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FiberMark Offers Portfolio for Upscale Health/Beauty Packaging

Folding carton, turned-edge, and bag stock substrates are said to offer rich and consistent colors to enhance brand identity

Pregis European Operations Acquired by Airpack

With the European protective packaging operations of Pregis in the fold, Airpack continues to increase its footprint in the area

PCI Issues Reports on Stand-Up Pouches

PCI estimates global demand for the pouches at about 80 billion units, with more than 50% in Europe and North America, the areas covered in the studies

Corrugated Study Shows Environmental Gains

The life cycle assessment report show reductions in GMG emissions as well as other environmental improvements in the corrugated industry

Labelexpo Americas Coming in September

The 25th anniversary edition of the show has several new features and will offer an enlarged focus on package printing and the brand owner

Bloomer Plastics Completes Expansion Program

Program includes a debottlenecking initiative, a plant expansion, and installation of a new cast film extrusion line

Premier Paper Converting Machinery Produces Its 100th Assembler

The 91CF assembler machine, which produces cardboard dividers to separate products inside a box, is the result of years of evolution

FlexPak To Show New PrimePeel Packaging

Peel and reseal technology on display at United Fresh June 10-13 in Chicago

Diamond Packaging Wins 3 FSEA Golf Leaf Awards

Folding carton decorating capabilities showcased

Portable Package Shakes Up Powdered Beverages Category

Perimeter Brand Packaging's BlenderPak is a portable mixing pouch

PPC Spring Meeting Offers Wide-Ranging Information

Topics included food safety, good manufacturing processes, M&As, social media, forestry, and more

DMS Die Load Monitor Loaded with Features

The TorKit KT-5000 is said to give accurate readings, easy set point setting, operator-friendly operation, and more

DuPont Adds New Cyrel Plate

The Cyrel FAST DFUV thermal process plate is designed for use with UV inks and is said to save time and money when running high-end substrates

SoOPAK Offers Short-Run Cartons Online

Provides quick turnaround, offset-printed cartons and packages

Polysack to Offer Demo at Heat-Shrink Sleeve Label Event

Company, a sponsor of the interactive AWA conference, will demonstrate materials for the evolving roll-fed shrink label market

Kodak to Add Plate Manufacturing Line

New SONORA plate capacity in Columbus, GA, is part of company’s strategy to increase regional manufacturing and sourcing

Chromasens Announces New CCD Camera

The allPIXA pro color line scan CCD camera is said to offer fastest speed for machine vision applications

Atlas to Install New Slitter/Rewinders at Film Company

OPP Film in Peru will be installing two new 4.8-m-wide CW5400 slitter/rewinders featuring new technology

Ceresana Issues Study on Bags & Sacks in Europe

The study focuses on a number of types of bags and looks at issues impacting their use, including environmental legislation

Flint Announces New Opaque White Ink

EkoCure UV LED Shrink Whites are said to offer many benefits and be suited for use with a wide range of films

Windmoeller & Hoelscher’s Hans Deamer Retires

VP Andrew Wheeler will take over as leader of the manufacturer of printing, extrusion, and converting equipment

HAECO System Removes Corrugated Trim

The TRS-2 removes leftover trim and is said to virtually eliminate bad boxes and line stoppages

Heights Group UK Partners with Vianord, Merges with Kelleigh

Both moves are expected to enhance company’s position as a supplier of litho and flexo/letterpress plate processing equipment

SUNY-ESF Expands Radiation Curing Program

New on-line short course covers, Principles of Energy Curing Technologies, is for current or potential employees in radiation-curing-related businesses

FSEA Hands Out Gold Leaf Awards

Entries from around the world are honored for design, execution, and level of difficulty by the Foil & Specialty Effects Association

EFI Acquires Group Rhapso

By adding Rhapso’s printing and packaging software solutions, EFI expects to strengthen its ERP position in Europe

AmeriLam Supply Group Material Feels Like Leather

LuxeFilms FineLeather tactile thermal finishing film adds cowhide-like finish suited for high-end folding cartons and more

Kendall Packaging Celebrates Grand Opening

Flex-pack supplier expands Wisconsin facility, adding new lamination and slitting capabilities, press sleeve storage system, and quality assurance lab

Ecologic Inks Deal with Winery for Paper Bottle

The eco-vintage wine bottle is 85% lighter than traditional glass bottles

MOCON Donations to Aid Packaging Education

Donations to Food Packaging Group, University College Cork, Ireland, are expected to support research needs of the Irish food and packaging industries

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