Penn Color Inc. held the Grand Opening celebration of its new Singapore Technology Center on January 10, 2023. This state-of-the-art facility will allow the organization to be even closer to its Asia-Pacific customers, and to...

With its new SICURA Litho Pack series, Siegwerk offers versatile, low odor UV offset inks and varnishes for paper, board and various plastic substrates. The CMR-free series presents excellent deinkability properties and will replace the...

Global flexible packaging and lidding films supplier KM Packaging is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin Hattee as Chief Financial Officer. Justin will focus on optimizing the company's financial performance and, in the short...

After two years of work, the BIOMAC project is ready to offer its services to the best European small and medium enterprises, as well as Research Centers working in the field of bio-nanomaterials. BIOMAC is a Horizon...

ePac Flexible Packaging, the industry leader in custom flexible packaging, has announced it will be adding a second sales and manufacturing location in the United Kingdom. Adding to existing operations in Silverstone, ePac Sheffield will...

More CPG companies than ever before are done talking about sustainability and are ready for action. As the last of six children, with parents who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, I...

Charter Next Generation (CNG), North America's leading independent producer of high-performance specialty films and flexible packaging solutions, expands its expertise into stretch hooder formats with the introduction of Titanium5™. No stranger to the industrial marketplace...

Pregis®, a leading global manufacturer of flexible packaging and protective packaging solutions, recently added digital printing capabilities at production facilities across North America, offering customers high-impact protection and impactful brand messaging with the Pregis EverTec™...

One of the world’s largest packaging producers, Amcor, has signed a deal to buy huge amounts of chemically recycled resin from one of the world’s largest plastics producers, ExxonMobil. Zurich-based Amcor agreed to a five-year...

A handful of events or trends I spotted in 2022 will significantly impact the trajectory of the sustainable packaging market in the future. As you might expect, some of these are inter-related. Also, some of...

ExxonMobil announced the successful startup of its new polypropylene production unit at the Polyolefins Plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The unit increases polypropylene production capacity along the Gulf Coast by 450,000 metric tons per year,...

Glenroy® Inc., a leading converter and printer of sustainable flexible packaging, has announced new executive leadership of the company. David Corsaut has joined Glenroy as their new President and Chief Executive Officer. He will remain...

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is increasing prices for its entire range of coated speciality papers (thermoscript®, jetscript®, giroform®, supercote®, barricote®) worldwide by 7 to 9% for deliveries from 1 February 2023. The price adjustments are necessary...

The European Commission has outlined its ambitions with a proposed revision of EU legislation on Packaging and Packaging Waste. The Commission said that it wants to reduce the quantity of packaging waste and “restrict unnecessary...

Coveris is introducing a new business segment dubbed ReCover, which will combine its waste sourcing, processing and recycling operations for flexible plastic packaging. The primary function of the new business is to expand Coveris’ recycling...

While flexible packaging plays an important role in keeping food fresher longer, it has long been difficult to recycle. Designing more recyclable flexible packaging from the start and determining a better end-of-life process for current...

Polykar, an innovative, world-class manufacturer of sustainable packaging solutions, officially opened its new 50,000 square-foot state-of-the-art plant in Edmonton, Alberta. The event marked the completion of the construction process, which began in July of 2021....

Glenroy announces that after a 2-year development process it received critical recognition from APR for its 100% PE recyclable STANDCAP, a completely eco-friendly alternative to rigid plastic and glass bottles. The recognition as a #2...

Data from WRAP has indicated that the UK Plastics Pact has driven an increase in recycled content in packaging. The climate action NGO published updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles...

Bosisio has become the first company in Argentina to offer its customers the increased productivity and reduced downtime enabled by PureFlexo Printing from Miraclon. The recent Global Flexo Innovation Award winner that received Highest Honors...

GSE Dispensing introduces a software module for tracing and labelling hazardous chemicals in ink ingredients of spot colours – promoting a safer working environment for label and packaging converters. GSE Hazard symbol printing software solves...

WeighPack has launched its newest vertical form, fill and seal machine for high-speed applications, the VF 1200 continuous motion bagger. Debuted at Pack Expo International in Chicago last month, this bagging machine can produce up...

While still in its infancy, chemical recycling for plastics saw significant activity in 2022, with numerous announcements about strategic partnerships, projects, investments, and new products. According to the new report “Chemical Recycling and Dissolution of...

Henkel and cyclos-HTP Institute (CHI), a company specialized in the classification, assessment and certification of recyclability of packaging and goods, have announced a strategic partnership. This partnership brings together two vital components of the packaging...

Bill Dunkerley, associate partner in the regulatory team of commercial law firm, Pannone Corporate, lifts the lid on the regulations that will help packaging companies prepare for the year ahead. The Environment Act 2021 may...

We write you today on a matter of grave urgency. Once again, the United States is facing the threat of a major rail strike between the major freight railroads and 12 labor unions, the second...

Moving the packaging program to Rijssen would further expand the product portfolio of flexible packaging for the Oerlemans Packaging Group. Oerlemans Packaging Group intends to take over the activities of Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker. The decision...

WM and Dow are collaborating to facilitate curbside recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic films in a pilot scheme taking place in the US city of Hickory Hills, Illinois. Only 1.9% of US households currently have access...