Durst North America continues its investment in the labels and packaging market by announcing that Steve Lynn, director and general manager, New Markets will lead the division. “Steve is a highly skilled technical business leader...

On its way to become a circular and digital packaging solutions company, Siegwerk will expand its digital services by adding virtual tools for customer interaction and engagement. Since 2017, the company has strategically driven its...

The Kroger Co. announced the launch of its Simple Truth Recycling Program, offering customers a free and simple way to recycle the flexible packaging of more than 300 products from the company private-label Simple Truth,...

Tri-Seal, a Tekni-Plex business, has invested $1 million in a new closure liner manufacturing facility in Greater Noida, India. The company’s latest investment in foil laminating, four-color rotogravure printing and inspection equipment will significantly reduce...

A chemical recycling firm is on the hunt for a massive quantity of plastics Nos. 1-7, material the company plans to process at plastics-to-fuel facilities across the country. San Francisco-headquartered Brightmark is looking to bring...

Sonoco, one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, announced it has acquired Can Packaging, a privately owned designer and manufacturer of sustainable paper packaging and related manufacturing equipment, based in Habsheim, France, for total...

Amcor, one of the world’s largest packaging companies, developed a film that matches the heat resistance of oriented PET but can still be recycled in PE film streams. The multi-layer material is one a number...

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced that Brad Klimek has joined its tissue sales team as a Sales Engineer. In his new role, Klimek will focus on providing technical support to...

The system uses ground-up old asphalt mixed with a polymer binder made from recycled materials, and may be even more durable than traditional processes. Paving roads is a dirty business. That may not come as...

Having previously revealed its expansion plans, ePac Flexible Packaging is pleased to announce the opening of its latest site in France as the company expands its network of flexible packaging production plants across the European...

Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), announced two acquisitions. Motion has entered into agreements to acquire TRC Hydraulics,...

Film manufacturer Südpack has committed itself to chemical recycling and is calling upon companies across the value chain to collaborate and achieve positive change. The company believes that chemical recycling of plastics waste is a...

Evansville, IN-based plastics packaging and products giant Berry Global Group, Inc. reported its Q3 FY2020 results, referred to in the following as the June 2020 quarter. Net sales are up 50% to $2.9 billion; operating...

The team of specialists at Wikoff Digital has formulated a new set of color dispersions for 3D printing resins. As 3D printing moves from a prototyping mechanism to a viable production method, the expectations of...

Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, wood products and metals industries, announced that its Kelly/Spicers division has acquired Northern California-based American Packaging, further...

The extraordinary Italian industrial history passes through those excellences that only our country can express. Leading companies for innovation, research and dynamism, able to export all over the world, often led by enlightened and far-sighted...

As the entry in service of its newest wetlaid line approaches, Aralar has recently inaugurated a new latest-generation warehouse. Designed to enhance service standards to its global wetlaid paper customer base, and with an area...

Single bananas. Hard boiled eggs. Chocolate chip cookies. In convenience stores across Japan these items all have something in common: they are routinely sold tightly swaddled in plastic wrapping. It's been that way for decades....

Mondi Paper Bags, part of Mondi Group, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has acquired two paper bag lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs, two major cement producers in Egypt. The acquired...

By becoming a strategic partner of Project STOP, Siegwerk actively supports the creation of sustainable waste management systems in Indonesia to eliminate leakage of plastics into the environment underlining its strong commitment to actively drive...

Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), North America's largest independent full-service systems integration provider supporting manufacturers, robot companies, systems integrators, line builders, and users of robotic automation worldwide, today announced a strategic partnership with autonomous mobile robot...

In the midst of COVID-19, bag-in-box packaging has become a critical part of meeting the unprecedented demand for liquid cleaners, sanitizers and detergents. The global hand sanitizer market is projected to grow USD 0.9 billion...

"Chemical Recycling" is the petrochemical industry's latest response to the recycling crisis. It is a recycling process where plastic waste is processed into fuels or back into the chemical building blocks that plastics are made...

Flint Group Packaging is delighted to announce the publication of its 2020 Sustainability Report. This version provides updates on the organisation’s sustainability performance to date. Antoine Fady, CEO of Flint Group, comments, “Since the last...

Northstar Capital, a provider of junior capital for middle market private equity transactions, is pleased to announce it has partnered with Tenex Capital Management in its recapitalization and merger of Consolidated Label and Online Labels....

Morris Packaging expanded its Plymouth, Minn. plant with the addition of two 10-color flexographic printing presses. The addition of the 59 in. PCMC fusion printing press offers numerous technologies to increase production while reducing waste...

With so much in flux, there is a clear need to help remove noise in the system and move from bad VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) to good VUCA. We will identify what is...

The spread of Covid-19 had a significant impact on Bobst Group’s 2020 first half-year figures. Bobst Group recorded sales of CHF 523.8 million for the first six months of 2020, compared to CHF 736.8 million...