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14 TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL DECEMBER 2015 expert witnesses in future suits." B e c a u s e t h e F D A ' s d e e m i n g regulations are not in effect, the court ruled that the tobacco companies had failed to establish injuries sufficient enough to suppress the committee report. "As this is pending litigation, we aren't commenting at this time," said David Howard, spokesperson for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. ASIA Packaging Manufacturer Parkside Invests in Malaysia normanton, west korkshire and kuala lumur – To ensure the same access to innovation and service that it provides customers in Europe, specialty packaging manufacturer, Parkside is investing anew in its Malaysian operations. Parkside Malaysia employs more than 40 people and manufactures and prints packaging for the tobacco industry. Among the new equipment and offerings at the Kuala Lumpur site are a new slitter as well as full plate-making technology. Once installed, these will help make the Malaysian operation self- sufficient from receipt of design through to end product shipment. Parkside UK also announced that a 10-color flexographic press will be transferred to Malaysia from Parkside's UK site. "The print and packaging industry in Asia is beginning to accept and r e c o g n i z e t h e c o s t a n d e f f i c i e n c y advantages that flexographic printing c a n b r i n g t o t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s , " said John Taylor, general manager, Parkside Asia. "As a leading player in this field in Europe, Parkside is eager to demonstrate its abilities in Asia and ensure its increasing number of customers in the region have access to local facilities and capabilities. This investment will enable us to offer our international customers the high level of service they are used to from our UK operations and for Asia to build on this strength with local manufacturing, service and support." The Parkside investment is expected to benefit the growing tobacco market in Asia by providing faster turnaround service and significantly reducing lead times. With Parkside's new machinery expected to be in place by the end of Q2, Malaysian print operators have been working at the company's UK site in West Yorkshire to learn more about the operation of each piece of technology so that they can train colleagues back home to ensure any downtime is kept to a minimum during installation. Parkside is an innovative specialty packaging manufacturer specializing in printing, lamination, laser, thermal a n d s u s t a i n a b l e s o l u t i o n s f o r t h e food, drink and tobacco packaging industries. Beyond tobacco, Parkside is also focused on growing its reach into specialty packaging for the food TI DIGEST Free jet principle - patent protected Expansion and Drying The free jet principle is used in steam processing for the expansion of cut material, and for heating tobacco prior to drying. The principle is also used to achieve low temperature drying by the use of high speed air vortices. Using this system, rapid drying occurs accompanied by evaporative cooling. This results in both the tobacco and the exit air temperatures being much lower than the heating air temperature. Drying tobacco at low temperatures avoids caramelising of naturally occurring or applied sugar in the form of casings. The tobacco maintains its elasticity, and casing losses and colour changes are minimised. Also, the use of the free jet principle results in short drying residence times, compact drier size and a fast response drier control system. www.FranzSagemueller.com Nordstr. 30 - D-26345 Bockhorn - Germany - Phone +49(0) 44 53/ 71691 - Fax +49(0) 44 53/71693 www.FranzSagemueller.com -- e-Mail: FranzSagemuellerGmbH@t-online.de F R A N Z S A G E M U L L E R G M B H Franz Sagemüller_TI OCT 05 9/28/05 3:00 PM