Buffalo, N.Y.

MOD-PAC Corp. announced that its shareholders approved, at a special shareholder meeting held last Friday, the going-private merger agreement under which Kevin T. Keane and Daniel G. Keane and their associates and affiliates will acquire the approximately 81.3 percent of the company's outstanding capital stock that they do not already own for $9.25 per share in cash.

WebbMason, an integrated marketing solutions and services company headquartered in suburban Baltimore, reported $100 million in 2012 revenue—its highest annual revenue in the company’s 23-year history.

Headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., Tapecon recently promoted Vincent Allelo to the position of director of manufacturing. In addition, Jay Ziegler was promoted to the position of director of sales and marketing.

Tapecon Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., has recently purchased an Indigo WS-2000 Digital Offset Web Press. This new press will increase Tapecon's production capabilities and, according to a press release, will make it the first manufacturer of digital offset web printing in the region. "Some may not understand the enormous advantages of digital printing," Tapecon's President Alan Davis said in a January press release. "But, consider the savings in time and material when we can print products direct from computer to substrate with no printing plates or screens, no setups, no cleanups and no waste." With 125 employees and over 600 clients, Tapecon offers an

Newtown, Pennsauken, N.J., has acquired two six-color 40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102 presses to meet the growing demand for commercial printing. Each press features an aqueous coating unit and a patented Air Transfer system that provide sharper printed images, solid ink coverage on heavier stocks, greater efficiency and faster turnaround. These two state-of-the-art presses are the newest additions to Newtown's fleet of forms equipment—a six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102 press with an aqueous coating unit and a 40˝ two-color Heidelberg Speedmaster 102Z with a perfector unit. For more information on tihs equipment, contact either Randy Fry in Buffalo, N.Y. at (800) 828-7364 or Eric Killinger in Fredericksburg, Va.

Successful silkscreened label projects start with the order taking process. Silkscreened labels have proven to be a distributor favorite throughout the years. The roles that distributors play in the production of these high-quality labels are many, and remain increasingly important when it comes to creating a product that customers will be pleased with. According to Bruce Turner, purchasing manager for Adcraft Decals, Independence, Ohio, "The role of the distributor in the processing of an order is crucial. It is important that every detail is attended to so that the customer's wishes are met," he explained Barry Smith, director of sales for Tapecon, Buffalo,