Jean Lavelle, CIRI’s assistant director, leads a tour of CIRI’s new facilities during its recent open house. For any industry, the need for independent laboratory testing is critical, and the printing ink industry is no exception in that regard. To help fill the need for objective industry-wide research, Northampton Community College (NCC), Bethlehem, PA, formed the Coatings & Ink Research Institute (CIRI) in 2007. NCC took the reins from its neighbor, Lehigh University, which had pre...