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Eaglewood Technologies, which has been providing anilox cleaning services for over 25 years under the Sani-Blast trademark, has rebranded its Anilox Cleaning Division. Continued product development has diversified Eaglewood's anilox cleaning product line, providing more...
PPC Flexible Packaging™, LLC a leading provider of custom flexible packaging for specialty food, healthcare, and horticultural markets, announced that HFM PPC has been certified to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) code, a global food...
We maintained our growth trend during the last quarter of the year in an economic environment challenged by the trade war between the USA and China, the announced Brexit and the amplified concerns around sustainability...
Global masterbatch leader Ampacet today announced the acquisition of LIAD Weighing and Control Systems, based in Israel. LIAD pioneered the single component gravimetric feeder for injection molding machines and is today the leading developer of...
A US recycling bill introduced to the nation's legislature includes a temporary moratorium on building new plants that would produce olefins and plastics. The bill, called "The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act" was proposed...
The leadership team of Baldwin Technology Company Inc. has appointed Joe Kline as its new President and CEO, effective January 17, 2020. Baldwin is a leading global manufacturer of innovative process-automation technology for the printing,...
A paper company announced it has completed the sale of two mills, including one in Maine, as part of a $400 million deal. Miamisburg, Ohio-based Verso Corp. sold its Androscoggin Mill in Jay to Pixelle...
PolyExpert announces the promotion of Pierre Sarazin Ph.D., to Vice President of Research & Development and Sustainability, effective as of now. Pierre started working for PolyExpert in 2018 as Manager of Technical Services and Product...
Comar, a specialty packaging, device, and component supplier serving the Medical, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Healthcare, Personal and Home Care, Food and Beverage, and other niche market segments is building a custom facility in Rancho Cucamonga, CA....
Thomasine Kamerling, (47), M.A., Modern History from Cambridge University (UK), has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Communications and a member of Global Executive Team at Huhtamaki as of March 1, 2020. She...
ProAmpac, the flexible packaging leader, has been awarded two of the most recognized global accreditations in business: certification of its Cincinnati facility to ISO 14001, the most widely used environmental management system (EMS) in the...
Pregis has made several recent investments in its European operations to support the growing protective packaging needs of its broad global customer base. The company recently opened a new energy-efficient facility in Stevenage, UK which...
Just two years after an expansion project, a Lawrence manufacturing plant is set to close, costing nearly 100 people their jobs. API Americas announced in a federally required filing that it intends to close its...
Fox Packaging™, an industry leader in packaging innovation, is pleased to announce the promotion of Lucas Fox to Director of Operations. In his new role, Fox will oversee production activity across all operation departments; including...
Resource Label Group, LLC a full-service provider of pressure sensitive label, shrink sleeve and RFID/NFC technology for the packaging industry, announced it has acquired Los Angeles-based Axiom Label & Packaging (“Axiom”), broadening its presence in...
Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), North America’s largest independent automation engineering company supporting manufacturers, robot companies, systems integrators, line builders, and users of robotic automation worldwide, today announced that Vice President of Operations Services Craig Salvalaggio...
Henkel Adhesives Technologies has officially inaugurated its new production facility in Kurkumbh, India, near Pune. With a total investment of about 50 million Euro the business unit aims to serve the growing demand of Indian...
Tekni-Plex Medical, a Tekni-Plex business, announces that Jan Motte has joined the organization as head of sales and business development, medical products, for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Tekni-Plex recently announced the formation of...
Nosco, Inc., a subsidiary of Holden Industries, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the assets of Haapanen Brothers, Inc., a full-service graphic arts and printing company located in Gurnee, Illinois. Through this investment, Nosco...
Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), a leading sales and marketing organization in the global pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, wood products and metal industries, announced today that its Spicers Canada division has acquired the assets and...
Austin, Texas-based packaging manufacturer ePac Flexible Packaging will invest $6.5 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Henrico County, creating 35 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. ePac Flexible Packaging was founded in 2016 and...
Sonoco, one of the most sustainable diversified global packaging companies, announced its Board of Directors has unanimously elected R. Howard Coker, the Company’s current senior vice president of its Paper/Industrial Converted Products segment, as its...
U.S. chemical producer Dow Inc. has approved an expansion of its Alberta petrochemical facilities expected to cost between US$200 million and US$225 million. While releasing its fourth-quarter results this week, CEO Jim Fitterling announced the...
Label Traxx, the management software (MIS) specialist for the label converting industry, has announced that new features in Version 8.2 are tailored toward flexible packaging manufacturers. Version 8.2 of the software includes dedicated flexible packaging...
Subdued and mixed trading conditions caused by geopolitical uncertainties are expected to continue to impact Stora Enso in 2020. The decline in demand for European paper will persist, and demand for other Group products is...
A flexible packaging manufacturer that owns the former Cello-Pack operations in Cheektowaga is relocating a large warehouse operation to a former retail plaza-turned-business park that is close to its main facility. ProAmpac, based in Cincinnati,...
Two industry-leading companies will merge under the Maxcess name. Maxcess, the global leader in innovative products and services for web handling applications, has announced its intent to merge with RotoMetrics, the global leader in the...
Quad/Graphics, Inc., has agreed to sell its Omaha (NE) packaging plant for $40 million to Graphic Packaging International, a leading provider of packaging solutions to food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer products companies. The transaction...