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The flexible packaging industry has been witnessing tremendous year-on-year growth globally. It is helping organizations to bring down their environmental footprint by reducing their dependency on glass/metal-based rigid packaging in a sustainable way. Despite this,...
Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper company, is investing €20 million to further improve the sustainability of its pulp production at the Frantschach mill in Austria. The mill, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary...
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste says a Pennsylvania recycling plant, which will convert hard-to-recycle plastic waste into a concrete additive for building and construction applications, should be fully operational early next year. The alliance,...
Presto Products, an industry leader in innovation for reclosable packaging and the maker of Fresh-Lock® closures, recently held a plant expansion groundbreaking ceremony in late September at their Waupaca, Wisconsin, plant location. The Waupaca expansion...
Flexo plate producers can now save time, simplify operations and benefit from greater productivity following the launch of Flexo Engine, the latest innovation from Esko. As part of the recently released Esko Software 21.11, the...
Bar Graphic Machinery (BGM), a manufacturer of label finishing systems, diecutting slitter rewinders, digital label converting finishing systems and flexible packaging finishing equipment for the global label and flexible packaging industries, has expanded its facility...
Leading European packaging manufacturer Coveris announced the completion of a two-year transformation project at its Cramlington labels facility in Northumberland. The twin facility, which includes both the main Colbourne Avenue plant and its sister site...
Trisoft Graphics, based in Costa Mesa, California, is an innovative flexographic prepress provider that serves narrow, mid and wide-web flexible packaging and label printers globally. Nearly 30 years ago, in 1993, the business was founded...
Liquibox employees traded balloons and streamers for steel toe boots and hairnets for an inspiring week celebrating 60 years of dedication and commitment at the flexible packaging company. In honor of their milestone anniversary, Liquibox...
Since the FDA released its current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs) and 21st century initiative that includes promoting industry modernization, the majority of industries—including pharma—have gotten onboard the digitalization and Industry 4.0 train. Though cost and...
After more than two years in development, GreenBlue and the Recycled Material Standard (RMS) team are proud to announce the official launch of the RMS and invite brands and suppliers in the plastics recycling value...
SAM (Sung An Machinery Co., Ltd.) announced that Joon Shin, currently Executive Director, will assume the role of CEO immediately. “I am honored to become SAM’s next CEO and proud to be the 3rd generation...
ePac Flexible Packaging is pleased to announce the appointment of Tracy Butler as Chief Financial Officer, located in Austin, Texas. Tracy will be responsible for driving ePac’s overall financial strategy with a focus on growth...
Morrisons will become the first supermarket to own its own recycling operations through the acquisition of a significant stake in a new recycling site in Fife. The site will reprocess ‘hard-to-recycle’ soft plastics. Uniquely within...
Austria-based packaging producer ALPLA Group says it has opened its new plant for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic recycling in Toluca, Mexico. That project was announced in September of last year. In Toluca, ALPLA invited guests...
With jetscript® GS 1062, the German specialty paper manufacturer Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is now offering a new coated premium inkjet paper as face-stock material for sophisticated, personalized label applications. The 95g paper impresses with a...
BOBST announces the completion on 11 November 2021 of the proceedings relating to Bobst Italia SpA’s successful final tender offer for the acquisition of the assets of Officine Meccaniche Giovanni Cerutti SpA and Cerutti Packaging...
In collaboration with Meijer, Dow enabled a new paving technique using recycled plastic bags to create a more durable parking lot for the retailer's Holland, Mich. supercenter. This recycled polymer modified asphalt (RPMA) parking lot...
Esko has received a Silver Award at the FIAUK Awards for its print inspection innovation, AVT iCenter, which empowers label converters to easily manage quality and production standards across jobs, printing equipment, shifts and even...
ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, announced that two independent advanced recycling firms confirmed their ProActive Recycle Ready Retort RT-3000 pouches met the criteria for chemical recycling. By processing materials that cannot...
Comexi, a global supplier of solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting sector, and Technic Gravure, a leading Thai company in the flexible packaging industry, have established a strategic business relationship with the acquisition...
Gamut Capital Management, L.P., a leading New York-based middle market private equity firm, has announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Davis-Standard, LLC and its affiliates from ONCAP, the middle-market private equity...
Xeikon’s VariOne is a true differentiator and has been developed and designed to add value and benefit brand owners, designers, illustrators, printers, converters, and consumers. VariOne can achieve the highest levels of variable imagery possible...
American Packaging Corporation is honored to be recognized as a 2021 Wisconsin 75 company by Deloitte. The annual Deloitte Wisconsin 75, chosen by a panel of business leaders, recognizes the largest and most successful private...
Mondelez believes that the recycled packaging technology recently rolled out for Cadbury Dairy Milk in Australia will be able to deliver sustainable packaging options for more markets in the Asia Pacific region in the coming...
Packaging businesses can today benefit from more speed, efficiency, sustainability and quality across workflows, as Esko releases its newest innovations. True to its aim of continuous improvement through innovation, the global developer of leading integrated...
Comexi, a global benchmark company of and specialist in the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, has inaugurated its Technology Center in Girona (CTec Girona). As a result of this inauguration, the company strives to...
As companies and elected officials in the United States continue to debate plastic waste and a circular economy, they often look toward other nations that are farther ahead in their planning and designs. That focus...