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Channeled Resources Group, a manufacturer of blank shipping labels, release liner, and a large global supplier of value-priced laminated papers and films, has announced that its Maraliner, WI, USA facility – the division focused on...
Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that it has acquired 100% of the shares issued by Marufuku Co., Ltd., making Marufuku a Rengo subsidiary. Marufuku primarily manufactures and sells folding cartons and flexible packaging for confectionary and...
Sappi Limited announced that it has concluded an agreement with AURELIUS Investment Lux One S.à.r.l. regarding the divesture of its Maastricht Mill in the Netherlands, its Stockstadt Mill in Germany and its Kirkniemi Mill in...
Effective 1st January 2023, Flint Group will implement a global price increase in order to respond to continued inflationary pressures across multiple cost drivers. Following an extended period of volatility and cost escalation during the...
Mold-Rite Packaging, a provider of value-added packaging components, today announced a corporate rebrand including a name change to MRP Solutions. Drawing on more than 70 years of manufacturing experience, MRP has established itself as a...
This year’s theme highlights the shared progress BW Packaging and its customers have made solving prominent industry challenges through ongoing dialogue about labor shortages, sustainability commitments, food safety standards, and several other challenges. “We understand...
BOBST’s Advanced Register Control for Precision Printing and ECG in Gravure has been judged “Best of the Best” in the Technical Innovation category of the 2022 Golden Cylinder Awards. The coveted recognition was presented to...
Trisoft Graphics, an innovative flexographic prepress provider that serves narrow, mid and wide-web flexible packaging and label printers, has successfully completed the Miraclon Certification Program for FLEXCEL NX Plates. Roy Sabraw, Trisoft Graphics Operations Manager,...
Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent company of the Japan-based specialty chemicals manufacturer Toyo Ink Group, released the Toyo Ink Group Integrated Report 2022 for the reporting period of January 1, 2021 to...
Flair Flexible is celebrating 30 years of manufacturing flexible packaging solutions for businesses across food & nonfood industries. Founded in 1992, Flair began with a single office in Calgary, Alberta, with a focus importing solutions...
Honeywell announced September 26 that Biotrend Energy based Istanbul, Turkey, will apply Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology in Biotrend Energy’s planned plastics recycling factory in Turkey. The facility will convert mixed waste plastics into recycled polymer...
C-P Flexible Packaging (C-P), a leading manufacturer of sustainable flexible packaging, has announced plans to power 50% of the company’s U.S. facilities with solar energy by 2025. In addition to reducing C-P’s carbon footprint, utilizing...
Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions, is pleased to announce that Daniel (Dan) Gallo has joined the Spartech Executive Team as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Gallo will be responsible for...
ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, invites NACS attendees to visit booth 3875 to experience its full portfolio of fresh food to-go packaging capabilities, including their award winning RecycAll Freshpack. “This is...
A fourth generation, privately owned and operated, manufacturer of flexible packaging, Admiral Packaging, Inc. achieved Esko’s XPS Crystal certification for their in-house plate production processes in late August 2022. The certification program ensures that...
Westlake Corporation released its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance Report and, concurrently, its Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Appendix, as the company enhances its data reporting systems and reinforces its...
Innovia Films has developed a high yield, semi-solid, glossy white BOPP film, Rayoface™ JB. This 47 micron film, designed for pressure sensitive labelling (PSL) applications, combines some of the advantages of cavitated and solid...
The combination of accelerating climate change, rising income inequality, the Covid pandemic, and geopolitical conflicts have created a perfect storm of challenges to how businesses and economies are run. In response, pressed by investors, employees,...
AIMCAL, The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators, announced it is adopting a new name, the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters. The announcement was made to attendees at the AIMCAL R2R USA Conference (Sept. 26-29,...
Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, will participate in TOKYO PACK 2022 at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center from October 12 to 14. Environment-related factors, such as...
Leading European packaging company Coveris has appointed Jörg Schuschnig to Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect, replacing Markus Petersen who is stepping down from his role for personal reasons. Jörg Schuschnig graduated as PhD in...
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to make India Net Zero by 2070 has buoyed up the country’s corporate leadership in the carbon market. Taking the pledge forward, two of India’s largest firms in their...
At Labelexpo Americas 2022, Flint Group Narrow Web demonstrated how its new Evolution Series boosts the recyclability of shrink sleeves and bottles made from crystallisable PET. Recognised by the Association of Plastic Recyclers in the...
Several consumer goods companies – including high-profile Unilever and Procter & Gamble brands – have unveiled what they refer to as inclusive or accessible packaging designs in the last few years. These companies often assert...
An important benefit of holding awards programs at regular intervals is the snapshot of emerging industry trends that the entries provide. In the latest round of the Miraclon-sponsored Global Flexo Innovation Awards (GFIA), one noticeable...
ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, is exhibiting at FACHPACK Hall 7/7-541 in Nuremburg, Germany 27-29 September. With an emphasis on their ProActive Sustainability® capabilities they will introduce their newest ProActive Recyclable®...
Transformers who visit Cromex at its stand F37, in hall 8A, will be able to discover its new line, which brings a complete package of solutions for improving the performance of the process and the...
Its ESG initiatives are an extension of the Pregis Purpose to Protect, Preserve and Inspyre™ with the overarching goal of addressing global waste challenges through innovative initiatives and company-wide action plans that advance the circular...