Brand owners, their marketing departments and designers devote much time and effort through the creative use of packaging, labeling and other P.O.S material to ensure that the brand image projected is both positive and reassuring....

The move toward sustainable practices, products and materials is no longer on the horizon but ever-present. This is especially true as more consumers factor brands’ social responsibility initiatives in purchase decisions. In fact, global demand...

Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd (TBF) Founder and Chief Technology Officer Senthil Ramadas clinched the Innovator of the Year Award for Technology at the Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards 2019.

The beach at Muncar on the island of Java was revolting. The 400-yard wide, mile-long stretch of sand was feet deep in foul-smelling sauce sachets, shopping bags, nappies, bottles and bags, plastic clothes and detergent...

An Israeli government plan to pay supermarkets to drastically increase their use of plastic packaging was shelved this week after no supermarket chain applied for the grant. In August, Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...

2020 is shaping up to be an even more eventful year for debates around plastic waste and plastic pollution than 2019 was. And that's saying a lot, considering that 2019 opened with plastic bag bans...

PSI appoints Mike DuFrayne President and CFO. DuFrayne joined the company as CFO in 2017. During this tenure, he was an integral leader in the company’s successful transition to a global leader in thin gauge...

Shisalanga Construction has already repaved more than 400 meters of the road in Cliffdale, on the outskirts of Durban using this special asphalt. It is estimated that the work has helped recycle almost 40,000 two-liter plastic milk bottles. The firm...

J.P. Mascaro & Sons, Audubon, Pennsylvania, has announced that as part of its contract for the curbside collection of recyclables, South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania, will include flexible plastic packaging (FPP).  J.P. Mascaro & Sons and...

Plastic rubbish is everywhere — streets, rivers, beaches, stomachs of cows and whales. Around 60% of the 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic produced since the early 1950s has ended up in landfills or the natural...

Experiential marketing is key to bringing your brand to life. By exploring dimensions that aren’t possible in standard packaging, you can truly display your brand’s ethos with experiential marketing and packaging.

Each year, companies in the color business announce their predictions on those colors that most exemplify, or capture, current societal trends and therefore will capture the consumer’s eye as well. These predictions are based on...

There is a single nice thing that can be said of paper straws: They are not as evil as plastic straws. The rest of the things that can be said of paper straws are epically...

Ecocept mixes plastics and old car tyres, replacing the traditional rock and rubber sports pads beneath synthetic turf. Gurdwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib Sikh Temple in the south Auckland suburb of Takanini was one of the...

During a recent trip to our local Heinen’s grocery store, my two young daughters pointed out a set of new signs that had sprouted up in the parking lot. They featured a smiling planet Earth,...

If converters feel gobsmacked by the pace of change in today’s packaging world, they should get ready to shift into overdrive. In a recent study entitled “No Ordinary Disruption,” consulting firm McKinsey & Company cites...

Huhtamaki has agreed to acquire full ownership of its joint venture company Laminor S.A. in Brazil. Laminor is specialized in high-quality tube laminates, particularly for oral care applications, and was set up in 2002 as...

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA is taking over the Swiss overprint varnish specialist Schmid Rhyner AG, thereby strategically expanding its ACTEGA division. “In acquiring Schmid Rhyner, we are continuing to systematically pursue the ALTANA strategy...

Ranpak, a leading provider of environmentally sustainable product protection solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, is announcing the North America launch of FillPak Trident™, an innovative, highly efficient packaging solution for medium and high...

In an effort to continually improve system productivity through smarter technology, Davis-Standard has introduced the Model 3000A (automatic) crosshead for rubber hose applications. As overhead costs for labor, energy and materials put pressure on the...

PolyOne Corporation, a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Clariant to purchase its global color and additive masterbatch business.  In addition, PolyOne...

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of the majority of the business of Everest Flexibles (Pty) Limited (“Everest”), a privately-owned flexible packaging manufacturer in South Africa. The annual net sales of the acquired business is approximately...

Sustainability is top of mind for packaging suppliers and brands alike. As consumer demand for green options continues to increase, CPGs also face pressures from emerging regulations pertaining to certain packaging materials and waste. Brands...

Sustainability has become a topic that no one can or should ignore. But this is not a new issue. From a packaging perspective, there has long been a drive to design and introduce materials and...

Once again, being Morchem at the forefront in Food Safety, our new development Morchem XPS 2472 A + CS-952 was tested at Bobst Italia’s Competence Center using BOBST VISION CL 850 laminating machine with flexo...

DuPont is creating a new $45.4 billion consumer goods giant by merging its food and nutrition business with International Flavors & Fragrances. The deal announced Dec. 15 values the DuPont unit at $26.2 billion. DuPont...

Tekni-Plex is announcing the formation of the Tekni-Plex Medical business unit, which will facilitate the supply of mission-critical, high-value components, materials, and solutions to medical device manufacturers worldwide.

ePac is excited to announce its European expansion with a second UK location. This second facility will be in the North of England and will be open and operational in the second half of 2020....