked is environmental stability such as: Time: chemical and dimensionally stable for days to years Temperature: -40F to +140F (-40C to +60C) unless you use refrigerated trucks Pressure: shipping bumps may be tens of G's READ MORE READ ALL COLUMNS [CLICK HERE] PRODUCTS Products READ ALL PRODUCTS [CLICK HERE] PRESS RELEASES News bites, blurbs and new products China's import of paper and paperboard in October 2008 Xinhua Economic News Swedish Packaging Paper Company Billerud AB Curtails Sack Paper Production M2 Communications Schaeffer's Street Stories: Dell Inc. Goes Green with Packaging Plan Business Wire BRIEF-Rohm and Haas to develop semiconductor packaging materials with IBM AFX News Limited Smurfit-Stone Closes Box Plant, Laying Off 120 Workers Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. announced Friday it will close its Jacksonville box plant in the first quarter of next year.      The box plant employs 32 salaried workers and 88 hourly workers, said Mike Mullin, Smurfit-Stone director of media relations and public affairs. The facility fashions two types of paper stock into corrugated cardboard material and folds it into boxes, he said. READ MORE READ ALL PRESS RELEASES [CLICK HERE]