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IDENTCO Hires Brian Kady as Vice President of Global Sales

Executive brings decades of proven sales success in films, adhesives and coatings to prominent labeling solutions provider.

Eaglewood Technologies Opens Cincinnati Service Center

Eaglewood Technologies has announced the expansion of the XPress Roll Cleaning Service into Cincinnati and the surrounding area.

Universal Adhesive Systems Announces Deal with GRACO

Universal Adhesive Systems Ltd has announced it is now an Authorized Graco Distributor.

Dow Wash-off Label Adhesive Recognized for Sustainable Package Design

INVISU™ 7007 wash-off pressure sensitive adhesive from Dow (NYSE: DOW) has received recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)

Beontag Publishes 2022 ESG Report

Beontag – one of the world’s largest manufacturers of self-adhesives and smart tags such as RFID and NFC 

H.B. Fuller to Showcase Consumer Packaging Innovations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Driving efficiency and sustainability in consumer packaging

New Release Liner: Sol BCK Helps Reduce Carbon Footprint by More than 50 Percent

Sappi Europe, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of packaging and speciality papers, aims to support its customers in achieving their own sustainability goals.

H.B. Fuller Joins RecyClass

Reinforcing the company commitment to improve the recyclability of plastic products

Orion Engineered Carbons Announces New Distribution Partnership with ION Specialties in Mexico

Orion Engineered Carbons, a specialty chemicals company, has entered a distribution agreement with newly formed ION Specialties, based in Mexico City.

Acucote introduces recycled content for Direct Thermal printers

Acucote, part of Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives, a global leader in the production of high value-added special papers for packaging

H.B. Fuller Joins 4evergreen Alliance

A commitment to increase circularity and sustainability in packaging

Tesa Introduces Innovative Adhesive Solution for Packaging Printers

tesa® Twinlock saves packaging printers time and money – while dramatically reducing landfill waste

Inkworks Printing, LLC Installs New Karlville COMBI Thermal & Solventless Laminator

Karlville, a manufacturer of the Pack Ready Laminator for HP Indigo, announced the installation by Inkworks Printing

Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Packaging through Sustainable Printing

It’s no secret that consumers want sustainable packaging.

World leader in defect marking

Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s a number of companies marketed numerous styles of web flagging devices.

Sustainability and the eCommerce Explosion

The simultaneous progression of eCommerce platforms and the rise of their use is placing new demands on the packaging industry.

Shurtape Brand HP 535 Hot Melt Packaging Tape

Shurtape Technologies, LLC introduced the new HP 535 hot melt packaging tape.

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes Releases Bonding Study With Superior Felt & Filtration

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes released the first in a series of bonding studies that make it easier for converters to evaluate the performance of Avery Dennison Core Series™ Portfolio

H.B. Fuller Shares the Newest Adhesive Technology for High-Impact Sustainable Packaging Solutions

H.B. Fuller shared the newest and latest innovative adhesive solutions that can positively affect sustainability across the value chain and facilitate the circularity of the packaging industry.

New H.B. Fuller Flexible Packaging Adhesive Helps Converters Meet Paa Guidelines Faster and Enhance the Food Safety System

H.B. Fuller announced the latest in the series of Flextra® Fast flexible packaging adhesives by introducing a rapid food compliant, two-part universal performance solventless adhesive.

Vived Management Releases the New Hot Tack Tester

The J&B Hottack tester has reportedly helped people get better results in R&D and QC for more than 25 years.

PolyKote Announces New Semi-Stock Offering

PolyKote recently announce that it now has a 3.0 mil Dissolvable label stock on the shelf, ready to slit and ship this new semi-stock offering is produced with a dissolvable adhesive.

HERMA US Introduces Self-adjusting System for High-precision Top Labeling

HERMA US Inc., the subsidiary of HERMA GmbH – a Germany-based provider of labeling machinery and self-adhesive labels and materials to the global packaging marketplace

Spinnaker Coating Shows Growth with GripTight™ and SureLock™ Adhesives

Spinnaker Coating, LLC, is reportedly experiencing renewed growth with its GripTight and SureLock specialty adhesives.

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

The wash-off adhesive for labels 62Rpw  will allow recycling operators to produce high-purity PET pellets that do not contain any detrimental residues – no remains of paper or film labels, and no residual adhesive.

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes Launches Lamination Adhesives Portfolio

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes announced it has launched its Lamination Adhesives Portfolio.

LavishLinen™ Virgin OverLaminate : Nobelus

Nobelus is bringing a new linen film with extreme dimension to market for label and short run flexible packaging applications.

Mission Labels Chooses RotoRepel

Designed to improve die cutting efficiency on substrates that use difficult adhesives and hot melt.

Some Thoughts on the Pressure-Sensitive Industry

Adhesives expert Ingrid Brase offers her last article for Converting Solutions/PFFC with some thoughts on the industry.

Henkel Wins Eco Award from UPM Raflatac

The 2018 Label Life Award honors Henkel for two initiatives promoting sustainability

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