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The company will be showcasing its extensive know-how and technical capabilities in substrate functionality and process performance, which enable converters to maximize opportunities and take transformative steps towards a circular economy. In addition to daily...
“Consumer consumption patterns are changing, and brand owners have to adapt. That’s the point where our work begins, where we create innovative solutions.” Nelson Teruel is reflecting on the Silver Award won by his company,...
Glenroy® Inc., a leading sustainable flexible packaging company, and Nature Nate’s Honey Co. (Nate’s), the number-one U.S. branded honey company, have partnered to impact the lives of customers with the innovative, sustainable, and squeezable technology...
Nelipak Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of rigid and flexible packaging solutions for medical device, pharmaceutical and other demanding applications, announced it has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certificates at two of...
Label Traxx, a leading provider of Print MIS/ERP solutions for the labels and flexible packaging segment, announces the intent to merge with its two key partners: Siteline (web-to-print and sales portal/CRM) and Batched (automated scheduling...
INDEVCO Plastics, a sustainable plastics manufacturing division of INDEVCO North America, has named Demetri Papachristopoulos as VP of Sales & Marketing, effective September 6, 2022. Papachristopoulos brings two decades of experience in sales and marketing...
Xeikon America, a division of Flint Group, has named Kent Wolford as sales director, labels, North America. Wolford comes to Xeikon with over 25 years’ experience within the label and packaging industry, where he has...
For international professionals from the food, beverages, confectionery and bakery, pharma, cosmetics, non-food and industrial goods sectors, interpack is the relevant platform for discovering innovations, trends and further product developments. It acts as a guidepost,...
PRINTING United Alliance and Packaging Impressions are pleased to announce that Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), and TMLI have joined as official association partners of the 2022 Digital Packaging Summit. The eighth...
When PRINTING United Expo opens its doors from October 19-21, 2022 in Las Vegas, Koenig & Bauer will be proudly exhibiting for the first time at Booth N2443. Visitors at this year’s most comprehensive and...
Verdafresh is pleased to announce that Dave Klopp has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer effective August 12, 2022. Dave is a packaging industry veteran with over 25 years of experience; he specializes in film...
Toppan,, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has obtained approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its 2030 target for reduction of scope 1 and 2 greenhouse...
As one of the leading global manufacturers of PP-based, biobased, and biodegradable films, Taghleef Industries continues to deploy innovative investments to offer the most advanced portfolio of solutions for the flexible packaging, labels and technical...
Huhtamaki has sold its operations in Russia to Espetina Ltd. Espetina is a holding company owned by Alexander Govor and Iury Kushnerov. The transaction includes four manufacturing units in Russia, employing 724 people. On April...
Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, will participate for the first time in Fine Food Australia 2022, a leading trade event for the food industry, held at the...
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, announced that Rebecca Liebert has been named the company’s President and CEO, effective October 3, 2022. She succeeds Mary Rhinehart who has served as interim President and CEO...
Climate change. Circular economy. Carbon footprint. Packaging sustainability continues to evolve as we learn more about our environment and as consumer sentiment shifts. People-watcher and packaging design guru Tom Newmaster answers burning questions about these...
Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, and AR Packaging Halmstad, a leading European company in the cardboard and flexible packaging sector, have extended their business relationship with the...
Fortis Solutions Group LLC, a leading provider of high impact printed packaging solutions and a portfolio company of funds managed by Harvest Partners, LP, announced the acquisition of Digital Dogma Corp. based in Santa Fe...
Already successfully running two BOBST MASTER M5 presses for film products and labels, Revere Group is accelerating its Flexpak division with more inline flexo power from BOBST. A new highly automated BOBST MASTER M6 machine...
More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional methods of training workers, flexible packaging companies continue fine-tuning their approaches that rely on technology to limit face-to-face contact. The changes also account for the...
Despite waning energy earlier in the year, a late surge in interest in packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) produced two new EPR laws. In June, Colorado and California governors signed new EPR laws. They join...
In recent months, the advocacy group of the Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) brought you a visualization of the legislative process, as well as a white paper explaining the implications of extended producer responsibility (EPR). This...
Flexible packaging has a target on its back. Shortsighted elimination policies for flexible packaging—and all packaging in general—will not solve the problem and, in many cases, will result in more environmental harm. The Ellen MacArthur...
In the eyes of consumers, flexible packaging often gets a bad rap. The industry is seen as a source of single-use plastic and a landfill mainstay, causing flexible packaging’s sustainability benefits to be often overshadowed...
October is Manufacturing Month, with October 7 being National Manufacturing Day. This creates an opportunity for Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) members to highlight careers in the manufacturing industry, frame the issues and broadly educate policymakers...
A coalition of Minnesota-based CEOs in the agriculture and consumer packaged goods (CPGs) industries wanted to do more to ensure a circular economy, especially when it came to flexible packaging. Business leaders—including top players at...
A college student sits in his dorm room adorned with posters and talks to a video camera as he displays a bag of pistachios in a flexible packaging prototype. Unlike a traditional pistachio package, this...