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December 25, 2017

Vol. 19 No. 26

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Acquisitions Drive Flexo Industry In 2017 by Greg Kishbaugh T he past few years have seen a tremendous uptick in the number of acquisitions and mergers in the flexographic in- dustry and 2017 was certainly no exception. Consolidations con- tinued at a furious pace for both converters and OEMs alike, reshaping the industry and making way for many more acquisi- tions in the future.

Mark Andy, DuPont Fortify Partnership Supporting Mark Andy’s long-lasting commitment to label and packaging customers, Mark Andy, Inc. has been appointed the exclusive distributor of DuPont Cyrel flexographic platemak- ing systems in the United States. Mark Andy Print Products, the sup- plies and consumables division of Mark Andy, first entered into business with DuPont in early 2014, serving as a distributor for the Cyrel product line including plate material, process- ing equipment, imagers and software. A notable benefit of this new exclu- sive relationship is the ability to bet- ter serve flexography customers by developing plate systems to improve print quality and minimize downtime for optimizing converters’ operations. Distribution Deal Mark Andy will also assume distribu- tion of the full suite of flexographic pressroom supplies previously sold with the DuPont Cyrel product line, in- cluding plate mounting tapes, plate imaging equipment, letterpress plates, and other supplies, complementing the

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The first-part of Flexo Market News ’ exclusive review of some of this year’s most important news items, to be concluded in the next issue, takes a look at the myriad acquisitions and machinery installations that expanded the industry in 2017. Colbert Packaging purchased a new 173,000-square-foot building in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which now houses its flexo- graphic-printed carton, label and insert operations. Fortis Solutions Group ,Virgina Beach,Virgina, a provider of printing, packaging, and labeling solutions, acquired Action Packaging Systems, Ellington, Connecticut. Accurate Box completed phase one of a 200,000-square-foot expansion at its Paterson, New Jersey, facility.

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existing Mark Andy consumables portfolio of more than 12,000 product SKUs that support flexographic, digital hybrid and offset workflows.Transition process- es are already in place for existing customers and will be completed by January 1st, 2018. When speaking to the new agreement, Chan Hansen,Americas Channel Manager, DuPont, conclud- ed,“Both companies identified this as an opportunity to solidify our shared mission to deliver continuous innovation to printers and converters, specifically for the tag and label segment.” EXPO PACK México Looks Toward Record Numbers EXPO PACK México 2018, to be held June 5-8 in Mexico City, Mexico, will return to the site of its largest event in history at an opportune time for ex- hibitors as Mexican demographics shift to include a larger workforce to fill a record number of new jobs, resulting in economic growth and changing consumer needs, according to show producer, PMMI,The Associa- tion for Packaging and ProcessingTechnologies. With six months remaining before the show, exhibi- tion space is nearly 93 percent of EXPO PACK Méxi- co 2016’s record tally of 19,323 net square meters.

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printing press with inline lamination and a new win- dower in its London, Ontario, manufacturing facility. Wausau Container expanded its flexographic ca- pabilities with a new full servo and sleeved web flexo line with inline platen die cutting. Diversified Labeling Solutions installed Color- dyne’s 3600 Series Retrofit onto a 10-inch-wide Mark Andy 2200 through the recent partnership between Colordyne Technologies and Mark Andy. Creative Labels ,Troy, Ohio, replaced its flexo digi- tal plate imaging system with a CDI Spark 2420 flexo plate imager from Esko . Western Shield Label Company , Compton, Cali- fornia, acquired Inline Label Company. 3C! Packaging installed a new Nilpeter FB-3 flexo press. Paper packaging supplier Werthan Packaging , based in White House,Tennessee, filed for chapter 11 and planned to sell itself to competitor Gateway Packaging Co. LLC for $7.2 million. Color-Logic announced the certification of the Mark Andy Digital Series hybrid presses for use with the Color-Logic process. AWT Labels & Packaging , South Elgin, Illinois, in- stalled a new 52-inch, 10-color Windmöller & Hölscher Miraflex CI flexo press. (Cont’d on Page 7)

All Printing Resources (APR) installed a Bobst M5 Digital Flexo press at the company’s Glendale Heights, Illinois, technical center. Accord Carton of Alsip, Illinois, installed two new printing presses as well as a Bobst Expertfold folder- gluer. All Packaging added a printing press at its Salt Lake City, Utah, plant and a laser die cutter in its Auro- ra, Colorado, plant. 3C Packaging added a new flexographic printing press and slitter winder. Colbert Packaging purchased four new pieces of equipment for its Lake Forest, Illinois, plant: an RMGT press, a Bobst die cutter, a Bobst AccuCheck system and a Signature gluer. Dee Packaging Solutions installed a new press in its Chester, Pennsylvania, facility. Diamond Packaging added a press with cold foil attachment and a Bobst Masterfold folder-gluer in its Rochester, NewYork, plant. El Paso Paper Box installed a new KBA printing press, as did Royal Paper Box along with a Bobst die cutter and a Bobst Masterfoil hot foil stamper. Frankston Packaging , Frankston, Texas, purchased new flexo plate making and laminating equipment. Jones Packaging installed a new f lexographic

Industry Events

Labelexpo Southeast Asia May 10-12, 2018 Bangkok InternationalTrade & Exhibition Centre Bangkok,Thailand Expo Pack Latin America June 5-8, 2018 Location: Expo Santa Fe Mexico, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico

PIA 2018 Color Conference January 13-16, 2018 Hyatt Mission Bay San Diego, CA Graphics of the Americas: February 22-24, 2018 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Labelexpo Americas September 25-27, 2018 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, IL

Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute March 11-14, 2018 Converter Meeting Fairmont Grand Del Mar San Diego, CA

GRAPH EXPO 18 September 30 - October 3, 2018 Chicago's McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

Pack Expo East April 16-18, 2018 Philadelphia, PA

Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute March 10 – March 13, 2019 Converter Meeting The Omni Grove Park Inn Ashville, NC

Flexographic Technical Association Annual Forum May 6-9, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

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Steven Label Corporation Acquires Robinson Printing Steven Label Corporation has acquired Robinson Printing, Inc. of Temecula, California. Founded in 1924, Robinson Printing specializes in producing the product instructions-for-use (IFUs) and folding car- tons that accompany medical devices, pharmaceuti- cals and other complex products. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The acquisition of Robinson Printing is Steven Label’s second acquisition. Steven Label previously acquired Gold Coast Graphics of Corona, California, expanding Steven Label’s presence in the consumer products industry, with a particular emphasis on wine labels. With the addition of Robinson Printing, Steven Label now employs approximately 180 em- ployees and has five manufacturing locations, in Santa Fe Springs, California; Temecula, California; and Tijuana, Mexico. Sustainable Packaging Becoming Essential With the majority of global consumers already recy- cling, demand for environmentally-friendly packaging will increase further in response to heightened public- ity around plastics ending up in the ocean, according to Global>Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16

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