New approaches to addressing sustainable packaging challenges, as well as the latest packaging technologies and products, will be session focal points at The Packaging Conference 2020, February 3-5, AT&T Conference Center, Austin, Texas...

Thank you for the opportunity to submit input on the Udall/Lowenthal discussion draft legislation: Producer Responsibility For Product And Packaging Waste (Discussion Draft). I am Alison Keane, President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging...

AMERIPEN, a material-neutral trade association for the packaging industry, is focused on the intersection of packaging policy and the environment. It also educates the industry on the value of packaging. In this Q&A, Packaging World...

AeroFlexx announced a partnership with Fameccanica, an innovation-based group focusing on diversified industrial automated machinery. With an innovative approach to design and wealth of experience in web converting and liquid filling machinery...

As of January 2020, MPS Systems North America Inc. will be operational in Philadelphia, PA. The North American subsidiary of the Dutch-based press builder is set to move from current facilities in Green Bay, WI....

Circulate Capital, the New York-based investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing companies and infrastructure that prevent ocean plastics in South and Southeast Asia (SSEA), has announced the first close of its $106 million...

The problem was massive in scale, but Matanya Horowitz, then a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, thought he might have a fix. The year was 2012. Plastic recycling facilities were not only...

ePac Flexible Packaging, the industry leader in fast time to market, short and medium run length finished pouches and rollstock, has announced plans to expand into the Asia Pacific region. Newly created ePac Holdings Asia...

Back in September, Pottstown became the first municipality in the United States to launch a flexible plastic recycling program, meaning that all sorts of plastic bags, wraps, and packaging could be recycled. Now, Lower Providence...

Pregis is announcing another $5 million investment in its Pregis Films facility located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additionally, Pregis is leasing an additional 35,000 square feet in the same location for expanded warehousing capability...

At the recent fifth annual Digital Packaging Summit 2019 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Koenig & Bauer was honored to be recognized with the coveted “Company to Watch” award. Organized and managed by NAPCO Media...

Printing can be a tedious and hectic job. But with great printers and well-managed printing services, the job can be run smoothly. Technology services for smart workplace will begin to use AI for its benefits....

Michelman has earned a spot on the United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s (UWGC) Top 25 List of corporate campaigns, with associate donations totaling over $236,983. The Top 25 List represents the largest corporate, retiree, and...

NOVA Chemicals Corp., a leading supplier of polyethylene, has introduced a suite of recycle-ready octene and butene LLDPE resins for packaging applications. These resins are engineered to offer two significant benefits that help build markets...

All American Label and Packaging has acquired Label Art of California to utilize its HP Indigo presses to produce digital labels and Mark Andy for flexographic orders. The Label Art history began in an Oakland...

Davis-Standard will begin its 2020 tradeshow season in Moscow, Russia, at Interplastica, January 28 – 31. Located in booth #22C32, representatives from Davis-Standard’s subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom will be available to discuss......

TC Transcontinental (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its paper and woven polypropylene packaging operations to Hood Packaging Corporation for a price of US$180 million (about C$239...

High-barrier film specialist Advanced Barrier Extrusions LLC is expanding its capabilities into printing and decorating with the purchase of Flexographic Packaging Co. Both companies are based in Wisconsin. Terms were not disclosed. "We're excited...

Sustainable plastic film product supplier Trioplast has acquired load stability and food packaging solutions provider Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging (AFP). The companies have not disclosed the financial terms of the deal. AFP has been acquired from......

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ASH) (“Ashland” or the “Company”) today announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has elected Guillermo Novo as Chairman and CEO of Ashland, effective December 31, 2019. William A....

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced that the redesigned pivot arm on the Omnia embosser-laminator significantly decreases changeover time and reduces the risks inherent to overhead roll removal. The new...

Michelman is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. James Xue as the company's new Country Manager for Greater China. Hired in 2017, he has led Michelman's sales efforts in China over the past two...

Constantia Flexibles officially unveiled its new plant, Constantia Ecoflex Ahmedabad, at a festive opening ceremony on November 20, 2019. Over 300 guests, including, the Austrian ambassador to India, Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofe, and RS Sodhi...

Davis-Standard will promote its global equipment platform at Plast Eurasia in Istanbul, December 4 – 7, 2019, alongside the company’s representative in Turkey, ÖZHANMAK DIŞ TİCARET VE PAZARLAMA LTD ŞTİ in Hall 2, Stand 220....

Toppan Printing (Toppan) (TSE:7911), a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, will be displaying its security solutions for banknotes and ID cards at High Security Printing ASIA...

Korozo today announces the successful completion of its acquisition of a majority stake in Vitra NV and Creavit NV (Rask). Vitra/Creavit was founded in 1935 in Antwerp, Belgium, by the Laeremans family and is specialized...

TC Transcontinental (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) announced today the closure of its Transcontinental Prince Edward Island plant located in Borden-Carleton by the end of January 2020 at the latest, and a reorganization of activities at its...

Luminer, a labeling solutions provider specializing in extended content labels for pharmaceutical ethical and OTC packaging, clinical trials and various other narrow web applications for the cosmetics, F&B and chemicals sectors, has completed an...