News & Events

October 9, 2008
DuPont Packaging Graphics Announces Environmental Footprint Reductions DuPont Packaging Graphics today announced publication of results from two peer-reviewed environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies indicating significant nonrenewable energy and greenhouse gas emission reductions from use of its Cyrel® flexographic print and thermal platemaking processes.

August 18, 2008
DuPont Packaging Graphics Announces Surcharges and Price Increases for DuPont™ Cyrel® Products DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced it will implement surcharges and price increases of up to 10 percent globally, effective Sept. 15. Specific terms will be addressed regionally.

July 30, 2008
DuPont Settles with Cortron on Cyrel® FAST Thermal Platemaking Patent Technology DuPont today announced it has reached an agreement with Cortron Corporation to settle a patent infringement case involving DuPont’s award-winning DuPont™ Cyrel® FAST thermal flexographic printing plate technology.

May 22, 2008
DuPont Wins Patent Infringement Appeal Against MacDermid Printing Solutions The May 14 ruling advances DuPont's efforts to enforce certain of its patents protecting its award-winning Cyrel® FAST thermal flexographic technology.

April 7, 2008
DuPont Packaging Graphics and Sun Chemical Collaborate to Expand the Boundaries of Flexographic Printing The joint work was focused on linking the WetFlex™ printing process with the DuPont™ Cyrel® photopolymer plate technology and resulted in obtaining previously unachievable levels of print graphics while providing the market with a solvent-free process that can contribute to sustainability improvements in printing and packaging.

March 18, 2008
EskoArtwork and DuPont Packaging Graphics Strengthen Their Partnership At drupa 2008 visitors will have the opportunity to see brand new top class digital flexo platemaking solutions developed by two major packaging graphics companies.

January 8, 2008
DuPont Packaging Graphics Celebrates Patent Milestone DuPont Packaging Graphics has recently achieved the registration milestone of 125 patent families consisting of more than 600 patents and applications worldwide.

September 18, 2007
DuPont Packaging Graphics Expands Digital Plate Portfolio DuPont Packaging Graphics has introduced a new addition to their digital solvent photopolymer plate product line, DuPont™ Cyrel® DPR.

June, 2007
Pliant Corp. Achieves Tme/Cost Savings, Environmental Benefits Via DuPont™ Cyrel® Dry Platemaking The Cyrel® FAST system cut total plate-production time by 75 percent, improved plate-shop productivity by 30 percent without additional staff.

March 23, 2007
DuPont Packaging Graphics Announces 2007 Training Schedule Offered free of charge to DuPont™ Cyrel® customers and industry professionals, these two-day classes are held at the DuPont Customer Technology Center (CTC) in Wilmington, Del.

February 23, 2007
DuPont Packaging Graphics and Williamson Printing Materials Announce Distribution Agreement DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced that effective Feb. 23, 2007, Williamson Printing Materials Limited, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, will distribute its full line of flexographic products in Canada.

February 6, 2006
Company Milestone: DuPont Installs 500th Cyrel® FAST System DuPont Packaging Graphics has reached a major industry milestone with its 500th Cyrel® FAST dry flexographic platemaking system at one of North america's largest package converter plants.