Essentra Packaging has become the first global packaging manufacturer to begin rolling out cloud deployment of the Esko Automation Engine workflow solution across its European prepress departments. Following a successful trial at its plant in...

Montalvo, international specialist in web tension control, has hired Mr. Mike Cunningham as their new Europe Director of Sales and Service. Mr. Cunningham will oversee Montalvo’s European sales and service efforts, implementing Montalvo’s regional strategy,...

ICIS, a provider of commodity intelligence for the energy, chemical and fertilizer industry, announced today that it has launched the Recycling Supply Tracker - Chemical to provide FMCGs, chemical producers, large converters and retailers with...

Earlier this month, the French Government announced plans to ban fruit and vegetables from being sold in plastic packaging from 2022. Writing exclusively for Packaging Europe, Robert Lilienfeld, founder and executive director of sustainable packaging...

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is forced to increase prices by up to 14% for deliveries from January 1, 2022 for the entire range of specialty papers (thermoscript, jetscript, giroform, supercote, barricote). The price increases are inevitable...

Taste test-like consumer studies show that when designing your product’s packaging, you should consider not just how much it will cost, but how materiality and design strategy influence consumer behavior as well. I tell my...

The Supervisory Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) appointed Dr. Ludwin Monz (58) as the new CEO to succeed Rainer Hundsdörfer (65). Ludwin Monz will take over from Rainer Hundsdörfer at the start of the...

Some of the world’s biggest brands are converting plastic waste into fuel. At this vast landfill in Indonesia, excavators are tearing into stinking mountains of garbage, looking for bubble wrap, take-out containers and single-use shopping...

ACTEGA, a manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives and sealing compounds for the print and packaging industry, has announced new additions to its extensive product portfolio, further enhancing the visual and haptic effects achievable for...

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, announced the signing of a joint venture agreement with Rotopack, a leading supplier in the printing and packaging...

Cosmo Films, a global leader in films for packaging, labeling, lamination and synthetic paper and an emerging player in specialty chemicals, polymers and pet care has declared its financial results for the quarter ended September...

AMGRAPH Packaging has expanded its production capability with two new pieces of equipment, an 8-color offset press and a slitter rewinder. The 8-color offset press allows the printer to use a hexachrome expanded gamut ink...

With a focus on sustainability, HEX Performance® launched a stand-out packaging solution for its liquid detergent that is better for the planet and withstands the challenges of the e-commerce logistics chain. They chose Liquibox flexible...

Xeikon has announced version 2.0 of its Panther UV inkjet technology with the launch of two new label presses: the Xeikon PX3300 and Xeikon PX2200. As the company’s wide portfolio evolves in line with advances...

Packaging companies are required to do more with fewer resources — in addition to offering greater product variety and demonstrating environmental sustainability to an increasingly discriminating consumer base. Fortunately, flexible packaging can help companies meet...

It’s hard to believe that 40% of food produced in the United States goes from “farm to fork to landfill*” What if packaging could reduce food waste so there was more food on the shelves...

Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has established a system at a number of its manufacturing plants to enable automated collection of environmental data such as effluent water...

San Francisco-based Brightmark has announced that a life cycle analysis of its pyrolysis-based process for mixed plastic scrap shows that it produces 39 percent to 139 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than equivalent products made...

In off-the-cuff remarks at a pre-COP26 event, where Johnson answered children’s questions, he said that recycling plastic materials doesn’t work and that it “doesn’t begin to address the problem”. He added that everyone needed to...

The Durst Group announces that Durst and Vanguard have been honored for product excellence and quality once again by PRINTING United Alliance, winning four 2021 Pinnacle Product Awards. These awards distinguish products that improve and...

Package configurations are changing due to retailer and consumer demands, with significant implications for secondary packaging. Recent consumer trends such as demand for sustainable packaging options, convenience packaging, and SKU proliferation, mean more package variety...

The recent awarding of Siegwerk’s Vietnamese customer Thành Phú Packaging with the ERA Gravure Award for Sustainable Packaging not only confirms the development success of functional coatings for future-oriented recyclable packaging, but also strengthens the...

With the majority of press surrounding Microsoft’s recent Surface event focused upon the company’s intriguing more-than-meets-the-eye flagship laptop, the Surface Laptop Studio, alongside other 2-in-1 form factors reflective of the company’s commitment to convertible computing...

Davis-Standard is pleased to announce that Gianzo Mastrangelo has been promoted to Aftermarket Regional Manager for the Northeast U.S. and Canada. Mastrangelo will support existing installations and new opportunities within this territory, including developing and...

Trex Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking and railing, motivates K-12 students across the country to participate in the Trex®Plastic Film Recycling Challenge and earn an A+ for their schools by learning to...

Blown-film processor Pregis recently celebrated production start-up at its new $80 million blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, S.C. with a ribbon cutting attended by Governor Henry McMaster and industry partners. “We congratulate Pregis on...

Performance was strong in the third quarter driven by mix improvement and price increases across all segments, offsetting cost inflation for some categories. Currency-neutral net sales grew by an impressive 18% compared with the same...

Jim Fitterling, chairman and chief executive officer, commented on the quarter: “The Dow team delivered another quarter of sequential and year-over-year top- and bottom-line growth. Despite higher energy costs and industry-wide value chain disruptions from...