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Supplies:

Advanced Ink Technology Corp

Manufactures variety of stock inks as well as custom inks to customer's specifications.

http://www.advanced-ink.com/

Agfa

manufacturer of pre-press imaging systems including plates, film, and associated chemistry.

http://www.agfa.com/graphics

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Alden & Broden Corp.

Manufactures and reconditions rubber and Teflon coated rollers, rubber molding, teflon applicators, and metalizing.

http://alden-broden.com/

A.M. Ramp & Co GmbH

Germany. Manufacturers of a wide range of water and solvent based screen and pad printing inks. Also, dispensing systems, ink manager and color matching systems. English, German and Chinese.

http://www.ruco.de/

AmeriCode International

Non-contact small character continuous ink jet coders and premium inks.

http://www.americodeusa.com/index.html

Andy's Roll Covers

Offers cylinder impact protection for anilox, rotary dies, gravure, and used primarily during handling and storage.

http://www.andysrollcovers.com/

Aqueous Concepts

Ink and coating additives for water base and UV inks.

http://www.aqconcepts.net

Armor

Offers inkjet and toner cartridges, ribbons and cassettes for typewriters and calculators as well fax rolls.

http://www.armor.fr

Atlantic Printing Ink Company

Waterbased, UV, and EB inks and coatings for the flexographic, gravure, lithographic, and screen printing industries.

http://atlanticprintingink.com

Autotype

Specializing in coating, films, and emulsions technology for screen and digital printing.

http://www.autotype.com

Base-Line, Inc.

Offers pre-press, pressroom and preventative maintenance products including masking sheets, and graphic arts pens.

http://www.base-line.com

Bay Press Services

Brand name supplies, films, plates and inks.

http://www.baypressservices.com/

Beacon Adhesives, Inc.

Manufacturer of custom adhesives for cold foil printing, lamination, and pressure sensitive applications.

http://www.beaconadhesives.com

Bensons International Systems

Manufacturer of ring mechanisms for use in production of binders and presentation folders.

http://www.bensons.net/

Benton Graphics

Offers complete line of doctor blades for gravure, flexographic, and pad printing.

http://www.bentongraphics.com

BigFoot Sucker Feet

Sheet seeking suckerfoot for both large and small printing presses.

http://www.suckerfeet.com/

Brady Corp

Offers identification, safety, and material solutions with products ranging from labels, signs and tapes to software.

http://www.bradycorp.com/

Brewer UV

Ultra Violet Lighting Products for Printing Businesses

http://breweruv.com

CAI Inc.

Manufacturers of solvent and water based flexographic and rotogravure inks and coatings.

http://caiink.com

Caprock Developments Inc.

Offers lamps, frames, UV curing, IR drying, magnifiers and microscopes, meters, guages, screens and tints.

http://www.caprockdev.com

Carco, Inc.

Automatic marking devices and industrial inks for color coding, contact and non-contact marking.

http://www.carcousa.com

CarePrint

Materials for pad printing and screen printing machines. Mumbai, India.

http://careprint.tripod.com

Central Chemical & Service Corp.

Offering inks and coatings for the color proofing and printing industries.

http://www.centchem.com/

Centurion Graphics

Supplier of magnesium hot foil and letterpress printing plates. Also artwork and general information for the hot foil printer.

http://www.centuriongraphics.co.uk

Coast Graphics Supply

Provides supplies for screen, pad, and offset printing.

http://www.coastgraphicsupply.com/

Coatings and Adhesives Corporation

Manufacturer of waterbase, heat seal, UV, and EB, coatings and adhesives for the inline sheetfed offset, web offset, gravure and flexo industries.

http://www.cacoatings.com

Collins Ink Corporation

Offers variety of inkjet and desktop printer inks.

http://www.collinsink.com

Columbia Coding & Marking

Inks and fluids for industrial inkjet printers and carton coders.

http://www.columbiacoding.com/

Columbia Omnicorp

Offers selection of Pantone color matching product.

http://www.allpantone.com

DAA International

Graphic arts supplies, silk screen products, and pressroom chemicals. Home of the Genie line of pressroom chemicals, including washes, deglazes, and cleaners.

http://www.daainternational.com/

Day International:

Day International manufactures and distributes a range of pressroom products, including offset printing blankets and sleeves, flexographic products, pressroom chemistry and other consumables, diecutting mats for the corrugated industry and business machine ink rolls.

http://www.dayintl.com/

Deco-Chem, Inc.

