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Tredegar Corporation reported second quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2020. Second quarter 2020 net income was $11.2 million ($0.33 per share) compared with net income of $14.5 million ($0.44 per share)...
When Cardinal Agri (Philippines) faced market demand for smaller units of its bag-in-box coconut cream for the food service industry, the company reached out to Liquibox for help. Cardinal Agri was already using Liquibox’s Intasept®...
Sealed Air Corporation announced financial results for the second quarter 2020. “We are navigating through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on business continuity and our purpose — ‘to protect, to solve...
Pragati Graphics Pvt. Ltd., one of the largest printing companies in central India, has added Guardian OLP Offline Proofing & Inspection from technology supplier Baldwin Vision Systems to its defect detection workflow. Pragati, well known...
As part of Taghleef’s initiative to pioneer in developing solutions that support the move from a linear to a more circular economy, Ti introduces its new product portfolio called reLIFE™. Under Taghleef’s Dynamic Cycle approach,...
After thoughtful consultation with the PMMI Board of Directors, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has made the difficult decision to cancel its in-person PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO in Chicago...
BASF, CSSA, Layfield, London Drugs, Merlin Plastics, NOVA Chemicals, Recycle BC, Return-It, Save on Foods and V.I.P. Soap have joined forces to respond to one of the most pressing environmental challenges – plastic waste. Supported...
Hudson-Sharp, part of Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) and Barry-Wehmiller’s converting equipment platform, is pleased to announce that Peter Sztehno and Scott Romenesko have been named regional sales directors. Sztehno will be leading Hudson-Sharp’s commercial...
Durst North America continues its investment in the labels and packaging market by announcing that Steve Lynn, director and general manager, New Markets will lead the division. “Steve is a highly skilled technical business leader...
On its way to become a circular and digital packaging solutions company, Siegwerk will expand its digital services by adding virtual tools for customer interaction and engagement. Since 2017, the company has strategically driven its...
The Kroger Co. announced the launch of its Simple Truth Recycling Program, offering customers a free and simple way to recycle the flexible packaging of more than 300 products from the company private-label Simple Truth,...
Tri-Seal, a Tekni-Plex business, has invested $1 million in a new closure liner manufacturing facility in Greater Noida, India. The company’s latest investment in foil laminating, four-color rotogravure printing and inspection equipment will significantly reduce...
A chemical recycling firm is on the hunt for a massive quantity of plastics Nos. 1-7, material the company plans to process at plastics-to-fuel facilities across the country. San Francisco-headquartered Brightmark is looking to bring...
Sonoco, one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, announced it has acquired Can Packaging, a privately owned designer and manufacturer of sustainable paper packaging and related manufacturing equipment, based in Habsheim, France, for total...
Amcor, one of the world’s largest packaging companies, developed a film that matches the heat resistance of oriented PET but can still be recycled in PE film streams. The multi-layer material is one a number...
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced that Brad Klimek has joined its tissue sales team as a Sales Engineer. In his new role, Klimek will focus on providing technical support to...
The system uses ground-up old asphalt mixed with a polymer binder made from recycled materials, and may be even more durable than traditional processes. Paving roads is a dirty business. That may not come as...
Having previously revealed its expansion plans, ePac Flexible Packaging is pleased to announce the opening of its latest site in France as the company expands its network of flexible packaging production plants across the European...
Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), announced two acquisitions. Motion has entered into agreements to acquire TRC Hydraulics,...
Film manufacturer Südpack has committed itself to chemical recycling and is calling upon companies across the value chain to collaborate and achieve positive change. The company believes that chemical recycling of plastics waste is a...
Evansville, IN-based plastics packaging and products giant Berry Global Group, Inc. reported its Q3 FY2020 results, referred to in the following as the June 2020 quarter. Net sales are up 50% to $2.9 billion; operating...
The team of specialists at Wikoff Digital has formulated a new set of color dispersions for 3D printing resins. As 3D printing moves from a prototyping mechanism to a viable production method, the expectations of...
Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, wood products and metals industries, announced that its Kelly/Spicers division has acquired Northern California-based American Packaging, further...
The extraordinary Italian industrial history passes through those excellences that only our country can express. Leading companies for innovation, research and dynamism, able to export all over the world, often led by enlightened and far-sighted...
As the entry in service of its newest wetlaid line approaches, Aralar has recently inaugurated a new latest-generation warehouse. Designed to enhance service standards to its global wetlaid paper customer base, and with an area...
Single bananas. Hard boiled eggs. Chocolate chip cookies. In convenience stores across Japan these items all have something in common: they are routinely sold tightly swaddled in plastic wrapping. It's been that way for decades....
Mondi Paper Bags, part of Mondi Group, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has acquired two paper bag lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs, two major cement producers in Egypt. The acquired...
By becoming a strategic partner of Project STOP, Siegwerk actively supports the creation of sustainable waste management systems in Indonesia to eliminate leakage of plastics into the environment underlining its strong commitment to actively drive...