Glenroy™ Inc., a converter and printer of flexible packaging for over 50 years, has announced they have joined the Sustainable Packaging Coalition®(SPC) and How2Recycle®label program effective January 1, 2020. The membership allows Glenroy to expand...

Walki Group has entered into a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies, for the use of Earth Coating in a number of next generation environmental packaging applications.

Sonoco, one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, has been selected as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2020 by Newsweek. “We are honored to be included as one of America’s most responsible, alongside...

SC Johnson recently launched a pilot curbside film collection program in a small New Jersey community. Rather than mix film into existing single-stream recycling, the program has residents use a dedicated container.

Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica has launched a new high performance compact CI flexo press, the Evo XC, to join its line of Evo models. The 8-color press offers a small footprint and is available in...

Crain Communications Inc. is launching a new brand to address the emerging recycling and sustainability focus of the global plastics industry. Sustainable Plastics will provide news and information that impact consumer and industrial brands, manufacturers, governments,...

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has released a technical report providing a landscape review of plastics in the Canadian fresh produce sector based on the work of its Plastics Working Group. According to the report, “The majority...

Windmoeller & Hoelscher is proud to announce its new partnership with Zim’s Bagging Company of Prichard, West Virginia. Zim’s, a manufacturer of printed polyethylene rollstock, bags, and foam & bubble pouches, has invested in its...

Uteco North America, producers of printing equipment for the flexible packaging industry, has reported record sales for the North American market in 2019, demonstrating double-digit growth over 2018. “Uteco takes pride in focusing on market...

CCL Industries Inc., a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, confirmed it has signed a binding agreement to acquire Polish BOPP film producer...

Brand owners, their marketing departments and designers devote much time and effort through the creative use of packaging, labeling and other P.O.S material to ensure that the brand image projected is both positive and reassuring....

The move toward sustainable practices, products and materials is no longer on the horizon but ever-present. This is especially true as more consumers factor brands’ social responsibility initiatives in purchase decisions. In fact, global demand...

Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd (TBF) Founder and Chief Technology Officer Senthil Ramadas clinched the Innovator of the Year Award for Technology at the Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards 2019.

The beach at Muncar on the island of Java was revolting. The 400-yard wide, mile-long stretch of sand was feet deep in foul-smelling sauce sachets, shopping bags, nappies, bottles and bags, plastic clothes and detergent...

An Israeli government plan to pay supermarkets to drastically increase their use of plastic packaging was shelved this week after no supermarket chain applied for the grant. In August, Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...

2020 is shaping up to be an even more eventful year for debates around plastic waste and plastic pollution than 2019 was. And that's saying a lot, considering that 2019 opened with plastic bag bans...

PSI appoints Mike DuFrayne President and CFO. DuFrayne joined the company as CFO in 2017. During this tenure, he was an integral leader in the company’s successful transition to a global leader in thin gauge...

Shisalanga Construction has already repaved more than 400 meters of the road in Cliffdale, on the outskirts of Durban using this special asphalt. It is estimated that the work has helped recycle almost 40,000 two-liter plastic milk bottles. The firm...

J.P. Mascaro & Sons, Audubon, Pennsylvania, has announced that as part of its contract for the curbside collection of recyclables, South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania, will include flexible plastic packaging (FPP).  J.P. Mascaro & Sons and...

Plastic rubbish is everywhere — streets, rivers, beaches, stomachs of cows and whales. Around 60% of the 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic produced since the early 1950s has ended up in landfills or the natural...

Experiential marketing is key to bringing your brand to life. By exploring dimensions that aren’t possible in standard packaging, you can truly display your brand’s ethos with experiential marketing and packaging.

Each year, companies in the color business announce their predictions on those colors that most exemplify, or capture, current societal trends and therefore will capture the consumer’s eye as well. These predictions are based on...

There is a single nice thing that can be said of paper straws: They are not as evil as plastic straws. The rest of the things that can be said of paper straws are epically...

Ecocept mixes plastics and old car tyres, replacing the traditional rock and rubber sports pads beneath synthetic turf. Gurdwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib Sikh Temple in the south Auckland suburb of Takanini was one of the...

During a recent trip to our local Heinen’s grocery store, my two young daughters pointed out a set of new signs that had sprouted up in the parking lot. They featured a smiling planet Earth,...

If converters feel gobsmacked by the pace of change in today’s packaging world, they should get ready to shift into overdrive. In a recent study entitled “No Ordinary Disruption,” consulting firm McKinsey & Company cites...

Huhtamaki has agreed to acquire full ownership of its joint venture company Laminor S.A. in Brazil. Laminor is specialized in high-quality tube laminates, particularly for oral care applications, and was set up in 2002 as...

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA is taking over the Swiss overprint varnish specialist Schmid Rhyner AG, thereby strategically expanding its ACTEGA division. “In acquiring Schmid Rhyner, we are continuing to systematically pursue the ALTANA strategy...