Manufactures inks and coatings for screen printing, roller coating, coil coating and flexography.

http://www.decochem.com/

Decoritalia

Italian manufacturer of tile and collectible decals, and temperd glass decoration for glass and ceramics.

http://www.decoritalia.it

Diamond's Printing Press Rollers

Rubber covered rollers for large sheetfed presses, single width newspaper presses, commercial web presses and specialty presses.

http://www.diamondroller.com/pressrollers.html

Dischem Inc.

Dischem is a leading manufacturer of ink for rubber-based products.

http://www.dischem.com

Domino

Manufacture and supply of industrial ink jet and laser printing equipment used where customers need to print or code variable information onto their products

http://www.domino-printing.com

Eakin-Austin Printing Inks

Online store for sheetfed inks and Pantone color guides.

http://www.eainks.com

Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp

Manufacturers of water-based and UV inks and coatings.

http://www.envinks.com

Ferron Magnetic Inks and Lannoy (Colchester, Essex)

Magnetic ink for car park and railway tickets.

http://www.ferron-magnetic.co.uk/

Gerber Scientific Products

Products for the signmaking, screenprinting and specialty graphics markets worldwide

http://www.gspinc.com/

G.J.S Machinery Pty. Ltd.

Supply new and used machinery to the screen printing industry. Products include fully and semi-automatic equipment, manual printers, and dryers. Includes online buying facilities.

http://www.gjsmachinery.com.au/

Global Printing Equipment

Sales of used printing equipment.

http://www.globalprintingequipment.com

Graphic Sciences

Manufacturer of corrugated and paper, poly film, tag and label, and digital inks as well as coatings.

http://graphicsciences.com

Herkula

UV-curable, water-borne, solvent-based gravure and offset printing inks for telecommunication and power cables, optical fibres, matrix resin for ribbon cables and tight buffer. Based in St. Vith, Belgium.

http://www.herkula.com/

Hologram Industries

Provides holograms in the form of self-adhesive labels, hot stamping foils or transparent laminates that security printers apply to fiduciary documents.

http://www.hologram-industries.com/

Hurst Chemical Company

Provider of printing and pressroom chemicals, including the SmartPlate computer to plate (CTP) system, for the offset lithography, screen printing, and embroidery industries.

http://www.hurstchemical.com

Ichemco

Special inks for printing on treated or untreated plastics and paper, especially pressure sensitive adhesive tapes.

http://www.ichemco.it/inks

Ichemco Inks

Inks for printing on pressure sensitive adhesive tapes.

http://www.ichemco.it/Customer/InkList.asp

Image Inks

Supplier to the plastic containter decorating industry, including printing inks, blankets, UV curing lamps, adhesive backing, and cleaning solutions.

http://www.imageinks.ca/

The Image Inks Company

Manufactures printing blankets for the dry offset printing market. Supplies UV inks and other pressroom supplies for the cup, tube, and lid container industry.

http://imageinks.com/

ImageLine

Prepress imaging supplies, including imagesetting films, offset plates, ink jet printing media and inks and laser printer film media.

http://www.imageline-inc.com

Imation

Manufacturer of film, plates, chemistry and proofing systems for the graphic arts.

http://www.imation.com

Independent Ink Europe

Supplier of industrial marking inks replaces ink for Videojet, Domino, Willette, Imaje nd others.

http://www.iiieur.com/

Independent Printers Worldwide

Membership organization assists printing companies with their procurement and negotiates pricing from suppliers.

http://www.ipw-inc.com

Ink Technology Montreal

Screen printing inks and supplies; manufacturer and distributor.

http://www.ink-tech.com/

Inkland Ltd

Printing consumables supplier. Specialists in CTP systems offering a range of prepress solutions with full technical support.

http://www.inkland.co.uk

Intersubli

producer of sublimation screen transfer inks and dyes, water-based dye concentrates

http://www.intersubli.com

INX International Ink Co.

