BW Flexible Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, has announced the appointment of Matt Venezia to Vice President of Global Equipment Sales. As a member of the company’s global leadership team, Venezia will dedicate himself...

The Board of Directors of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, issued a vote of confidence to convene as an industry at PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO (Sept. 27-29, Las...

This year, Liquibox will be celebrating Earth Day by releasing its first Sustainability Report. With it, the company is publicly stating its mission to inspire change in packaging preference and create a safer and more...

Taghleef Industries Group honors Earth Day 2021 with the theme “Restore Our Earth™” by giving life to “Ti Trees” initially consisting of 1,500 trees planted across various areas, and symbolically dedicated to future generations. This...

Winpak Ltd. reports consolidated results in US dollars for the first quarter of 2021, which ended on March 28, 2021. Winpak Ltd. manufactures and distributes high-quality packaging materials and related packaging machines. The Company's...

Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, reported financial results for its first quarter ended April 4, 2021. Commenting on the Company’s first quarter performance, Howard Coker, President and Chief Executive Officer, said,...

How future-proof is your supply chain operation? That is a question posed by The Visibility Council, a coalition of leading supply chain executives who plan to create transformation in the supply chain with projects designed...

Sustainability means different things to different people. Packaging may get some unsavory headlines in the news, but in many cases, packaging materials—including plastics—are a life-saving and/or product-preserving necessity for patients. There are many ways life...

Pregis announces that it has joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. “At Pregis, we’re on a mission to help companies...

FUJIFILM North America Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of its J Press 750S High Speed Model, featuring the industry’s fastest*1 sheet-fed digital inkjet press with output speeds of 5,400 B2 sheets per hour...

Trade associations representing some of America’s top industries and employers today praised Representatives Al Lawson (FL-05) and Ken Buck (CO-04) for reintroducing the Aluminum Pricing Examination (APEX) Act (H.R. 2698), bipartisan legislation that would bring...

Esko and Asahi Photoproducts have showcased their fully automated flexo platemaking line CrystalCleanConnect at this year’s virtual.drupa event. “With CrystalCleanConnect we have brought together key hardware and software technologies from both organizations to deliver a...

The 5th Annual Connected Plant Conference is proud to announce Eastman Chemical as the host Chemical Process Industries (CPI) sponsor. The 2021 event will convene at The Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas, August 30...

Glenroy® Inc., a leading sustainable flexible packaging company and the exclusive converter of the premade STANDCAP Pouch, has announced the availability of Glenroy Sustainable Packaging, its portfolio of sustainable flexible packaging to help brand owners...

Channeled Resources Group (CRG), a manufacturer of blank shipping labels, release liner, and a supplier of value-priced laminated papers and films, has announced that the company has installed a Catbridge 900 slitter at its plant...

Dow and Lucro Plastecycle, a homegrown Indian recycling company, welcome Marico Limited, one of India’s leading consumer goods companies into a tripartite partnership to introduce Dow’s PCR-based coalition shrink films into its line of consumer...

Stora Enso will start co-determination negotiations with employees at its Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden and Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland regarding a plan to permanently close down pulp and paper production at both mills. The planned...

Today, 20 April 2021, drupa opened its virtual doors. Around 17,000 registered visitors from 155 nations have already benefited from 660 minutes of inspiring, cutting-edge topics in the Conference Area and 930 minutes of Live...

Amcor, a global leader in consumer packaging, is pleased to announce a strategic investment in ePac Flexible Packaging, a leader in the high quality, short run length digital printing segment for flexible packaging....

Acucote, a pressure sensitive adhesive coating manufacturer, has continued to expand its Acucote Insights program with two additional educational blogs. As brand owners are looking for long-term sustainable solutions, customers have turned to Acucote for...

Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS) has strengthened its North American sales team with the dual appointments of Heather Roden as Sales Director and Vince Tuccitto as Sales Account Manager. Based in Chicago, IL, Heather...

Indiana State University received a multi-million-dollar in-kind gift of package engineering technology software from Esko, a global developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for the packaging industry. This partnership continues the company’s two decades...

BW Packaging Systems is pleased to announce that J Alexander Mitchell has joined as the Operational Excellence Director for its operations in North America. As a critical member of the BW Packaging Systems leadership team,...

The use of wireless in manufacturing plants is still met with a good deal of skepticism today. Much of this doubt is based on experience with traditional wireless, which is simply not reliable because it’s...

After posting a record year in 2020, a manufacturer north of Dayton is making headway on an expansion that will add new lines, jobs and production space. Versa Pak Ltd., which manufactures plastic bags, rolls,...

The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to provide comment on A.5801, which seeks to establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) mandate for packaging and printed material. While many of our organizations support a properly structured...

A team of students from the Wake Forest University School of Business Master’s in Management program spent the semester producing the first annual sustainability report for South Atlantic Packaging, ProStar Packaging and Versatile Packagers. They...

In this episode of NothingWasted!, we chat with Jonathan Quinn, e-commerce packaging market manager at NOVA Chemicals. NOVA Chemicals develops and manufactures chemicals and plastic resins that are designed to make everyday life healthier, easier,...