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FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division Welcomes Matt Bennett as Vice President, Global Strategy and Business Development for Packaging
10.21.2020

FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division announced the appointment of Matt Bennett as vice president, global strategy and business development for Packaging effective September 28th. Bennett will be responsible for developing the product roadmap...

Spartech Promotes Matt Gisoni, Dave Gorenc to Vice President Positions
10.21.2020

Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions, announced today the promotions of Matt Gisoni to Vice President of Supply Chain and Sourcing, and Dave Gorenc to Vice President of Manufacturing. In...

Brook & Whittle Continues West Coast Expansion with Tri Print Partnership
10.20.2020

Brook and Whittle Holding Corp., a leading provider of sustainable pressure sensitive and shrink sleeve prime labels, announced a partnership with Tri Print, LLC. Based in Huntington Beach, California, Tri Print is a provider of...

AIMPLAS Closes 2019 with Over €13 Million in Revenue and a Strong Commitment to Social and Environmental Sustainability
10.15.2020

AIMPLAS, Plastics Technology Centre, closed the 2019 financial year with revenue of €13.3 million, which represents a 14% increase compared to the previous year. In 2019, the technology centre also made progress in terms of...

PPC Flexible Packaging is Proud to Announce the Commissioning of Their Newest Cleanroom
10.15.2020

PPC Flexible Packaging is proud to announce the commissioning of their newest cleanroom packaging production facility located within their Payson, Utah manufacturing plant. This investment marks PPC’s third major capital project to support its growing...

Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Names Daniel Vilchez as Its Area Sales Director for North America and Latin America
10.14.2020

Koenig & Bauer has named Daniel Vilchez as its area sales director for both North America and Latin America. In this new role, Vilchez will be responsible for sales and business development to ensure the...

Spartech Promotes John Inks to CEO
10.14.2020

Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions, announced that John Inks has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Spartech. “As Chief Operating...

Maxcess Expands Its Global Focus
10.13.2020

Maxcess, the global leader in innovative products and services for integrated web handling applications, announced the opening of a new global headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, as well as the appointment of Alexander Haid to...

FPA Publishes 2020 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report
10.12.2020

The Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) 2020 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insight into the performance (i.e. growth, revenue/volume expectations, profitability, and capital spending) of the...

Rabo Equity Sells Entire 21.7% Stake in Vacmet for Around Rs 140 Crore
10.10.2020

Rabo Equity has sold its entire stake in Vacmet Ltd for around Rs 140 crore back to promoters, thus making an exit from the investment made in 2010. Rabo Equity had invested Rs 50 crore...

Ashland Solves Complex Challenges and is Recognized as Supplier of the Year by Molded Fiber Glass
10.08.2020

Molded Fiber Glass Companies recognized Ashland’s performance adhesives team as the Supplier of the Year for delivering high-quality products, exceptional performance, and consistency within all aspects of support. “This recognition is special because it validates...

Brook & Whittle Continues Expansion with Agreements to Acquire Innovative Labeling Solutions and Wizard Labels
10.08.2020

Brook and Whittle Holding Corp., a leading provider of sustainable pressure sensitive and shrink sleeve prime labels, announced the signing of definitive agreements to acquire Innovative Labeling Solutions, Inc. and Wizard Labels LLC ...

Brenda Chamulak Named as President, Tekni-Plex Packaging Products
10.08.2020

Brenda Chamulak has joined Tekni-Plex as president of its newly created Packaging Products division. The Packaging Products division comprises the Action Technology, Tekni-Films, Tri-Seal, Flexible Healthcare Packaging and Dolco Packaging businesses within Tekni-Plex. Chamulak will...

Sole Source Capital Acquires Dallas Plastics
10.07.2020

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm providing capital to North American lower-middle market companies, announced the acquisition of Dallas Plastics, a leading manufacturer of blown polyethylene film with printing, embossing, and other...

