Omet has formalized a new role for Roberto Speri, as he will serve as key account manager and offset business developer for the Italian market, with particular reference to the VaryFlex V4 and X6 offset...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the election of its 2021 Board of Directors. Kathy Bolhous, CEO of Charter Next...

Preferred Packaging, a U.S.-based leader in complete packaging solutions, is set to further boost production capabilities with the addition of a Deacro T610 turret slitter rewinder. The machine, slated for installation this spring, will join...

Congratulations on your confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative. We appreciate your dedication to public service and look forward to working with you on a worker-centric trade policy that benefits American workers, families, and businesses.

The undersigned organizations would like to express concerns with S. 926, legislation that would ban consumer packaging containing PFAS. The breadth of the materials covered and the lack of any thresholds, the proposed changes would...

The eBook contains sections on Buying Into Sustainability, New Coating Technology Providing Real Solutions in Flexible Packaging; Machine Engineering to Address the Needs of Emerging Flexible Films; Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?;...

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) — a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a leading supplier of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, package-printing and bag-converting industries worldwide—is pleased to announce that Stan Blakney has accepted...

The impressive performance of Wikoff Digital’s primers and coatings have led to a mutually beneficial partnership with industry-leading digital printing company, Domino. After numerous success stories with Wikoff Digital’s UV inkjet primers on Domino’s N610i...

At the start of 2020, Giant Eagle kicked off a company-wide mission to phase out all single-use plastic bags. The Pittsburgh-based grocery chain stopped offering thin, throwaway bags at the checkout area in roughly 40...

Leader in integrated software and hardware solutions, Esko, has partnered with UK-based supplier of high-quality and innovative products for cats and dogs, Making Pet Food Matters (‘MPM’) to streamline the MPM artwork process, introducing cost...

As of today, exhibitors and visitors at virtual.drupa can connect in the Networking Plaza. Thanks to an intelligent matchmaking tool, they can find companies and contacts that are relevant to their business – and thus...

CEFLEX and its partners PCEP, Petcore Europe, Styrenics Circular Solutions, and MORE Recycling have teamed up to understand the reality of today’s collected household packaging waste – a vital step forward towards a circular economy...

Mars Wrigley, the maker of some of the world's most beloved treats and snacks, and Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, announced a two-year partnership to develop an innovative home compostable...

Interested companies from the packaging industry and the associated processing industry can register for interpack 2023 online at www.interpack.com right now. The trade fair will take place from 04 to 10 May 2023 at the...

E-commerce is growing at unprecedented rates, accounting for 16.1% of the retail market by 2020 Q2, which represented a 42% jump in a few months, largely due to COVID-19. But the growth spurt started long...

When Standard Printing sought a highly efficient solution to maintain support of its key customer base and provide additional growth capacity, the Canton, OH firm turned to its press partner, Koenig & Bauer, for a...

Equator Design Senior Creative & Strategy Director Howard Wright explains those trends that will harness the groundswell of new product innovation and refocused messaging of 2020. It always happens during the first few months of...

Nestlé, together with other companies, has collaborated to develop Australia's first soft plastic food wrapper made with recycled content. The prototype KitKat wrapper, which aims at closing the loop on recycling soft plastics, has been...

In considering materials that could become the fabrics of the future, scientists have largely dismissed one widely available option: polyethylene. The stuff of plastic wrap and grocery bags, polyethylene is thin and lightweight, and could...

The CEID working group on packaging, of which leading ink manufacturer Siegwerk is part, has released its report to assess both opportunities and challenges for Circular Economy approaches in the packaging industry. The report will...

The humble garbage bag may be an ideal candidate to spur more sustainable plastic film recycling end markets, experts said at a plastic recycling webinar hosted by the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC). Recyclers and plastics...

Australia is likely to miss all of its own targets to rid the environment of plastic unless there is a major overhaul of its management and enforcement, conservationists and waste industry representatives say. A government...

RIT’s packaging science program recently received an equipment donation for its Packaging Dynamics Laboratory that will increase its academic and professional training options in safe-guarding shipped products. SPS - The Whole Package and Lantech donated...

Tekni-Plex, a global leader in the development and manufacture of innovative packaging material solutions and medical products, announced that Brenda Chamulak will become company president and CEO effective June 30 as part of a planned...

TC Transcontinental Packaging is thrilled to announce that it has won the Gold Award for Sustainability in the 2021 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition for the Maxwell House Canada 100% compostable coffee pod lidding and...

Scholle IPN, a leading global supplier of flexible packaging solutions, announced that they have completed the purchase of Bossar, a global supplier of flexible horizontal form-fill-seal packaging equipment. The new business combination will leverage the...

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is adjusting the prices for coated inkjet papers due to the permanently increasing costs for logistics and raw materials, especially pulp. The price increase of 5 % applies to deliveries of the...

A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop. Yet what most drivers don’t realize is that the asphalt under them contains a slurry of used plastics—shredded and melted bags, bottles, and...