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Food Waste Solutions Sought
03.07.2022

While most people abhor when food is wasted, that doesn’t stop food waste from being one of the biggest contributors to environmental concerns. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that 31% of food is...

ProAmpac’s Online Store Now Stocks Sandwich Pack Options for Immediate Delivery
03.07.2022

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, has made its fresh food to-go HandRap™ products available for online ordering from quantities as low as 500 with option for full-scale production. “ProAmpac realized there...

C-P Flexible Packaging Announces Acquisition of Bass Flexible Packaging, Inc. and Expands in High Growth Confectionary and Health & Beauty Markets
03.04.2022

C-P Flexible Packaging, a leader in the flexible packaging industry, announces the acquisition of privately held Bass Flexible Packaging, Inc. (Bass). With the addition of Bass, C-P expands into the highly attractive confectionary and health...

Packaging Supplier Gualapack Opens North American Sales Office
03.04.2022

Italy-based flexible and rigid packaging supplier Gualapack SpA is opening a sales office in Miami, Florida, that will serve customers in the U.S and Canada. In a statement, company officials said the new office –...

H.B. Fuller Joins 4evergreen Alliance
03.03.2022

H.B. Fuller Company, a leading global adhesives provider, announced that they have recently joined the 4evergreen alliance, a cross-industry alliance hosted by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (Cepi) to improve the circularity of fiber-based...

Smart Sustainable Plastic Challenge £30m Funded Projects Announced
03.03.2022

UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge announced £30m funding for 18 innovative collaborative projects that support the achievement of the UK Plastics Pact and have the potential to alter the...

drupa Invites Participation in International Global Trends Survey
03.03.2022

How has the global printing industry changed? What impact have the pandemic, supply and resource shortages and shifts in demand had on the industry? These and many more questions are illuminated by the 8th Global...

CEFLEX Links with UKRI to Bolster Flexible Packaging Recycling Strategy
03.03.2022

The collaboration will co-fund investigations into how flexible packaging can be best designed to be sorted and recycled. A testing programme will draw on a network of laboratories, universities and industry experts to generate data,...

Oliver Jentschke Joins Baldwin to Lead European Sales Team
03.03.2022

Baldwin Technology Company Inc. has announced that Oliver Jentschke, an industrial engineer with a long track record as a customer-focused sales leader, has joined the organization as vice president of sales for Europe. His experience...

A Closed Loop Partners Managed Investment Fund Leads a Consortium of Investors in Acquiring Sims Municipal Recycling, One of the Largest Privately Held Recycling Companies in the World
03.02.2022

The Closed Loop Leadership Fund, L.P., a private investment fund managed by Closed Loop Partners (CLP), has led a consortium of investors, including the Partnership Fund for New York City, in acquiring a majority stake...

Flint Group Packaging at FTA INFOFLEX 2022
03.02.2022

Flint Group Packaging is excited to announce its participation at the FTA INFOFLEX event on March 14 & 15 in Fort Worth, Texas. The company’s Flexible Packaging, Paper & Board, and Narrow Web teams...

Cosmo Films: Understanding the Difference Between Thermal Transfer & Direct Thermal Printing
03.02.2022

Labels have grown to be one of the overriding factors in marketing a product. It displays crucial information like name, the company it is affiliated with, the ingredients used in it, etc. New techniques to...

Descartes Announces Fiscal 2022 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results
03.02.2022

The Descartes Systems Group Inc. announced its financial results for its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter (Q4FY22) and year (FY22) ended January 31, 2022. All financial results referenced are in United States (US) currency and, unless...

National Database Provides Real-Time Comprehensive Source for U.S. Recycling Information
03.02.2022

The Recycling Partnership announced that it has developed a National Recycling Database, offering a comprehensive source for local recycling information across the U.S.  This first-of-its-kind database, and the community outreach and product design tools based...

