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Achievements

Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI, named NorthStar Print Group (Watertown, WI) Supplier of the Year for 2000. John Bowlin, president/CEO of Miller, presents the award to DickGasper, NorthStar president/CEO.

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—Greif Bros. Corp. (Rosemount, MN) has received the American Institute of Baking Certificate of Achievement for its multiwall bag mfg. plant in Rosemount, MN. —The one millionth SERCOS interface ASIC chip was recently shipped to R.A. Jones (Cincinnati, OH). The milestone ASIC was installed on a production model Criterion 2000 cartoning machine. —Xaar Americas (Schaumburg, IL) is celebrating the dedication of its 3귔 sq’ sales office. —E2M, Inc. (Norcross, GA) and Polytron, Inc. (Norcross, GA) have received a certificate of registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office authorizing use of the IMAPS brand by the corporations. —Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.’s (Chicago, IL) Lexington, KY, plant has received the Governor’s Safety and Health Award for operating five years without a lost-time injury or illness. —ISO 9001-9004 registration: Green Bay Packaging Inc. (Green Bay, WI). —ISO 9002 registration: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL), for its Kingston, Ontario, Canada, facility; Hoover Materials Handling Group (Alpharetta, GA); Precise Technology, Inc. (Bridgeport, NJ).

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