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An anniversary is a time for reflection: a time to pause, look back, and see distance traveled. Steurs Graphic Solutions can look back a long way — 70 years, to 1949, when the two Steurs...
Charter NEX Films, North America’s leading independent producer of specialty films, proudly announces they have joined the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and their participation in the APR’s Demand Champions program. The APR is an...
Berry Global Group, Inc. highlights its involvement in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19). As the world leader for nonwovens manufacturing, Berry is supplying leading healthcare and consumer brand companies around the world to create products...
The power of color is well known, and brand owners use color to engage with customers in many ways. Indeed, research shows that up to 85 per cent of customers’ first impression is based on...
Peter Fallat, Director of Global Design & Packaging at Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a Colgate-Palmolive company, discusses how flexible films fit into the drive for more sustainable packaging.
At drupa 2020, TRESU (Hall10, stand B41) shows how its customized flexo equipment, systems and printing machines reduce the Cost to Print in flexo, digital and offset printing. TRESU will display a range of solutions...
Siegwerk will showcase its extensive ink and packaging expertise at this year’s interpack components and drupa presenting its wide-ranging ink and service portfolio concretely addressing future printing and packaging trends. With the motto “rethINK packaging”...
If you’re a Boisean who has recycled plastics in an orange bag recently, they probably didn’t go to Salt Lake City and get turned into diesel fuel as you were once told they would. Renewlogy,...
Across the world, sea turtles are swallowing bits of plastic in the ocean and often dying as a result. There are many theories about why sea turtles and other marine animals ingest plastic. Some people...
Davis-Standard will promote its global equipment platform at Plastprintpack in Lagos, Nigeria (tradeshow postponed, date to follow) at booth H.04, hall 1. Davis-Standard’s sales representative, Dr. Anye Chifen, the managing director of ENGICCS, will be...
Business Planet heads to Austria to see how one large family firm is attempting to turn the problem of plastic pollution from packaging into a sustainable business opportunity. Today's modern economy would not function without...
Wikoff Color is pleased to announce that Martin Iles has joined the company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, based at the Corporate Headquarters in Fort Mill, SC. In this position, Martin will be...
Stefan Pfundner, one of the flexible packaging industry’s distinguished experts in film production and technology has joined Liquibox’s European leadership team. Liquibox, based in the U.S., is a leading provider of flexible liquid packaging solutions...
Described as the “perfect e-commerce package” yet perfectly suitable for brick-and-mortar channels as well, the winner of the Highest Achievement Award in the 64th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition is AeroFlexx. The technology originally...
Liquibox received a silver award from the Flexible Packaging Association for Waterspout, a specialized bag-in-box refill system for home and office water coolers. This is the company’s eighth win since first entering the annual Flexible...
German sportswear firm Adidas last month constructed a football field in the United States using 1.8 million plastic bottles and handed it over to a high school, earning accolades. It was an iconic demonstration of...
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, announced it has signed definitive agreements to expand in China through a 50:50 joint venture with the Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group (Bora)....
Going forward, Soprad’s products will be marketed under the Pregis’ PolyMask brand and will further reinforce its offerings to a growing global market. (PolyMask products include temporary surface protection films and specialty films) “Soprad has...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) announced the winners of its 64th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. The winning entries were recognized during the FPA Welcome Dinner & Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Ceremony held Wednesday,...
TRESU, a leading provider of flexographic printing technology and coating solutions will be hosting a pre-drupa 2020 “Flexo Tech” event featuring its latest solutions together with suppliers and business partners on 31 March 2020. The...
Séamus Lafferty, President of Accraply, is pleased to announce that Justin Stovall has been appointed to serve as Vice President of Sales. Accraply is part of Barry-Wehmiller, and is a leader in the design, manufacture...
Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the printing and flexible packaging industry conversion, and Constantia Flexibles, a top three global producer of flexible packaging, have strengthened their relationship with the installation of three machines at...
The outbreak of the coronavirus in China could spur increased usage of flexible packaging to improve food safety, according to Brendan Connell-French, Wood Mackenzie research associate. "While efforts to limit the spread of Covid-19 are...
ACC reiterated its support for bipartisan policies aimed at modernizing our national recycling infrastructure in testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Keith Christman, ACC’s managing director...
Berry Global Group, Inc. announced that to address rising demand it is investing approximately $30 million to increase production capacity for ultra-high performance stretch films. The investment is allocated for new lines and upgrades to...
Tekni-Plex Medical, a Tekni-Plex business, has named Jennifer Lan its new head of sales, medical products for the Asia Pacific region. Tekni-Plex recently announced the formation of its Tekni-Plex Medical business unit to facilitate the...
Toppan Printing (Toppan) (TSE:7911), a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has been included in the FY2019 Nadeshiko Brands, an index selected by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry...
Coveris announces the successful acquisition of Plasztik-Tranzit Kft, a specialist in high-quality flexible packaging solutions for the food industry, for an undisclosed sum. As part of the acquisition, Plasztik-Tranzit Kft is to be renamed Coveris...