Britain has thrown its weight behind a new global agreement to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, which Lord Goldsmith said would go “far beyond” existing international agreements. This week, the Guardian revealed there is growing...

Endangered marine mammals and sea turtles are becoming increasingly threatened by the amount of plastic pollution flowing into U.S. waters, a new report finds. The report released by Oceana, the world’s largest ocean conservation organization,...

Accu-Label, a family owned label manufacturer based in Fort Wayne, IN, is preparing for further growth with the addition of the Durst Tau RSCi inkjet label printer. The Tau RSCi is the latest offering from...

Chris Qualters has joined Tekni-Plex as president of the Tekni-Plex Medical business unit, a global supplier of mission-critical, high-value components, materials, and solutions to medical device manufacturers. Qualters will be responsible for market development, commercial...

Packaging leader Smurfit Kappa has joined forces with KHS, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of filling and packaging systems for the beverage and liquid food industries, to roll out its sustainable TopClip multipack product...

WINPAK continues to make great strides by reducing the environmental impacts of the products we manufacture. All our efforts to improve the protection to what is most valuable, the products our packages safeguard, while reducing...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation, a leading producer of chemicals and plastic resins, and Pregis, a major supplier of protective packaging solutions, are teaming up to support the Uzima Clean Water Mission (Uzima). The Atlanta-based charity manufactures...

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy has released its U.S. and Canada Recycling Infrastructure and Plastic Waste Map, a new tool that is part of the New York City-based company’s broader Advancing Circular...

Siegwerk Chief Executive Officer Herbert Forker (63) has announced his retirement effective March 31, 2021. He has held the position for more than 21 years. He will be succeeded by Dr. Nicolas Wiedmann (47), who...

Rondo-Pak headquartered in Camden, NJ with additional manufacturing in San Juan, Puerto Rico and part of the international Körber Pharma Group, is seeing increased productivity after the September installation of a new Koenig & Bauer-Iberica...

India is home to at least 20 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities, with more than 40% of its population regularly breathing air containing five times the pollution deemed safe for humans. As in...

Davis-Standard GmbH is pleased to announce that SIFEM Cable will serve as Davis-Standard’s sales agent in France. SIFEM has more than 40 years of experience in industrial projects and extrusion applications encompassing film, sheet, pipe...

Duravant LLC, a global engineering equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cloud Packaging Solutions from...

Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), North America’s largest independent automation engineering company supporting manufacturers, robot companies, systems integrators, line builders, and users of robotic automation worldwide, today announced the hire of two business development managers, George...

Support is growing internationally for a new global treaty to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, it has emerged, though so far without the two biggest per capita waste producers – the US and the UK...

ePac UK is pleased to announce that its UK Silverstone site has been given certification for the BRC Global Standard for Packaging Materials. The facility in Northamptonshire was given an A Grade following an in-depth...

NiceLabel, a leading global developer of label design software and label management systems, has launched a new version of its label management solutions portfolio: version, 2019.3. The new software update will enable organizations to use...

Flint Group Packaging Inks, a leading supplier of ink and coatings to the global packaging industry, has announced its investment in a newly optimised Regional Service Centre (RSC) in Barcelona, Spain, galvanising its commitment to...

An integrated sustainability work and an ambition to constantly meet customers' sustainability requirements are reasons why BillerudKorsnäs maintains its leading position for the third year in a row, according to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index...

The simultaneous progression of eCommerce platforms and the rise of their use is placing new demands on the packaging industry. Companies are working overtime to make products and catalogs available online, anytime. In turn, customers...

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper and 13 other companies from the chemical and paper industry in North Rhine-Westphalia save a further 113 million kilowatt hours of energy and thus over 36,000 t of CO2 per year. The...

Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has announced “TOPPAN Business Action for SDGs,” a blueprint setting out areas of focus for its business to contribute to the...

On November 17, new lectures and teaser videos will go online on the digital platform drupa preview. International speakers such as Jack Stratten, Fons Put or Deborah Corn will present trending topics of the industry...

Eaglewood Technologies, LLC is proud to celebrate their 13th anniversary serving the flexographic industry. In 2007, Eaglewood purchased the Sani-Blast technology which was the cutting edge anilox cleaning technology at that time. Since...

UFlex Q2 revenues rose 19 percent while absolute EBITDA increased by 69 percent in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. This has resulted in margins of around 21 percent while driving a 136 percent increase...

Next Generation Films and Charter NEX will now be known as Charter Next Generation (CNG). The rebrand reflects a full integration of the two companies that merged in April 2019. The new brand officially launched...

As in many industries, the Covid-19 pandemic, which is worsening again in most countries over the past few weeks, has left clear traces on the course of business in the Koenig & Bauer group. In...

Following a similar demonstration in the Pacific Northwest last year, industry stakeholders are launching an initiative to recover additional material from the municipal stream in New York and four other states. The American Chemistry Council...