The market environment improved slightly during the third quarter of 2023, compared to the first half of the year. The significant destocking that impacted the previous two quarters faded during the third quarter. Overall, inflation...

Garlock Printing and Converting, a family company that has been operating in Gardner for over 36 years, is rebranding to Garlock Flexible. Executives at Garlock Flexible decided to rebrand to better fit with the company's...

Recent predictions state that fisheries global production will reach 194 million tonnes by 2026. Worldwide almost 20 million tonnes of raw material are mainly used for the production of fishmeal and fish oil. One of...

Jujie collaborated with ExxonMobil’s polyethylene business — which is acknowledged as driving packaging advances through value chain collaboration — to use performance materials, which can offer the sustainability benefit of enabling the use of less...

Pacificolor LLC, a leading player in the prepress and flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kent Forsgren as chief financial officer (CFO). With an extensive forty-year background in financial management and...

Amazon's fulfillment center in Northeast Ohio has become the first in the U.S. to replace plastic delivery packaging with paper packaging completely, according to WKYC.com. This change is part of Amazon's broader initiative to make...

Recent sessions at SPC Advance and WASTECON featured numerous signs of companies from the two sectors trying to better understand each other. There has long been a gap between the pace of new packaging innovations...

SEI Laser, a leading manufacturer of laser cutting systems, and its North American distributor, Matik, Inc., will showcase three of SEI Laser's most popular machines at the upcoming Printing United Expo. Visit booth C2811, building...

The Recycling Program Solutions Hub (Hub) is an interactive tool and resource designed for local recycling staff to connect, optimize, and propel their recycling programs forward. Helping local communities to enhance their recycling programs is...

The Board of Directors of Sonoco has declared a $0.51 per share quarterly common stock dividend. This dividend will be paid on December 8, 2023, to shareholders of record as of November 10, 2023. According...

Crawford Packaging is pleased to announce its new partnership and distribution agreement in Central Mexico with StePacPPC, a global leader in Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) solutions for shelf-life extension of fresh produce. StePacPPC’s products are...

Eaglewood Technologies has promoted Matthew Sweet to General Manager of the Minneapolis-based anilox and parts cleaning business. Sweet has been with Eaglewood for four years and navigated the service portion of the business through the...

At PPC Flex’s Payson, Utah location, the verdict is in on a year’s beta-testing of the new FLEXCEL NX Ultra 42 Solution from Miraclon, and it’s very positive. Simmy Coscia, PPC’s Director of Prepress &...

Two new enzymes have the potential to dissolve plastic bottles faster than current recycling methods and create the raw material to make new ones, according to a study from Brunel University London published in the journal, Biofilms...

Flexible packaging stands out as a versatile solution that offers a myriad of benefits to both manufacturers and consumers alike. The global flexible packaging market size will be valued at $112.4bn in 2023 and is...

Aquapak Polymers Ltd, which specializes in polymer-based material technologies that can deliver both performance and environmental responsibility at scale, has announced its Newcastle University Chemistry Undergraduate award-winning Stage 3 Industry Challenge, which sets students the...

FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Communication Division, proudly announces that it has achieved Digital Press System Certification (Electrophotographic Category) for three of its market-leading print solutions from Idealliance, a leading developer of specifications and certifications...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting comments on the above referenced proposed rule. Flexible packaging represents $43 billion in annual sales in the U.S. and is the second largest and one of the fastest...

Channeled Resources Group (CRG), a manufacturer of release liners, blank shipping labels and pressure sensitive roll label stock, as well as one of the world’s largest suppliers of reprocessed, coated, treated, and laminated papers and...

The National Foreign Trade Council (“NFTC”) is pleased to provide the comments below on behalf of the Tariff Reform Coalition in response to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) Federal Register notice Revisions of...

Juno DTS (Direct to Shape) announced the appointment of Jack Knott as Executive Advisor to the all-digital startup. Knott has held CEO positions in the flexible packaging industry for nearly 40 years and most recently...

Comexi, a global supplier of machinery solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, has taken a new step in its international strategy by announcing the opening of its new service and sales hub...

Domino Printing Sciences (Domino) announces the official opening of Domino Printing Indonesia, a new subsidiary dedicated to providing complete, closed-loop coding solutions for the archipelago of Indonesia. With the opening of Domino Printing Indonesia, headquartered...

Fujifilm North America Corporation, Graphic Communication Division, has announced that its Fujifilm J Press 750HS (High Speed) press (J PRESS 750HS) and its Fujifilm J Press FP790 press (J Press FP790) have earned PRINTING United...

Advancing historic reforms to cut plastic and packaging waste, California is seeking an organization to help overhaul the state’s recycling system for single-use packaging and plastic food ware. CalRecycle is accepting applications until Jan. 1,...

Both Mespack and watttron start an ongoing collaboration to develop smart digital sealing technology for both horizontal and vertical form fill and seal machines, as well as hydroforma soluble pods equipment. Mespack, a leading international...

Embracing the global transition towards a circular economy, CDF Corporation is thrilled to announce the launch of a new Form-Fit intermediate bulk container (IBC) liner manufacturing line, which will be strategically housed within J. Natzan...

Digital packaging has seen good growth in recent years, led by the label segment. Allied Market Research (AMR) predicts that the global digital printing packaging market size will reach $49.9 billion by 2031, growing at...