M. Holland Company Partners with JL Goor Expanding Into Ireland and U.K. Polymer Markets
10.06.2020

M. Holland Company, a leading distributor of thermoplastic resins, announced a new partnership agreement with JL Goor Materials, a polymer distribution company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The agreement provides access to M. Holland’s Mtegrity™ products...

Danimer Scientific, a Next Generation Bioplastics Company, to Become a Public Company
10.05.2020

Danimer Scientific, a next generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, and Live Oak Acquisition Corp., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced a definitive agreement for a business combination...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Names Christopher Voght General Manager of the Torayfan® Division
10.05.2020

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announces three promotions within its Torayfan® Division. Christopher Voght has been promoted to the position of General Manager, Franco Chicarella is now the Director of Sales, and Amanda Whaley has been...

Pennridge Airport Business Park Lands Telford-based Packaging Company Lease
10.04.2020

The Pennridge Airport Business Park in Perkasie has landed its first tenant, Telford-based Fres-Co Systems USA Inc. The flexible packaging manufacturer in business for over 40 years signed a long-term lease to fill a 101,920-square-foot...

LyondellBasell and Sasol Form Integrated Polyethylene Joint Venture
10.02.2020

LyondellBasell and Sasol announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture (JV) through which LyondellBasell will acquire 50 percent of Sasol’s 1.5 MM ton ethane cracker, 0.9 MM ton...

Bobst Italia Opens Renovated Facility and Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary with Renewed Commitment to the Flexible Packaging Industry
10.02.2020

Bobst Italia SpA in San Giorgio Monferrato, Italy, hosted a grand event on 2 October 2020 to mark the completion of an ambitious renovation project that was first started in 2016. Carried out in three...

Durst Acquires Majority Stake in Vanguard Digital Printing
10.01.2020

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, is strengthening its position in the US Graphics Industry with the acquisition of a majority stake in Vanguard Digital Printing Systems, headquartered in Lawrenceville, Ga. Vanguard...

Wipak UK Upgrades Conversion Equipment to Aid Innovation
10.01.2020

Flexible packaging converter Wipak UK has unveiled plans for a £5 million-plus ($6.4m) investment to significantly enhance its capabilities and sustainable product offering. The investment will include state-of-the-art conversion equipment, which will produce flexible packaging...

Former Republic Site Sells for $750K
10.01.2020

The lone remaining trace of steelmaking on Pine Avenue SE was purchased for $750,000 by a northern California-based company that manufactures equipment and material for the flexible packaging industry. The office building for the former...

Flint Group Announces the Acquisition of Poteet Printing Systems in North America
10.01.2020

Flint Group Packaging Inks announced the acquisition of Poteet Printing Systems LLC located in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. This acquisition aligns with a key element of Flint Group Packaging’s strategy to grow not only...

Richard Kelsey, SVP Finance Consumer Appointed Interim CFO of Constantia Flexibles
10.01.2020

Tanja Dreilich, Managing Director and CFO, will leave the Constantia Flexibles Group by the end of 2020 in order to take on new professional challenges. The CFO tasks will be taken over by Richard Kelsey,...

Ship & Shore Environmental Celebrates 20 Years of Fighting Pollution—and Now Pathogens
10.01.2020

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. (SSE) celebrates twenty years of providing pollution abatement technologies and services to a world in ever greater need of clean air, essential businesses, and safe workspaces. The company, co-founded by...

Polyplex Announces $100+ Million Expansion to its Decatur, AL Facility
09.30.2020

Polyplex USA announced plans to expand its existing operations in the USA by adding a second Thin BOPET film line with necessary investment to create matching capacity for captive resin. This investment in a second...

H.B. Fuller Joins Amazon Packaging Support and Supplier (APASS) Network
09.29.2020

H.B. Fuller, the largest pure play global adhesive company, announced it is now a certified member of the Amazon Packaging Support and Supplier (APASS) network. “As a member of the APASS network, we will be...

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