Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is forced to raise the prices for its coated specialty papers again. The reason for this is the recently continued rise in prices for energy and raw materials. The price adjustments of...

Walmart, the world’s largest company by revenue and largest US grocery retailer, has agreed to cut its use of virgin plastic by 2025. Citing new data on the growing plastic pollution problem, As You Sow...

The sustainability movement has gained traction in recent years with more renewable materials being introduced to the market more often. State Governments are also implementing regulations around plastic packaging and single-use plastics, which begs the...

H.B. Fuller has successfully completed the Food Safety System Certification (FSSC 22000) for its plant in Lüneburg, Germany, the company’s largest in Europe and an important manufacturing facility within its global network to earn this...

Arup Basu, President, Flexible Packaging, and a member of Huhtamaki Global Executive Team has decided to leave Huhtamaki. ​The process to find Arup’s successor has been initiated. “I want to thank Arup for his contribution...

Integrated prepress software and hardware solutions leader, Esko, has partnered with global leader in retail, Boots Retail USA, a member of Walgreens Boots Alliance, to introduce a streamlined content process that increases productivity by an...

The British government has confirmed that the new plastic packaging tax (PPT) will be coming into force 1 April 2022, raising nearly a billion pounds in tax by 2025. Laid out by Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

The rise in e-commerce in 2020 forced brands to rethink their package design to connect with consumers outside the retail environment. Here are five design trends that resulted and advice on how to select the...

TC Transcontinental Packaging is thrilled to announce that it was named the Winner for Innovations in Sustainability in this year’s Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) Sustainability Excellence Award competition for its Integritite™ post-consumer recycled collation shrink...

C-P Flexible Packaging (C-P) announces the expansion of its pre-made polyethylene bag manufacturing operations with the purchase of three new state-of-the-art converting lines. This new equipment is being installed in C-P’s Buffalo, New York facility...

Cosmo Films Ltd., a global leader in speciality films for flexible packaging, labeling and lamination applications as well as synthetic paper, introduces 100% Opaque Synthetic Paper (OSP) which is specially designed for a dangler application....

Ocean Cleanup CEO Boyan Slat discusses the new and improved river plastic Interceptors and the nonprofit's plans for building and deploying more of them around the world. Nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup is continuing its mission...

Fathom Optics (formerly Lumii, Inc), a printed packaging effects software company, has been selected as one of three recipients of the prestigious 2021 FTA Technical Innovation Award. This award recognizes Fathom’s patented light field technology/software...

Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, announced it has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to research pennycress oil as a potential feedstock material for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a...

Coveris Group continues its strategic expansion and acquires UK based flexible packaging manufacturing and trading business Four 04 Packaging, based in Norwich. Coveris identified Four04 Packaging Ltd through a permanent market screening process as an...

Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Maine’s LD 1471, “An Act to Establish a Stewardship Program for Packaging” and in opposition to Maine’s LD 1541, “An Act to Support and Improve...

Two bills have been submitted to create a program to improve recycling and refund municipalities, but the sides are far apart on how those goals should be achieved. Maine’s intent to create a first-in-the-nation recycling...

UP to 35 jobs are set to be axed at a food and drink packaging company in Worcester – representing 40% of the current workforce. 35 workers are expected to be made redundant at Berry...

Label Traxx MIS announces its integration with batched.io to provide label converters with a cutting-edge automated scheduling tool. Batched is an automated scheduling tool for label printers that sequences job tickets using an advanced algorithm...

Pregis, a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging, has developed a proven process to help companies reduce the cost of damages incurred during product fulfillment and improve packing efficiencies. This is in response to inhouse...

Yunhong CTI Ltd., a leading manufacturer of custom film products, foil and latex novelty balloons, and flexible packaging products, announced that it has completed a sale-leaseback transaction for its headquarters office, production and warehouse space...

At the 2021 Executive Leadership Conference (ELC) from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, Gardner Carrick, vice president of strategic initiatives at The Manufacturing Institute (MI) and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), presented...

After several years of growth, Griff moved its decorative film facility from Lakewood, NJ to Fallsington, PA. The Griff Network continues to expand its operations. After just adding new slitting equipment to its converting capabilities,...

Tredegar Corporation reported first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2021. First quarter 2021 net income from continuing operations was $9.6 million ($0.29 per diluted share) compared to net loss from continuing...

The largest technology-focused event for packaging professionals is just weeks away - and EskoWorld 2021 is ready to deliver its most exciting agenda yet. Between May 17 and May 21, hundreds of online attendees will...

E-commerce, corporate sustainability goals and consumer trends are revealing the causes and benefits for the dramatic rise in this packaging segment. We’ve all been waiting for some normalcy to return to our lives. Reflecting on...

Duraco Specialty Tapes announced, in a joint statement with OpenGate Capital, that it has appointed Mr. Ed Byczynski as Chief Executive Officer. Byczynski has a long tenure of guiding growth in manufacturing businesses and is...

Driven by consumer demand, eco-friendly packaging that uses post-consumer resin is gaining traction on the shelf. But for packaging designers trying to meet extremely specific brand standards, working with this material poses some challenges. Nothing...