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Americans for Free Trade, a broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs sent a statement for the record regarding the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee’s 2021...
Partnerships can benefit everyone when they are successful. ACTEGA, a subsidiary of ALTANA, and Koenig & Bauer, report they are successfully supporting customers with innovative products and services, designed to increase their competitive advantage...
C.O.I.M. S.p.A., an Italian multinational company that has been producing specialty chemicals since 1962 and operates worldwide with eighteen manufacturing and trading companies, acquired a controlling stake in the Spanish company Neoflex SL at the...
Despite the global pandemic, demand for bag-in-box packaging has continued to increase, enabling Liquibox to boost local economies by hiring both professional and entry-level positions across the globe. The demand for sustainable packaging, shift toward...
Bielefeld – The Mitsubishi HiTec Paper mill in Flensburg is marking its 325th anniversary this year. Founded by Hinrich Gultzau in 1696 at “Mühlenstrom” outside the city gates, it stands today for the production of...
Three leading plastics and material science companies––Dow, LyondellBasell and NOVA Chemicals––announced the establishment of the Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund to invest in scalable recycling technologies, equipment upgrades and infrastructure solutions. The Fund, managed by...
Amcor has taken another step towards its goal to provide more sustainable packaging solutions by producing the first designed to be recycled plastic packaging for powdered chocolate in Latin America. Compared to the previous packaging,...
While North America, East Asia, and most global regions are making a gradual recovery from the economic impacts of COVID-19, enforcement of air quality rules and regulations are back in effect. This presents the industrial...
Wikoff Color has elected Jennifer Ames Stuart as a Director of the company effective May 1, 2021, making her the seventh member of the Board. Jennifer is currently serving as the Associate Dean of Graduate...
Grace Engebretsen has taken on the role of sales and business development manager in the US, Sihl has announced. The move strengthens the company's activities in the packaging division, where her focus will be on...
Major affiliates supplying supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand have come together and pledged to tackle Oceania’s plastic waste crisis. Of the more than 60 companies signing on, major names include Woolworths, Coca-Cola, and Nestle,...
Palmetto Industries, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of flexible packaging products, announced that they will be partnering with CAM Exports, LLC to expand into Nicaragua and Latin America. Headquartered just outside of Augusta, GA,...
Renovations at the Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) Technology Center in Lengerich, Germany, have been completed, and included moving their only in-house prepress technology – a KODAK FLEXCEL NX Ultra Solution from Miraclon – to a...
Mega First Corp Bhd (MFCB) plans to acquire the entire stake of Stenta Films (M) Sdn Bhd for a total cash consideration of RM205 million or 99.33 sen per share. In its filing to the...
The next edition of The Indonesian International Plastics, Packaging and Printing Exhibition will now be held from 13 – 16 October 2021. As Indonesia’s leading all-in-one exhibition focusing on innovative technologies and solutions from the...
Jason Blake, Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America, shares how the company is incorporating sustainability in every area, with a focus on innovations in packaging that will help the company reach its carbon...
Our jury of 46 global experts from across the value chain has concluded its first round of judging – which means it’s time to reveal the finalists in this year’s edition of the world’s most...
States are reviving America’s broken recycling system by emphasizing reducing and reusing first. And when it comes to recycling, they’re holding the producers of material responsible for its fate. “Right now producers are not doing...
Recycling may make you feel better in a very small way about your role in helping to avert a global apocalypse, but even in “friendly” places, from John Oliver to NPR podcasts, recycling, especially of...
We are writing to respectfully oppose and request amendments to LD 1503 related to PFAS reporting requirements and product bans. The legislation as written could eventually ban thousands of products from sale and transport of...
Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has won a Bronze in Environmental Reporting at the 6th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA), the most prestigious international awards for...
A multi-million pound investment in machinery has been unveiled by specialist printed flexible packaging company Roberts Mart & Co Ltd at its facility on the outskirts of Leeds. The firm has purchased the 10 colour...
On Wednesday, the governor of Vermont signed a bill that prohibits the sale of certain products containing toxic “forever chemicals.” Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — or “forever chemicals,” as they do not break down in the...
Flexible packaging leader PAC Worldwide announces the promotion of Misha Riveros to Senior Vice-President of Engineering. PAC President Steve Foster made the announcement from the global company's Seattle headquarters. A packaging and manufacturing executive whose...
Cosmo Films Limited, a Global Leader in Films for Packaging, Labelling, Lamination and Synthetic Paper and an emerging player in Specialty Chemicals, Polymers & Pet care declared its financial results for the quarter and year...
We caught up with Darek Lewis, director of packaging for Veritiv, about innovations helping to bridge the sustainability gap with from-home shopping. Over the past few years, we have seen an uptick in demand for...
One of the societal challenges being addressed by AIMPLAS in its activities is the drive to make progress towards the circular economy, a production model fully supported by the European Commission that aims to meet...
Pregis, a leading manufacturer of protective packaging, announces its global Pregis 2K30 mission—a bold plan to harness the company’s passion for sustainability into concrete action. 2K30 includes real, measurable goals, close cooperation with Pregis partners,...