Producing a complete line of flexo, gravure, metal decorating, narrow web, offset and UV/EB printing inks for the printing, packaging and graphic arts industry.

http://www.inxinternational.com

Ipagsa

Manufactures printing plates, graphic arts chemistry, and equipment.

http://www.ipagsa.com/

IR Systems

infrared heaters, web dryers, conveyor ovens and custom heat processing systems for converting, printing, ink drying, textile, and packaging.

http://www.infrared-systems.com

JELL Chemicals

Manufacturing Ancolite Glaze Cleaner and Anco Chemistry for web offset printing and a distributor for press supplies and accessories from Varn Chemistry, Hurst, Anchor, Van Son inks, Jomac rollers, Spinks ink, and Burnshine.

http://www.jellchemicals.com

Jenton International

Supplier of roller cleaning systems, remote control inking systems, viscosity controls, and UV radiometers for printing.

http://www.jenton.co.uk/

Jet Envelopes.com

carries specialty envelopes and offers one-stop envelope shopping.

http://www.jetenvelopes.com

JetUSA

Worldwide distributors of high resolution, U/V sensitive, water-etch sheet photopolymers for printing, molding and ADA compliant signage.

http://www.jetusa.com/

JSH Laser Engraved Printing Screens

Manufacturer of design separation, rotary and flat screen engraving services for the fashion furnishing and wallpaper industries.

http://www.jshlaser.co.uk

K S Corp.

Korean provider of offset litho and digital dye inks.

http://www.sublimation.co.kr

K. Walter Service Corporation

Provides gravure sales and supplies to the gravure printing industry worldwide.

http://www.kwalter.com/

Kodak Polychrome Graphics

film, plates, digital proofing and related chemistry and systems.

http://www.kpgraphics.com/USC/products/index.html

Koehler

Makers of flexographic and rubber printing plates and steel dies.

http://www.koehlerinc.com

Lenticular Plastic Companies of the World

Providing the graphic industry with lenticular sheet materials, technical support, and training and consulting services. Offices in Asia, America, Latin America and Europe.

http://www.lpc-world.com

Lincoln Graphics

Offers complete systems, service and consulting for the entire ink supply spectrum, especially for offset printing presses. Division of Lincoln GmbH and Co. KG.

http://www.lincolngraphics.de/

Litho Development and Research

Film, plates, chemistry, wide and small format media for inkjet printers.

http://www.ldr.com/no1network/consumable_products_info.shtml

Lithoroll Corporation

manufacturers of a complete line of offset duplicator rollers, rubber rollers, metal rollers, press rollers, blankets and accessories

http://www.lithoroll.com

MacDermid Graphic Arts

Plates and blankets for all offset applications: web, sheetfed, newspaper, business forms and packaging.

http://www.macdermidga.com/

Magnetic Flexible Dies

Rotary diecutting equipment for the label, printing, business forms and converting industries. Durable magnetic flexible dies.

http://www.die-cut.com

Mainoslehtinen

Products including press-a-tabs, butterfly stickers and double sided tapes for automatic rotation of rotary press and flying splices. We also have filters.

http://www.mainoslehtinen.fi/

Malahide

Ribbon Printing Systems, Hot Stamping Presses, Label printing equipment, textile printing, foil stamping

http://www.hotstamping.com/

Max Daetwyler Corporation

Offering products and consumables for gravure, flexo, and commercial printing industries.

http://www.daetwyler.com/

MICR Tech, Inc.

Provider of MICR toner cartridgesc secure blank check stock, and MICR printers.

http://www.micrtech.com

Mid American Rubber Co.

Manufacturer of quality rubber covered rolls, for a wide variety of uses. Complete production from design to delivery!

http://www.midamericanrubber.com

Midwest Graphics, Inc.

Manufactures flat and rotary cutting dies as well as plates for corrugated, bags, folding cartons, tags and labels.

http://www.midwestgraphics.com/

Midwest Ink

Offers process, flexographic, newsprint and associated inks.

http://www.midwestink.com/

Miller Graphics Group

Manufactures printing plates, laser engraved rollers, rubber coated rollers, sleeve systems and doctor blades.

http://www.millergraphics.com

Mitsubishi Imaging

Supplies direct-to-plate and computer-to-plate solutions to the printing industry including Silvermaster and Silver DigiPlates.

http://www.mitsubishiimaging.com/ga/index_ga.asp

Modern Printing Colors, Inc.