Davis-Standard to Market Nonwovens and Converting Solutions at Techtextil North America
03.02.2022

Davis-Standard, LLC will market the company’s nonwovens and converting solutions technology at booth #2604 during Techtextil North America on May 17- 19, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. Davis-Standard offers a range of performance technology for high-volume fabric coating...

Cosmo Films Ltd. Launches White Cast Polypropylene (CPP) Film
03.02.2022

Cosmo Films Ltd., a global leader in specialty films for flexible packaging, labeling, and lamination applications as well as synthetic paper, has launched a white Cast Polypropylene (CPP) Film with high Coefficient of Friction (COF)....

Sun Chemical and DIC to Globally Implement Energy Surcharges on Color Materials Portfolio
03.01.2022

Sun Chemical and its parent company, the DIC Corporation, will amend their existing transportation surcharge. In addition, and in order to reflect cost dynamics in the global energy market, an energy surcharge on the entire Color...

WV Senate Passes Advanced Recycling Bill
03.01.2022

The West Virginia Senate has approved a bill without opposition designed to encourage advanced recycling. The Senate voted 33-0 without debate Tuesday to advance House Bill 4084, which would clarify the state does not consider...

Comexi Will Expand Its Presence in the Middle East with a Showroom at Madayn Plastic Company
03.01.2022

Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, will set up a showroom in the Middle East as a result of an agreement reached with Madayn Plastic Company. The Omani...

ProAmpac Showcases ProActive Sustainable Solutions at Natural Products Expo West
03.01.2022

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, opens Natural Products Expo West at Booth N1916 with an emphasis on recyclable packaging innovation, highlighting its numerous ProActive Recyclable solutions. In addition, ProAmpac will be...

Food Giants Form Coalition to Tackle Flexible Packaging Pollution
03.01.2022

Five of Europe’s largest food manufacturers have formed the Flexible Packaging Initiative, a joint scheme to promote circularity in flexible packaging. Plastic pollution is a pervasive global problem. In the European Union, regulators hope to...

Clear Film Printing Modernizes With A New Eight-Color Koenig & Bauer Evo XC Max Mod 127 Flexographic Press
03.01.2022

For the past 40 years, Clear Film Printing has been building its reputation as the go-to specialist of flexible packaging mainly for the fresh food industry. Operating out of its manufacturing facility in Kaufman, TX,...

New Montalvo Technical Article - The Importance of Tension Control
03.01.2022

Montalvo, an international specialist in Web Tension Control and Web Handling, is proud to publish its latest technical in-depth article about the Importance of Tension Control. In this article, Montalvo covers what Web Tension is,...

SPMC Invites Industry to Celebrate Sterile Packaging Day 2022 on April 13
03.01.2022

On the heels of last year's widely-successful inaugural Sterile Packaging Day event, the Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC) invites the industry to celebrate Sterile Packaging Day 2022 on Wednesday, April 13. This year's celebration theme...

Flint Group Completes Sale of its XSYS Division to Lone Star Affiliate
02.28.2022

Flint Group confirms the successful completion of the sale of its XSYS division (XSYS) to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds (Lone Star), a global private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....

‘Failure’ or Solution? EPA Weighs Plastics Recycling Plan
02.28.2022

An emerging and controversial vision for reusing plastics poses a regulatory dilemma for EPA as it struggles to tackle plastic pollution woes amid a growing acknowledgment that traditional recycling will not be able to solve...

ProAmpac Receives Highest BRCGS AA+ Accreditation at Its Donegal Site, Republic of Ireland
02.28.2022

ProAmpac, a global leader in flexible packaging, announced their Donegal, Ireland facility received the Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standard (BRCGS) accreditation that demonstrates compliance in hazard and risk management, hygiene, product safety and quality. The...

Arkema Finalizes the Acquisition of Ashland’s Performance Adhesives Business
02.28.2022

Arkema finalized the acquisition of Ashland’s Performance Adhesives business, a first-class leader in high performance adhesives in the United States. This operation marks a major step in Arkema’s strengthening of its Adhesive Solutions segment, and...

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