Oben Group announces the acquisition of Poligal Group, effective February 25, 2021. This acquisition includes the BOPP and CPP production plants in Portugal and Poland, commercial offices in Germany and an extensive sales and distribution...

Harpak-ULMA announced its increased investment in Case-ready programs to support the strong and continued growing emphasis, fueled by grocery industry shifts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on case-ready fresh food packaging. The initiative will focus...

BillerudKorsnäs EVP Commercial, Helene Biström, announced that she has decided to leave the company at her own request. BillerudKorsnäs will immediately initiate the recruitment process of a new EVP Commercial and announcement of a replacement...

The Xeikon CX30 and Xeikon CX50 fit perfectly in the Xeikon portfolio between the Xeikon 3030 REX and Xeikon 3050 REX entry-level presses and the higher-end Xeikon CX300 and Xeikon CX500. Xeikon has designed and...

Late in the fall, G&S Business Communications updated its national survey of consumers to see how COVID-19 continued to change their habits and found that about 58% remained at least somewhat concerned with contracting the...

We are proud to announce the new partnership between Sihl and V-Shapes in Flexible Packaging to personalize V-Shapes unique single-dose sachets. V-Shapes is an innovative supplier of vertically integrated products and services for convenient, hygienic...

S-OneLP has made some extensive hiring decisions in the recent months to accommodate rapid growth and align with its strategic priorities to be a leader in the rapidly evolving labels and flexible packaging market. S-OneLP...

The Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging’s (KIDV) Community of Practice (CoP) is a group that has set its sights on developing circular solutions for flexible packaging. Along with partners such as PepsiCo, Unilever, and Mars...

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced the launch of its ION digital conversion system. This new flexible inkjet printing solution provides superior print quality for many platforms, including labels, folding cartons,...

The Kraft Heinz Company announced the successful completion of a pilot project to demonstrate the use of roof board made from recycled flexible packaging. The test was made possible by the Company’s participation in Materials...

ProAmpac, a flexible packaging leader, has partnered with the Clemson University Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences to support the company’s commitment to leading the industry in developing smart food packaging. “ProAmpac is committed...

The board of directors of Tredegar Corporation declared a quarterly dividend of twelve cents ($0.12) per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on April 1, 2021 to shareholders of record at...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce that it has published its latest Report to the Members. The report provides an...

Through close and enduring collaboration BillerudKorsnäs and Tetra Pak aim to push the figure of renewable material from wood fibre in carton packages towards 100%. Already today the figure is about 70%. New innovations to...

Vita Nova is a new consortium of industry players promoting the use of mono-PET flexible packaging in the circular economy. BOPET Films Europe and Searious Business are launching the initiative and invite interested parties to...

Toyo Printing Inks, Inc., a member of the Japan-based Toyo Ink Group, one of the world’s largest ink manufacturers, recently brought to market the LP-9000 Toyo Life Premium Food LO/LM, a new series of sheetfed...

Davis-Standard is pleased to announce that Andrew Alaya has been promoted to Vice President – Aftermarket Sales. Alaya brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role having held various customer-centric positions at Circonix Technologies,...

The Americans for Free Trade coalition, a broad alliance of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs, respectfully writes in support of the nomination of Katherine Tai to become the next U.S. Trade...

Filling the market gap for premium and high-performance recyclable frozen food packaging, ProAmpac announces the launch of ProActive Recyclable R-2000F. This patent-pending film is the newest member of the ProActive Sustainability® product family and has...

FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division, announces that its install of Acuity LED 46 and Acuity LED 1600R has helped CR Print grow its business despite the downturn many have experienced during the global...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation has developed a series of customizable film structure designs formulated with post-consumer resin (PCR). The film structures, which incorporate post-consumer low-density and linear low-density polyethylene (rLDPE/LLDPE), can be tailored to meet the...

A circular economy looks different within each industry, but its broad vision of healing the harm from the industrial economy’s extractive, polluting original sins is appealing more to a variety of businesses. A small number...

Siegwerk reported that it has partnered with Idealliance to offer G7 Certification for the printing community globally – including India. Idealliance is a transformational industry association providing global standardisation, training, and certification programmes for the...

Maryland is currently considering legislation that would ban single-use plastic bags. But some say the pandemic is complicating things. Retailers in Maryland say a nationwide shortage of paper bags could make banning plastic bags difficult. Some...

Tensions between the U.S. and China have grown in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, triggering a broader debate about supply chains, reshoring, and resilience. In truth, because of the many variables at play, it...

Fmcg giants Mars and Nestlé have teamed up with Taylors of Harrogate and Ella’s Kitchen to crack down on flexible packaging waste. Dubbing themselves ‘the Flexible Packaging Consortium’ (FPC), the group of four suppliers has...

Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has developed a more eco-friendly manufacturing method for offset printing that combines oil-based biomass ink with water-based varnish. ECOLUSTER is an...

Printpack partnered with General Mills to develop the first plastic film wrapper designated as Store Drop-Off Recyclable by How2Recycle® for the snacking industry. This bar wrapper, made from PE, was created for the iconic Nature...