Manufactures flushed colors, standards, UV, and rub transfer decals.

http://www.moderncolors.com

Neilson Hot Stamper Machinery Co., Ltd.

Manufacturer of hot stamping machines, transfer printing machines, products for transfer printing films and injection films.

http://www.neilson.com.tw/

Neu-Tech Supply Co., Inc.

Providing replacement lamps for all UV, Platemaking, ORC, Medical,and Stage and Studio lamps. We also offer UV systems, ballasts, reflectors, radiometers, and various other UV accessories.

http://www.neu-tech.net

North West Rollers

Seamless laser engraved printing sleeves and cylinders for the flexographic and gravure industries. UK.

http://www.nwrollers.co.uk

NuPro Technologies, Inc.

Environmentally safe chemistry for the Printing industry, featuring products for flexography, gravure, and offset printing chemicals and supplies.

http://www.nuprotechnologies.com

Nyland Graphics Ltd

Refurbished print finishing and book binding equipment.

http://www.nylandg.co.uk

Orient Corporation of America

inks, ink jet inks, plastic, metalized film, copy machine toner and anodized aluminum, oil colors, water colors, Nigrosine for phenolic and polyamide resins and special paints, Bontron

http://www.orient-usa.com

Pacesetter Graphic Service

Roller manufacturer and supplier of printing blankets for over 28 press types: including Heidelberg, Komori, Goss, Harris and Web Leader.

http://www.pacesetterusa.com

Paint, Dye, Chemical & Ink Dispensing

Paint dye chemical and ink dispensing systems with color computers by Polar Instruments.

http://www.polari.com/

Pamarco Global Graphics

Worldwide suppliers to the flexo, flexographic, gravure, offset and embossing markets.

http://www.pamarcoglobal.com

Pantone Color Guides

Online store featuring Pantone branded color identification products.

http://www.colorguides.net

Pantone, Inc.

Leading developer and marketer of products for the accurate communication of color in Textiles, Plastics, Graphic Arts and Digital Technology industries.

http://www.pantone.com

Parrot Color

digital printmaking system, color management

http://www.parrotcolor.com

Photo Process Screen

Manufacturer and supplier of screen printing and industrial inks.

http://www.ppsilkscreen.com

Plastic Products Ltd

Supplies plastics such as styrene, polycarbonates, acrylics, static cling and pressure sensitive vinyl.

http://www.plasticproductsltd.com

PlateStrips

Stop offset plate stretch with an adhesive aluminum strip specially designed to resist water, fountain solution and solvents. Simply apply PlateStrips to the lead edge of ANY disposable plate then, punch as usual.

http://www.platestrips.com

PressSense Pressure Sensitive Paper Inc.

Converter of pressure sensitive materials, banner substrates and wide-format digital media.

http://presssense.com/

Prestec Supplies, Ltd.

The splicing tape experts for the newsprint industry. Prestec supplies is the online resource for the newsprint and newspaper industries worldwide.

http://www.prestecsupplies.co.uk/

Print Supply City

Suppliers of solvent and oil based inkjet inks, and water and oil based dye sublimation inks for wide format printing systems.

http://printsupplycity.com/

Prismflex Inks

Pad printing inks, screen printing inks, silicone pads, doctor blades, solvents and cleaners.

http://www.prismflex.com

Protac Inc.

Offers pressure sensitive paper films and specialty label stock. Self adhesive products for offset printing.

http://protacinc.com

Quint Company

Manufacturer and distributor of stamps, stencils, marking machinery and printing plates.

http://www.thomasregional.com/gdv/quint/index.html

RBCOR, LLC

Offers flexographic, molding, letterpress, and dry offset plates, platemaking equipment and care products.

http://www.rbcor.com

RBP Chemical Corp

Manufactures specialty pressroom products for the printing industry and specialty chemicals for the printed circuit board industry.

http://www.chemelex.com

RC Grafix K+E Printing inks

offset printing inks offering PMS color mixes

http://www.rcgrafix.com

Red Shark Technologies Ltd

Inkjet and laser toner cartridges including HP, Canon, and Epson.

http://www.red-shark.com

Research and Engineering Council of the Graphic Arts Industry, Inc.

