Chesapeake Corp.'s UK Specialty Packaging Business Wins Carton Printing Excellence Awards.Business Editors RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000 Field Group plc, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CSK CSK see chronic superficial keratitis. ) and one of Europe's leading packaging manufacturers, recently won three awards for carton printing at the EFTA EFTA: see European Free Trade Association. Flexographic Printing Awards. The European Flexographic Trade Association (EFTA) presents the awards annually. The awards are open to any European company that produces flexographically printed products. Field's East Kilbride East Kilbride (kĭlbrīd`), town (1991 pop. 70,454), South Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. Established in 1946 under the New Towns Act to absorb the growing population of Glasgow, East Kilbride has engineering works and manufactures automobile , United Kingdom, facility produced each of the cartons. Field won gold honors in the folding carton category with its 70cl Johnnie Walker Black Label carton. The judges described it as "Incredible. Lovely Work. A demanding job well done." Silver honors in the folding carton category went to a 75cl Buchanans DeLuxe Scotch whisky carton. A 70cl Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky gift carton won bronze honors for technical achievement. The cartons were printed using a U. V. flexographic carton press, which is among the most advanced in the world. The press has the ability to produce high-quality carton print jobs in which solid color saturation, fine line work, and embossing embossing, process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its hardness and the depth of the design needed. are required in a single pass. The cartons were printed and produced using a precision rotary cut-and-crease system, which ensures a standardized carton profile and maximizes packing line performance. This equipment produces a carton -- from a reel of board to the finished, glued carton -- in less than 30 seconds. Keith Gilchrist, Field's chief executive, said, "We are pleased to win these awards. They are a recognition of our investment in the latest technology in partnership with our key customers. Also, they prove that flexographic printing is now capable of producing even the highest quality cartons." Field Group is part of Chesapeake's European Specialty Packaging business segment. Field supplies cartons, labels and leaflets from 34 manufacturing facilities in Europe. Chesapeake Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is a global leader in specialty packaging and merchandising services. Chesapeake is the largest North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. producer of temporary and permanent point-of-purchase displays, the leading European folding carton, leaflet and label supplier, and a local leader in specific U.S. markets for customized, corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. packaging. Chesapeake has over 70 locations in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Chesapeake's net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight in 1999 were $1.2 billion. Chesapeake's website is http://www.cskcorp.com . |
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