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Matt Bennett has joined Bobst in the position of label zone business director. Matt will be responsible for sales team leadership and driving revenue and will lead our ambitious growth plan for both flexo and...
Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is investing around €5 million in a new research and development (R&D) facility at Mondi Steinfeld, in Germany. This investment will support customers by helping them to...
The Recycling Partnership recently marked the official launch of the Small Town Access Fund, a unique funding stream to support recycling programs in U.S. towns with populations of less than 50,000. Impact from seed funding...
Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent company of the Tokyo-based specialty materials manufacturer Toyo Ink Group, announced plans to double the laminating adhesives production capacity from the current level at its Malaysia-based subsidiary...
ACTEGA, manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives and sealing compounds for the print and packaging industry, announces that it has appointed Dennis Siepmann to the newly created role of Global Head of Sustainability. This appointment...
Walmart has partnered with TerraCycle to pilot its new recycling collection program. Through the new Community Recycling Hubs, consumers can recycle pet food and other product packaging. The recycling hubs are currently located at Walmart’s...
Global supply chains remain under pressure even as consumer demand continues to rise. All industries are working through supply challenges to meet this demand while maintaining or even improving on “green” sustainability efforts. Packagers are...
Oasis Flower Plant for Plastic, the leading producer of PET preforms and HDPE closures in Saudi Arabia, has reached an agreement to acquire a Comexi F2 MB flexo press; this is the first joint operation...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) applauds and supports your efforts in taking steps to proactively address the issue of minimum post-consumer recycled (PCR) content requirements. We believe that a suite of options is necessary to...
CEFLEX has linked up with two key trade bodies to develop guidelines for flexible packaging containing aluminum foil. Partnering with Flexible Packaging Europe and the European Foil Association, the project aims to give guidance on...
Guido Spix is leaving his position as joint Group President of MULTIVAC on 31 December 2022. From 1 January 2023 Christian Traumann will preside over the company as Group President and Spokesman for the Management...
Huhtamaki India Limited has announced the appointment of Dhananjay Salunkhe as the managing director of Huhtamaki India. Salunkhe is a business leader with a track record of growing and building businesses in India. In his...
RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers acquired the Engineering Plastics business of the Indian company Ester Industries Ltd., said the company. Last May, RadiciGroup announced this important action aimed at strengthening its internationalization strategy, with an investment...
AlliedFlex Technologies has become HDG Pouch Packaging Machinery’s exclusive North American sales and marketing partner to handle its complete horizontal pouch packaging machinery program. HDG is already established in North America through its installed base...
Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, announced that its packaging ink series UniNATURE has won Packaging Europe's Sustainability Awards 2022. The sustainable ink solution...
Davis-Standard is pleased to announce the release of its Integrator PRO+™control upgrade for cast film, extrusion coating, and aqueous coating processes. This system is the successor to Davis-Standard’s existing Integrator PRO™ human-machine interface (HMI) and...
One of Malaysia’s leading flexographic companies, Eye Graphic, has invested in the latest Crystal technology from Esko to improve plate quality and boost productivity as part of a continuous program of growth. The premedia trade...
On behalf of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Mowry & Grimson filed a formal legal opposition to the self-initiation of inquiries by the U.S. Department of Commerce examining whether imports of aluminum foil from South...
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its Nymölla paper production site in Sweden, and all related assets to Sylvamo, a US-based global producer of uncoated paper. The enterprise value is EUR 150 million....
Miraclon has been recognized by the Indian Flexible Packaging and Folding Carton Manufacturers Association (IFCA) in the IFCA Star Awards 2022 for one of the best Innovations and Developments in Printing with PureFlexo Printing. Accessed...
ProAmpac, a global leader in flexible packaging and material science, this week launched its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, A Path Forward, highlighting the company’s sustainability strategy. ProAmpac’s mission is two-fold: (1) Offer a...
Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced a further strategic investment of up to $45 million in ePac Flexible Packaging, a leader in high quality, short run length digitally-based flexible...
It’s no secret that we – all of us – are facing a very real, very serious threat from pollution. Yet, this is where our common ground seems to end. Environmental challenges are complex and...
Actega has unveiled a new line of ACTExact SafeShield UV-LED low migration inks, the most extensively certified ink product line from ACTEGA to date, developed for use in low migration applications such as indirect food...
We are writing to respectfully request a veto of AB 2784 (Ting). That mandates the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) content in plastic thermoform containers. Throughout this legislative session our coalition had multiple conversations with...
LPS Industries, Moonachie NJ, a vertically integrated flexible packaging manufacturer, has achieved Class 100,000 Cleanroom certification for its recently completed cleanroom as well as passing its Safe Quality Food (SQF) Edition 9 Facility certification. These...
Esko-Graphics BV. and GMG GmbH & Co. KG have partnered to deliver a new connection between GMG’s profiling and color prediction solution, GMG OpenColor, and Esko’s native prepress editing software, ArtPro+. The connector will be...
At this year's Fachpack, the speciality paper manufacturer Mitsubishi HiTec Paper will be presenting several sustainable innovations in the field of packaging papers - thus confirming its high innovative strength. Among other things, Mitsubishi is...