Dedicated to the education of industry personnel in the latest technologies and productivity improvement methods.

http://www.recouncil.org

Robert Horne Group

Paper, board, and plastics merchant providing consumables for all areas of the print industry.

http://www.roberthorne.co.uk

Rollercoat Industries, Inc.

Rollers for printing press, metal decorating and industrial applications.

http://www.rollercoat.com

RSI

New re-printing process

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/rsi.repiquage/

Sanko.Co.,Ltd. - Tokyo

Manufacturer of impression cylinder cleaner.

http://www.tcn-catv.ne.jp/~sanko

Santec Corporation

Manufacturer of consumable and replacement parts including blanket wash cloth rolls, wash-up blades, hickey fingers, glue scratch-off pads and fountain solution filters.

http://www.santec-corp.com/

Shackell Edwards

Private printing ink manufacturer offers a product range covering black printing inks, sheet fed, overprinting varnishes, and formula 1 pressroom chemicals.

http://www.shackell-edwards.co.uk/

Siedwerk Druckfarben GmbH & Co.

Manufacturer of printing inks - web offset heatset inks, news inks, sheet-fed inks, publication gravure printing inks, packaging inks and special inks for flexographic and gravure printing, UV/EB curable ink systems, varnishes and additives.

http://www.siegwerk-group.com

Spectra Color

Manufacturer of custom designed inks for offset heatset, coldset, water based flexo, gravure and letter press.

http://spectracolor.com

Spectrum Marking Materials

Manufactures a wide range of products for the laser marking, engraving, and dye-sublimation printing industries.

http://www.spectrummarking.com/

Spencer-Pettus

We manufacture and repair gears and press hardware for the printing, packaging, converting industry.

http://www.spgear.com

Spinks India

Suppliers of all kinds of printing inks, pad printing machines and printing consumables

http://www.spinksindia.com

Steffens Corporation

Toner for large format Xerox 2510, 3030/40/50/60, 8825, 8830, 8850

http://www.steffensusa.com

Sterling Chemical

No-offset varnish.

http://www.sterlingchemical.com

Sun Chemical Corporate

Sun Chemical is the world's largest manufacturer of printing inks and coatings; a leading manufacturer of printing plates and films, and one of the largest manufacturers of organic pigments.

http://www.sunchemical.com

TechNova Imaging Systems P Limited

Manufacturer of offset plates, chemicals, inkjet, laser and drafting media including consumables for conventional and digital imaging systems.

http://www.technovaworld.com/

TecPapers USA

Produces adhesive label papers including pressure sensitive sheets in cut and parent sizes including colors and customs.

http://www.tecpapers.com

Tibriwals

Manufacturers of Printing Ink, Coated Fabrics, Textiles and Speciality Chemicals.

http://www.tibriwals.com

Tiefdruckwalzen Faasch GmbH

Gravure cylinder production, galvanic copper-plating. Company is located near Hamburg in Germany.

http://www.tiefdruckwalzen-faasch.de/

Top Light Metal Industries Corporation

Exporter of printing positive plate.

http://www.pstop.com.tw/

Tower Products, Inc.

Manufacturer of pressroom chemistry aimed at increasing worker safety and environmental compliance. Fountain solution, roller and blanket wash, specialty pressroom chemistry.

http://www.towerproducts.com

Unisource

Distributor of commercial printing and business imaging papers, packaging systems and supplies.

http://www.unisourcelink.com/

UV Curing Lamps and Systems

Providing repalcement lamps and components for UV curing systems.

http://www.se-eng-sales.com/uv_curing.htm

Van Son Holland Inks

Produces and markets a wide range of premium lithographic inks and peripheral products for the global printing industry

http://www.vansonink.com/

Visprox B.V. of Holland

manufacturer of screenprinting and padprinting inks.

http://www.visprox.com

Wall Printing Company

Specializes in hang tags and labels. Company profile and information on services.

http://www.wallprinting.com

Weldon Celloplast Ltd.

Manufacturers silicone release papers, self-adhesive labelstocks, and tapes.

http://www.weldoncelloplast.com

XinYi Trading Co., Ltd

Manufacturer of silk screen printing ink and platemaking materials.

http://www.xin-yichina.com

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Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo writes off his Ferrari in a crash near Manchester Airport.

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Wrong body buried in coffin error

A funeral director apologises to two families after a blunder led to the wrong man being buried during a funeral in Wirral.

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