DIC Corporation announced that on May 1, 2020, it acquired a business from Liaoning Tianqi Technology Co., Ltd., a company engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquid inks for packaging used for food products...

C-P Flexible Packaging announces the launch of C-P GreenStream™ sustainable packaging solutions—a line of flexible packaging options designed for sustainability utilizing post-consumer recycled content, recyclable materials, compostable materials, downgauged materials, and/or materials derived from renewable...

Printpack has expanded its sustainability team, which will be led by Dave McLain, Sustainability Director. It will be challenged with developing product platforms of more sustainable flexible packaging and bringing those platforms to market.

Whereas Koenig & Bauer was able to achieve a sound group order intake of €271.5m in the first quarter of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic, which has been spreading rapidly since January, has already had a...

ProAmpac, the flexible packaging leader, announced the launch of its ProActive Sustainability® website, www.proampac.com/sustainability. “This new site summarizes ProAmpac’s three-pronged approach to sustainability: our portfolio of award-winning sustainable packaging innovations; our approach to responsible operations;...

The battle against plastic pollution has rapidly gained momentum in recent years. Our 2018 report – Plastics phase-out: exposure through the value chain – analysed the challenges across sectors beyond the use of carrier bags,...

The process and packaging technology specialist Syntegon, formerly Bosch Packaging Technology, reported stable business performance in 2019. Sales increased to 1.33 billion euros (2018: 1.28 billion euros), and new orders also rose slightly. In the...

Brook and Whittle Holdings, Corp., a leading provider of pressure sensitive and shrink sleeve prime labels, has expanded its shrink sleeve capabilities with the acquisition of a label converting facility in Croydon, Pennsylvania. Croydon manufactures...

More than 100 billion tonnes of materials entered the global economy in 2017 to generate power, build infrastructure and homes, produce food, and provide consumer goods such as clothes and phones. There are now more...

Walk through any grocery, and you will see many types of packaging–flexible bags, boxes, films, and bottles. The challenge of preventing ink migration from the printed information on food and grocery packaging keeps many chemists,...

Colordyne celebrated its 10th anniversary by launching a new division and website focused on print engine development and innovation. The business unit within Colordyne targets strategic integration partners (SIPs) interested in adding inkjet technology to...

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the U.S., and Spectrum Packaging Corporation, a specialty folding-carton package printer, have partnered to create an interactive sample kit highlighting myriad decorative techniques and...

Euromonitor International's research analysts and analytics teams are monitoring the impact of COVID-19 to better assess the short and long term effects on economic scenarios, product categories, pricing, stock availability and consumer behavior. They developed...

Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), a developer and supplier of inkjet technologies has partnered with hardware and software specialist Esko, to automate and streamline workflows by combining their products and services to help end users in...

Is leading with safety the new norm for the food packaging supply chain? That’s probably a pretty provocative question to anyone working in the packaging space. And yes, I admit, I am trying to get...

Dow, and stretch film manufacturer Doxa Plast together announce the commercialization of a family of bio-based high-performance stretch films aimed at addressing the increasing demand for more sustainable solutions that use alternative renewable feedstocks helping...

Nosco recently announced that it will purchase a Karlville KS-DSUP-400 Pouching Machine for its flexible packaging operation in Carrollton, Texas. Through this investment, the company will gain the ability to control the entire manufacturing process...

Winpak Ltd. reports consolidated results in US dollars for the first quarter of 2020, which ended on March 29, 2020. Winpak Ltd. manufactures and distributes high-quality packaging materials and related packaging machines. The Company's products...

Consumer survey documents quickly shifting food shopping behaviors in response to COVID-19 and explores whether these habits will continue post-pandemic. Since early March, when the COVID-19 pandemic first began affecting consumers’ shopping habits, Consumer Packaged...

Sealed Air Corporation announced financial results for the first quarter 2020. “Our purpose ‘to protect, to solve critical packaging challenges, and to leave our world better than we found it’ is more powerful now than...

Schib Packaging, one of BW Flexible Systems’ flexible packaging brands, is lending a CO-50 flow wrapper machine to an Italian-based contractor, at no cost, to package face masks meant to help combat the spread of...

The world of packaging is facing many changes. The drivers behind these changes include new routes to market such as e-commerce, new supply chain models like multichannel supply, but also new regulatory and sustainability requirements...

As consumers demand greater convenience, e-commerce sales continue to rise. According to the 2019 Internet Retailer Top 1000 Report, consumers spent $517.36 billion online with U.S. merchants in 2018, up from $449.88 billion spent the...

As the nation’s hospitals, medical providers, and first responders continue treating patients for COVID-19, the sterile flexible packaging industry is providing a critical component in the production of primary packaging in a sterile barrier system...

All of the defining images of the coronavirus pandemic seem to feature one thing: plastic. Surgical masks, gloves, protective equipment, body bags -- the Covid-19 crisis has spurred a rapid expansion in the production of...

Because all of humankind relies on the Earth every day, it will require the participation of each and every one of us to achieve a sustainable way of life. With this in mind, Fox Packaging™...

It was supposed to be a blockbuster moment for the U.S. plastic industry. With an abundance of cheap natural gas at hand, thanks to the country’s fracking boom, U.S. energy giants were pouring billions of...

The coronavirus raises concerns about reusable packaging and deals a blow to recycling, but amidst the uncertainty, CPGs and associations still work toward greater packaging sustainability. As the coronavirus swept across the U.S. in March...