The Americans for Free Trade coalition, a broad alliance of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs, respectfully writes in support of the nomination of Katherine Tai to become the next U.S. Trade...

Filling the market gap for premium and high-performance recyclable frozen food packaging, ProAmpac announces the launch of ProActive Recyclable R-2000F. This patent-pending film is the newest member of the ProActive Sustainability® product family and has...

FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division, announces that its install of Acuity LED 46 and Acuity LED 1600R has helped CR Print grow its business despite the downturn many have experienced during the global...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation has developed a series of customizable film structure designs formulated with post-consumer resin (PCR). The film structures, which incorporate post-consumer low-density and linear low-density polyethylene (rLDPE/LLDPE), can be tailored to meet the...

A circular economy looks different within each industry, but its broad vision of healing the harm from the industrial economy’s extractive, polluting original sins is appealing more to a variety of businesses. A small number...

Siegwerk reported that it has partnered with Idealliance to offer G7 Certification for the printing community globally – including India. Idealliance is a transformational industry association providing global standardisation, training, and certification programmes for the...

Maryland is currently considering legislation that would ban single-use plastic bags. But some say the pandemic is complicating things. Retailers in Maryland say a nationwide shortage of paper bags could make banning plastic bags difficult. Some...

Tensions between the U.S. and China have grown in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, triggering a broader debate about supply chains, reshoring, and resilience. In truth, because of the many variables at play, it...

Fmcg giants Mars and Nestlé have teamed up with Taylors of Harrogate and Ella’s Kitchen to crack down on flexible packaging waste. Dubbing themselves ‘the Flexible Packaging Consortium’ (FPC), the group of four suppliers has...

Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has developed a more eco-friendly manufacturing method for offset printing that combines oil-based biomass ink with water-based varnish. ECOLUSTER is an...

Printpack partnered with General Mills to develop the first plastic film wrapper designated as Store Drop-Off Recyclable by How2Recycle® for the snacking industry. This bar wrapper, made from PE, was created for the iconic Nature...

Spartech, a leading plastics manufacturer of engineered thermoplastic materials and specialty packaging products, recently recognized 17 employees in the company's 2020 "Circle of Champions." This program annually honors team member performance and contributions that go...

Sainsbury’s is announcing the introduction of a recycling system which allows customers to recycle Polypropylene (PP) film found in several household plastic products, in selected Sainsbury’s stores. The launch of this new recycling system comes...

Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has developed film-type Virusweeper™ packaging with antiviral and antibacterial functions. The new film packaging is an addition to Toppan’s “SMART LIFE-VALUE™...

Food and food packaging are highly unlikely to spread Covid-19, the US Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a reminder Thursday. "Consumers should...

When I was a kid, I thought throwing my empty plastic water bottle into my recycle bin was going to help save the planet. After all, Captain Planet told me I had an important role...

Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has developed a new and improved version of its Susceptor®, a sheet for heating foods in microwave ovens. The new susceptor...

The demand for flexible packaging materials is growing amid the transition towards sustainable food packaging. Walki has answered to this need by investing in a brand new flexo printing machine in its Jatne plant in...

Enval has launched Touchdown, a joint project with The Kraft Heinz Co. and Sonoco aimed at improving packaging sustainability and accelerating the deployment of novel plastic recycling solutions in the United States. For Enval,...

Accraply, a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of label application systems, has introduced the Trine Modular Labeling Station, an upgrade for existing Trine roll-fed labelers that enables significant process improvements with minimal line...

Plastics are among the most widely used materials, and they are vital components of all modern technologies. So far, it has been possible to recycle these valuable materials only to a limited extent. In order...

The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) released the THESIS Industry Insights: Packaging report using data from TSC’s The Sustainability Insight System (THESIS). This report is the first report in an ongoing series aimed at using THESIS’ unique...

A new Quality Recycling Process (QRP) for flexible packaging from CEFLEX and its stakeholders reportedly shows that high-value applications for recycled polymers from a mechanical recycling process are viable. CEFLEX says the breakthrough process has...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to SB14, SB581 and SB582, having to do with extended producer responsibility programs for plastic packing, for all packaging and paper and labeling for recyclability....

The Wide-Format Business Master Class is the first in APTech's Master Class series, aimed at providing a blueprint for businesses that wish to build a major profit center around wide-format printing operations. This is a...

Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has developed a high-strength adhesive for digital printing. TOPMER™ is suitable for retort sterilization, boiling sterilization, and heating in microwave ovens,...

Looking for the fastest, safest and most effective way to deep clean your aniloxes? The Sitexco+ Laser Anilox Cleaning System, based on the award winning Sitexco System is here. The Sitexco+ System is...

Plastics Forming Enterprises (PFE), a company focused on recyclability testing and design for recycling consultation, has named Kristi Hansen as its new president. Established in 1984, PFE has played an instrumental role in helping to...