When Amcor ANZ was tasked with the print for a potato chip rebrand, pre-press manager Gary McQuiggan had to deliver an extreme spread of colors without compromising any particular product in the range – or...

LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, has informed the engineering and construction contractors it will slow construction of its world-scale propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA)...

Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical Company has signed an agreement with South Korean company SK Gas for constructing and operating propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene (PP) plants in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. The plant will...

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has solved waste and digital capacity issues for family business Wagner Prestige Labels with the installation of a Tau 330 RSC E inkjet label production press....

Airlite Plastics Company has expanded production capabilities at its plant in Nazareth, Pennsylvania with a semi-custom Davis-Standard sheet line. The new line, installed in 2019, supports Airlite’s thin-gauge sheet production for products of various thicknesses...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an unprecedented impact around the world and needed medical, health and hygiene products are in short supply. After assessing the Company’s capability to manufacture hand sanitizer at its facilities...

Eaglewood Technologies continues to offer our customers the same great cleaning solutions they have come to love over the past 26 years. You can now have a Sanilox System delivered to your facility for...

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging, joined with Ag Unlimited and JUSTIN’S® to celebrate the receipt of two 2020 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards showcasing innovation and advances that have changed flexible packaging.

When Kevin Kelly woke up March 11, he glanced at his phone, saw a stock market in free fall and gently shook his head. “Overreaction,” he thought. “I was a skeptic. The idea of a...

The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division has announced a set of principles for mass balance certification standards that are designed to trace and help increase plastics recycling as well as support markets for the outputs...

Reducing waste in the fruit industry and taking care of the environment has been a central goal of the industry worldwide, and Chile's new biodegradable plastic has been developed to further those efforts. The innovation...

The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) called on the European Commission on March 20, to recognize packaging as an essential component in maintaining the uninterrupted flow of product groups that the Commission...

At the CPA Annual Meeting, FPA President Alison Keane shares how the organization is working to help shape legislation around plastic packaging, rather than just react to it. There is a global war on plastics...

Meijer is asking customers to temporarily refrain from shopping with reusable bags in the stores. Officials said the change is part of the retailer's ongoing effort to make sure employees can do their jobs in...

We recognize and appreciate the aggressive steps that are being taken to respond to the threats of the COVID-19 virus. We represent the manufacturers, distributors and supply chain of the products and raw materials that...

AWT Labels & Packaging announce that Brice Plote joined the company as a Sales Executive. Plote is an experienced sales professional, focusing on flexible packaging during his successful, 25-year career. He has an extensive background...

Polymer Film & Bag, a member of the Polymer Packaging family of companies, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has granted the company...

Continuing its mission to deliver more sustainable flexible packaging solutions, ProAmpac, the flexible packaging leader, launched a premium recyclable quad-seal, flat bottom bag for High Island Organics’ new product, All-Purpose Organic Fertilizer.

Four years after becoming the state’s first municipality to ban the use of plastic bags and impose fees for acquiring others at grocery stores, Cambridge this week issued an emergency order temporarily forbidding the use...

A Madison County manufacturer is producing packaging and hiring workers to help address the lack of coronavirus test kits available across the nation. Printpack Medical, a family-owned plant in Marshall, is running three shifts around-the-clock...

Giant Eagle says customers should not bring reusable bags to stores, as a precautionary measure to help ensure sanitary conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Plexiglass dividers are also being installed at checkouts and customer service...

Dow announced a commitment of $3 million to help fund COVID-19 relief efforts with donations going towards global relief organizations, as well as non-profits in communities where Dow operates. In addition, the Company announced it...

Plastic has become ubiquitous in modern life. It keeps our food from spoiling, helps us transport goods with less energy and less breakage than other materials, makes our vehicles lighter and more energy efficient, and...

C-P Flexible Packaging is introducing virtual press check capabilities, allowing customers in critical infrastructure industries to conduct press checks and approve graphics remotely. The majority of C-P Flexible Packaging’s customers play a large role in...

ACI Plastics, a U.S. leader in post-industrial plastics reprocessing, will install two Davis-Standard reclaim extruders at its new South Carolina plant in early 2020 with two more slated for a fourth-quarter installation in California. The...

Germany-based rigid and flexible plastic packaging supplier Klöckner Pentaplast (KP) has completed what it calls a “significant expansion” for pharmaceutical packaging films at its Cotia facility in Brazil. Along with a larger and more sustainable...

Some species are named after beloved teen activists or Lady Gaga. Others are named after plastic. Before science even discovered this deep-sea crustacean, plastic had infiltrated its stomach. So scientists named it accordingly. Meet Eurythenes...

As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing commitment to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the agency has issued two guidance documents to communicate its policy for the temporary manufacture of certain alcohol-based...