UPM Raflatac, a sustainable labeling company, says it experienced a 43% e-commerce sales increase and a 15-20% increase in grocery industry sales this year as consumers turned to takeout, food delivery and online grocery shopping,...

Schur Flexibles aims to accelerate the change for a better world through protective packaging solutions. The company is now part of the “50 Sustainability and Climate Leaders”, supporting the UN to take effective action in...

Baldwin Technology has added TowerClean™ G2 for coldset offset presses to its range of best-in-class cleaning systems and consumables. Complementing the Impact Fusion™ and PREPAC® product lines, the TowerClean G2 is a combined blanket and...

Ashland is increasing prices on 1-4-Butanediol (BDO) and several derivative products as indicated in a company press release.

Vanden has set its sights on becoming the largest supplier of recycled resin to the flexible packaging market after establishing a recycled resin division, which will offer outsourced procurement of resins with a diversified supply...

Edwards will work with Eco Flexibles customers to develop cost-effective packaging that meets the rising demand for sustainability, without compromising on performance. With almost 20 years of experience in the flexible packaging sector, Edwards is...

Continuing its mission to deliver sustainable solutions, ProAmpac, a flexible packaging leader, announced the introduction of its Signature Surfaces Paper Touch Recyclable line of products. This enhanced innovation utilizes ProActive Recyclable film that is flexographically...

When more than three-quarters of your work constitutes printing on non-traditional substrates such as plastics, vinyls, rigid vinyls, PRV, and PETG, a fully-automated press with LED-UV capabilities is a necessity. Rand Graphics, a full-service print...

Plastic bags and flexible packaging are the deadliest plastic items in the ocean, killing wildlife including whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds around the globe, according to a review of hundreds of scientific articles. Discarded fishing...

Few companies have been immune to the turbulence of global disruptions and business evolution over the decades. Back in 1964, the expected lifetime of the typical S&P corporation was 33 years1, but by 2016 it...

Creating a brand is all about tapping into human psychology — adding an intangible desire (and a higher price) to what is often a good product, but objectively not very different from a dozen similar...

Mars Food has announced it will begin to use recyclable monolayer polypropylene plastic for its microwavable rice pouches for household brands such as Ben’s Original and Seeds of Change that will launch in limited European...

Upcoming regulations associated with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) require unit-level traceability by 2023, whereby each unit must have its own unique serial number and barcode, which allows it to be tracked throughout...

Fortis Solutions Group LLC, a portfolio company of Main Post Partners, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Kala Packaging. Kala Packaging, based in Orem UT, is a leading printer of pressure sensitive labels and...

Tekni-Plex Medical, a Tekni-Plex business unit and a global supplier of mission-critical, high-value components, materials and solutions for medical devices, will be presenting a webinar on medical tubing material advancements on December 15th, 2pm, eastern...

This entire year has been as unique as any as are the hundreds of food packages and packaging developments Packaging Digest has published since January 2020. Let’s start with some intelligence on this crucial packaging...

MacDermid Graphics Solutions and SOMA announce a strategic partnership to enhance the flexographic industry's customer experience. The partnership includes the installation of SOMA equipment, including the Optima2 printing press at MacDermid's global headquarters in Atlanta,...

A coalition of community and conservation organizations that includes the Center for Biological Diversity released its Presidential Plastics Action Plan Dec. 8. The plan urges President-elect Joe Biden to take eight key executive actions to...

Continuus Materials, the manufacturers of Everboard — a commercial roofing material made of paper and plastic diverted from disposal — will be opening a third production facility in a Philadelphia suburb. The production facility will...

ProAmpac, a global leader in flexible packaging, announced that its Rochester, New York facility has been recommended for certification to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) code, a global food safety program. The recommendation for certification...

MacDermid Graphics Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Dirk Schimmack to Sales Distribution Director, EMEA. With this appointment, MacDermid adds a strategic resource for our industry-leading network of distributors throughout the region. Most...

Republic Services recently stated in a report, prepared by Resource Recycling Systems, that 12% of the plastics it manages (specifically #3, 4, 6 and 7) "currently have limited or no end markets" and are generally...

2020 has been a tremendous year of change for the packaging industry. At Esko, we understand it can be difficult to navigate through the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents. This free e-book was made to...

There’s big news at Plastic Packaging Technologies (PPT)—130,000 square feet big! On December 4, we broke ground on the Center of Excellence for Flexible Pouching in Kansas City, Kansas. The Center is strategically located in...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Revolution announced an agreement for NOVA Chemicals to sell recycled low / linear low-density polyethylene (r(L)LDPE) produced by Revolution. The agreement marks Revolution’s exclusive partnership with a resin manufacturer and builds...

Businesses signed up to WRAP's UK Plastics Pact, which is supported by the likes of Unilever, Nestle and PepsiCo, collectively produced 40% fewer non-recyclable and unnecessary pieces of plastic packaging this year than in 2018....

The 2025 regulatory and brand owner targets are approaching almost uncomfortably fast. With its Quality Recycling Process, CEFLEX is focusing on driving the end market applications for flexibles recyclates to help the industry meet these...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Revolution announced an agreement for NOVA Chemicals to sell recycled low / linear low-density polyethylene (r(L)LDPE) produced by Revolution. The agreement marks Revolution’s exclusive partnership with a resin manufacturer and builds...