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MacDermid Graphics Solutions has announced the appointment of Jim McClatchy as Director, Global Strategic Accounts. Jim will be responsible for the overall strategic account management and revenue growth for select multi-national strategic accounts for MacDermid...

Ashland is increasing prices on 1-4-Butanediol (BDO) and several derivative products as indicated. The increases apply to North America and are effective October 01, 2020 or as agreements allow.

Power outages caused by Hurricane Laura could delay start-ups at chemical plants until the end of September, long enough to squeeze several markets that are already tight. Chemical companies began shutting down their plants along...

Nelipak® Laboratory Services, a leading provider of healthcare packaging testing for the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors, announced that its Clara, Ireland laboratory has received ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)....

“I am delighted to announce that Emmerson Packaging is the process of investing a further $10 million this year in new equipment for our Amherst and Belleville facilities, in addition to having hired over 80...

The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is facing new challenges following damages at feedstock monoethylene glycol (MEG) plants. The damages resulted in a force majeure declaration by three MEG producers, which in turn led to a force...

Esko has underlined its commitment to future generations of packaging industry workers with a multi-million dollar in-kind donation to support college and university students in their packaging engineering and technology studies. The global developer of...

German paper manufacturer Feldmuehle has appointed Bernd Weber as its new chief financial officer marking the completion of the restructuring process that began in 2018. The company's shareholders appointed Bernd Weber to the management with...

Cosmo Films will re-commence the installation of a speciality polyester films line (BOPET) by the second quarter of 2022-23. The new line will be commissioned at the Waluj plant site in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India with...

Johan Nilsson joined Syntegon Technology’s executive board. He will head the newly created Service and Digital Solutions business unit. At the beginning of the year, Syntegon announced that it would focus on intelligent and sustainable...

Geneva, IL-based Fox River Associates has been meeting customer needs for release liners for 30 years. While working in the release-liner industry for many years, Duncan Wall saw that large release-liner manufacturers were not serving...

LyondellBasell and China's Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group announced the establishment and start-up of their new joint venture polyolefin complex in the Liaoning province of northeastern China. First announced in September 2019, the 50:50 joint venture...

More polymer producers have declared force majeure on polyethylene products in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura's assault, according to customer letters obtained by S&P Global Platts. Chevron Phillips Chemical on Sept. 1 and Westlake Polymers...

Nexeo Plastics, a leading global thermoplastics resin distributor, announced that Paul Tayler, formerly Vice President, Europe Division, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2020. Interim Chief Executive Officer Michael Modak will transition...

Amcor’s CEO Mr. Ron Delia said: "2020 has been a milestone financial year for Amcor during which we delivered outstanding financial results ahead of the upgraded guidance provided in May. Profit and Cash Flow were...

HP Inc. and ePac, the digital flexible packaging leader, announced a new stage in their market acceleration for flexible packaging with a further rollout of 26 additional HP Indigo digital presses. ePac will be the...

Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc. has promoted Kyle Chapman to President, joining his father, CEO and Board Chairman Robert Chapman, in leadership of the 135-year-old, $3 billion-plus global manufacturing and engineering solutions firm. As Kyle steps into...

PolyExpert, a Canadian leading manufacturer of extruded blown film, proudly announces that it is now Safe Quality Food certified. “As a film manufacturer, we have been supplying the food packaging industry for many years, so...

Philip “Butchie” was born in Chicago, IL February 21, 1946, the youngest of 5 siblings; Joan, Benjamin (Beverly), Mary (William), Valerie (Howard). Uncle to many nieces and nephews who have treasured memories of his...

Loparex, a leading global producer of release liners and engineered films, announced that it had successfully completed the integration of specialty film producer Infiana Group into its organization. The integration process, which began in September...

Bunzl plc, the specialist international distribution and services Group, announces that it has entered into agreements to acquire a US based safety business and a flexible packaging distributor in Ireland. Abco Kovex is a distributor...

Clay Dunn, (63), President, North America business segment has decided to retire at the end of 2020 after successfully leading Huhtamaki’s business in North America since 2005. Ann O’Hara, (49), MBA, BSE (Chemical Engineering), has...

UK-based Cromwell Plastics has renamed its manufacturing and recycling division following the acquisition of Moorgreen Flexible Packaging earlier this year. Cromwell said the new division, Cromwell Plastics Recycling, would strengthen its focus on helping businesses...

UFlex Ltd., a multi-national flexible packaging company based in India, has declared its earnings for first quarter of FY2020-21. The company's consolidated net profit surged by 116.7% YoY, while consolidated total revenue for the first...

Flint Group, a leading provider of consumables and equipment for the global packaging industries, has announced a series of key investment actions in its Russian packaging inks business to further extend support to customers in...

Flint Group is pleased to confirm the successful completion of an extension of its credit facilities, with effect from 7 August 2020. This transaction has extended the maturity dates of Flint Group’s revolving credit and...

Ester Filmtech Limited has planned to set up an advanced polyester film manufacturing facility in the State of Telangana. The total investment of the entire project is approximately INR 1350 crores in three phases. Implementation...