Flint Group

Four of Plymouth, Michigan-based Flint Group's most popular offset ink series earned bio-renewable content (BRC) certification by the ink industry's only standard.

The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership is celebrating its first successful year with nine certified printers and more than 50 SGP applicants in the program. "We have had an exciting first year, and see many more opportunities for growth and improvement in the years to come," said Karen Gross, executive director of the SGP Partnership.

The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership welcomes the addition of Plymouth, Michigan-based Flint Group to the SGP Patron program as a Bronze Patron.

Russell Joyce, president of Flint Group Narrow Web, Luxembourg, passed away last December after collapsing in Malmo, Sweden. Joyce began his ink industry career in 1991 with Coates Lorilleux in England. He joined the Narrow Web group of Akzo Nobel Inks (ANI) in 1997, where he held both technical and market development positions.

The Web Offset Association (WOA)—a special interest group of Pittsburgh-based PIA/GATF, and the preeminent organization of the web offset industry—is proud to announce its 2009 WOA Annual Print Awards Competition sponsors. Central Ink Corporation, Flint Group, Goss International, INX International Ink Company, Manugraph DGM, Prime UV Systems and US Ink A Sun Chemical have generously agreed to support the most anticipated printing competition of the year.   “These companies are sending a message that they care very deeply about our industry” said Craig Faust, president, HGI Company. “We are honored to have them stand behind this competition and I applaud them for their commitment

Due to rising petroleum prices, printers are seeing cost increases in finishing products, inks and substrates. “We are seeing five to seven percent increases,” said Jerry Hill, vice president of sales and marketing, Drytac Corporation. “Almost all the components used to make our overlaminate and adhesive products have risen,” agreed Angela Mohni, director of marketing, Neschen Americas. This includes base film carriers, such as PVC, polyester and polypropylene. “We have seen unprecedented and relentless increases over a period of three years in plastic substrates and adhesive. It is clear there is limited availability of some of the highly engineered components of our laminates,” explained

Jetrion, Dusseldorf, Germany, a leading global provider of advanced products, services and specialized solutions for industrial inkjet applications, recently introduced its new Jetrion 3025, drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet printing system. The machine allows significantly more flexibility, higher quality and lower-cost digital-printing capability to the commercial printing, publishing and packaging markets. "The Jetrion 3025 is our response to operational end-users who look for higher performing, more cost-effective alternatives to existing legacy systems," said Dr. Kenneth Stack, president. "The introduction of this remarkably advanced system in our company's first full year of operation underscored Jetrion's commitment to new technologies to provide the most productive equipment and