Packaging ink suppliers are facing increased prices on pigment raw materials, petrochemical price increases and supply constraints and higher freight cost due to the reduced availability of containers. This has resulted in significant pressure across...

Miraclon announces the appointments of Dr. Reid Chesterfield as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer and Dr. Zaki Ali as Chief Technology Advisor to the CEO, affirming the company’s commitment to innovation and expanding the executive...

UFlex Ltd declared its financial results for the quarter ending December 2020. The company said it witnessed a surge in demand for multiple lines of businesses while also adding newer clients. The company posted strong...

Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full year, both ending December 31, 2020.

Stora Enso’s Annual Report 2020 has been published at storaenso.com/annualreport. The Annual Report 2020 consists of five sections: Strategy, Sustainability, Financials, Governance, and Remuneration. Strategy explains how our transformation is progressing and how we create...

Rodolfo Haenni has joined Tekni-Plex as vice president, market and strategy development for food and beverage packaging. Haenni will be responsible for leading Tekni-Plex’s efforts in developing and accelerating solutions to support the emerging needs...

Macaran Printed Products, a label and packaging converter, has appointed Tom Sargent as executive vice president, joining the executive leadership team. In this role, Sargent will work closely with Macaran’s president and CEO, Nick Van...

Wipak UK’s recently announced multi-million-pound strategic investment in state-of-the-art conversion equipment is set to be the largest of its kind in the UK, according to one of the machinery suppliers. Italy-based Nordmeccanica Group, the biggest...

Karlville Swiss opened a second building in Stabio, Switzerland to meet the demands of the flexible packaging market. The added capacity for fabrication is coupled with extended service support. New service technicians, designers, mechanical assemblers,...

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC), the Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry (FEICA), and the China Adhesives and Tape Industry Association (CATIA), have partnered to update and harmonise adhesive and sealant industry...

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital, a leading middle-market private investment firm, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of AMB S.p.A in partnership with the Marin family, AMB's founders and current owners, and...

The members of Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) are very concerned about the recent developments of the polymer markets in Europe. In very short period the manufacturers of flexible packaging were confronted with an increased number...

Dynamic Dies is honored to be named a 2021 Top Workplace as they begin a year‐long celebration of their 50‐year anniversary. The distinction is awarded annually in recognition of Top Employers who are commitment to...

Eastman’s plastics sorting capabilities and complementary chemical recycling technologies will help it cost-effectively secure the ample feedstock supply needed for a huge methanolysis plant, the company’s CEO said. Eastman Chemical Co. announced it will invest...

MacDermid Graphics Solutions (MGS) has announced Adam Kellogg’s appointment to Senior Account Manager, Upper Midwest, USA. Adam joins MacDermid Graphics Solutions after 13 years with Bottcher America Corporation. In his previous sales role, Adam was...

The global pandemic brought well-deserved recognition to the incredible job America’s frontline healthcare heroes do, day in and day out. But people aren’t the only things making a positive impact. Sterile packaging is essential in...

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC)—a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a leading supplier of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, package-printing and bag-converting industries worldwide—is pleased to announce that Andy Piotter has accepted the position...

Before the pandemic, just about every industry faced problems finding qualified workers and people to lead them because of low jobless rates and high competition for talent. Companies in the flexible packaging industry were no...

The year 2020 was an extraordinary period in which the coronavirus pandemic threatened people’s health, lives and livelihoods around the world. At BillerudKorsnäs, we have been relatively unscathed and are humbled by the resilience of...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to HB21, “Recycling: Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic,” which would ban the use of advanced recycling in the state. FPA and its members...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to SB5219, “Relating to the management of plastic packaging materials,” which sets arbitrary rates and dates for all plastic packaging in Washington to have post-consumer...

Astara Capital Partners, LLC, announced that it has acquired the flexible packaging operations of Garlock Printing & Converting. The Company will continue to be managed by Garlock's current senior management team, led by founder...

To secure an environmentally improved, stable and efficient pulp and board production, BillerudKorsnäs will invest in a new recovery boiler at the Frövi mill. The total investment is estimated to SEK 2.6 billion and the...

We are writing to underscore the overreaching and unintended consequences that SB 195/HB 22 will have in its current form. We urge the Committee to work with stakeholders to consider targeted amendments that would...

On 1 February 2021, SÜDPACK will acquire LPF Flexible Packaging B.V. from the Clondalkin Group. The company, located in Grootegast, the Netherlands, is a leading manufacturer of high barrier films for sensitive products. LPF was...

Tekni-Plex has entered into a distributor agreement with PackPlus Embalagens, Ibipora, Paraná, Brazil for its coated DuPont™ Tyvek® and coated paper rollstock offerings. Breathable sterilizable substrates produced by Tekni-Plex will be converted by PackPlus, Brazil,...

Flint Group Packaging Inks, a leading provider of print consumables and equipment for the global packaging industry, has confirmed that its new Russian production site is on track for completion despite the challenges of the...

ePac Flexible Packaging is the latest community member of the Open Invention Network (OIN), joining Heidelberg and other high-tech companies producing hardware and software used by graphic communication and other industries. ePac, founded in 2016,...