Sustainability is an important trend in the printing industry, and converters want to be sustainable. In this podcast, Sun Chemical’s Robert O’Boyle discusses ways an ink manufacturer can help converters achieve their sustainability goals.

TRESU has created a new business unit in order to provide its customers with lifetime support and help customers drive down excess waste, cost and down time. TRESU Customer Care helps customers increase their overall...

Currently flexible packaging represents approximately 19 percent of the total $170 billion U.S. packaging industry and is the second largest packaging segment behind corrugated paper. According to the recent Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) 2019 State of...

The rush to leave plastics behind has the potential to cause increased environmental impact. In the mad dash to replace plastics, it’s important that we remember the “job we are hiring packaging to do”.

Pharmalabel, Netherlands-based supplier of pharmaceutical labels, has installed GSE Colorsat Switch dispensing system with ink manager software to boost efficiency and quality assurance in its flexo printing operations. Pharmalabel supplies...

By commissioning a fully automated production facility at the Siegburg site, Siegwerk is setting a new quality standard for the production of customized printing inks and varnishes, while continuing to push forward its own digitization....

NDC Technologies, a global provider of productivity enhancing measurement and control solutions, announced that Marti Nyman has joined the company as president and strategic growth leader. Nyman succeeds Dave Roland, who has served as NDC’s...

A demonstration project found that by routing mixed bales and MRF residue to a central sorting location, more than 17,000 tons of additional plastics could be captured in the Pacific Northwest each year. The Pacific...

Recognizing his increased duties within the web & specialty division, Koenig & Bauer has promoted Preston Neetzel to the position of director of flexo sales. In this new role, Neetzel will expand on his current...

CEFLEX, The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging initiative, has announced it is inviting feedback, between 6 December 2019 – 17 January 2020, to enhance and refine phase one of the Designing for a Circular Economy...

Stora Enso is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility for enabling the production of bio-based plastics as barrier in transparent packaging. The pilot plant will convert plant-based sugars into the renewable building...

Two members of Congress launched a task force Dec. 10 to explore plastics recycling issues, another sign of growing interest around plastics environmental issues on Capitol Hill. A statement from Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., announcing...

U.S. private label brands have seen $143.4 billion in sales over the year, a figure up nearly $14 billion since 2015, according to Nielsen. In comparison, store brands have grown 3.7% since one year ago;...

The good news: Food and beverage manufacturing is booming. The bad news: A lack of skilled workers is threatening the industry. According to the 2018 skills gap and workforce study from Deloitte and The Manufacturing...

With its convenient Philadelphia location and cutting-edge technology from 400 top suppliers, PACK EXPO East is your East Coast connection to packaging innovation. It’s no wonder that 7,000 high-level pros from leading consumer packaged goods...

FPA held a meeting with PSI November 20-21, 2019, in Boston, MA, after a successful webinar discussing issues surrounding packaging legislation and its potential impact on flexible packaging in the U.S. PSI is an organization...

Mondi, global leader in innovative and sustainable packaging and paper solutions, has been recognised in four product categories at the WorldStar Packaging Awards. The annual competition rewards the greatest achievements in packaging innovation...

New approaches to addressing sustainable packaging challenges, as well as the latest packaging technologies and products, will be session focal points at The Packaging Conference 2020, February 3-5, AT&T Conference Center, Austin, Texas...

Thank you for the opportunity to submit input on the Udall/Lowenthal discussion draft legislation: Producer Responsibility For Product And Packaging Waste (Discussion Draft). I am Alison Keane, President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging...

AMERIPEN, a material-neutral trade association for the packaging industry, is focused on the intersection of packaging policy and the environment. It also educates the industry on the value of packaging. In this Q&A, Packaging World...

AeroFlexx announced a partnership with Fameccanica, an innovation-based group focusing on diversified industrial automated machinery. With an innovative approach to design and wealth of experience in web converting and liquid filling machinery...

As of January 2020, MPS Systems North America Inc. will be operational in Philadelphia, PA. The North American subsidiary of the Dutch-based press builder is set to move from current facilities in Green Bay, WI....

Circulate Capital, the New York-based investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing companies and infrastructure that prevent ocean plastics in South and Southeast Asia (SSEA), has announced the first close of its $106 million...

The problem was massive in scale, but Matanya Horowitz, then a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, thought he might have a fix. The year was 2012. Plastic recycling facilities were not only...

ePac Flexible Packaging, the industry leader in fast time to market, short and medium run length finished pouches and rollstock, has announced plans to expand into the Asia Pacific region. Newly created ePac Holdings Asia...

Back in September, Pottstown became the first municipality in the United States to launch a flexible plastic recycling program, meaning that all sorts of plastic bags, wraps, and packaging could be recycled. Now, Lower Providence...

Pregis is announcing another $5 million investment in its Pregis Films facility located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additionally, Pregis is leasing an additional 35,000 square feet in the same location for expanded warehousing capability...

At the recent fifth annual Digital Packaging Summit 2019 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Koenig & Bauer was honored to be recognized with the coveted “Company to Watch” award. Organized and managed by NAPCO Media...