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ePac Breaks Record for Flexible Packaging Production on HP Indigo Digital Presses
02.26.2020

ePac is excited to announce that in January 2020, over 20 million B1 impressions were produced on HP Indigo presses across 10 ePac sites across the globe, breaking previous records and more than tripling its...

Oliver Healthcare Packaging Strengthens Presence in Southeast Asia to Support Growing Customer Demand
02.26.2020

Oliver Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in medical packaging, is proud to announce an expanded presence in Southeast Asia. With a larger team and a brand-new office & technical development center in Singapore’s Cintech 1...

Accraply Announces a New Innovation and Manufacturing Center in the UK
02.26.2020

Séamus Lafferty, President of Accraply, is pleased to announce the creation of a new innovation and manufacturing center in Irlam, Greater Manchester, UK. Accraply is part of Barry-Wehmiller and is a leader in the design,...

Dow Announces Completion of Senior Notes Offering and Full Redemption of All Outstanding 3.000% Notes Due 2022
02.25.2020

The Dow Chemical Company (“TDCC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Inc., announced the completion of a public offering of €2,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its notes. TDCC issued €1,000,000,000 of its 0.500% notes due...

Tekni-Plex Medical Names New Global Head of Products and Technology
02.25.2020

Tekni-Plex Medical, a Tekni-Plex business, has named Ian Kenny as its new global head of products and technology. Tekni-Plex recently announced the formation of the Tekni-Plex Medical business unit to facilitate the supply of mission-critical,...

Plastics Market Outlook: Conflicting Calls to Action
02.25.2020

Despite a public and legislative outcry against plastics, the market outlook is strong for plastic film, flexible plastic and rigid plastic applications. Led by increasing use in construction, automotive and electronics, “the global plastics market...

Esko Appoints Stephen Bennett to VP & General Manager, North America
02.24.2020

Esko, a global supplier of integrated hardware and software for the packaging, labels and wide format sectors, has announced the appointment of Stephen Bennett to vice president and general manager, Esko North America. Bennett previously...

US DOJ and Liqui-Box Reach Agreement on Liqui-Box's Acquisition of DS Smith Plastics
02.19.2020

Liqui-Box, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have entered into an agreement to allow Liqui-Box to acquire DS Smith plc's Plastics Division (DS Smith Plastics). The transaction is...

PAC Worldwide Executive Steve Foster Named President
02.19.2020

PAC Worldwide, a global leader in flexible packaging, announces the promotion of Steve Foster to President, effective immediately. The announcement was made at the company's headquarters in Seattle by PAC Worldwide CEO Jim Boshaw....

Ship & Shore Environmental Pervades Asia Market With Latest Pollution Abatement Solutions and Assistance
02.18.2020

While today's media attention is rightfully focused on the Wuhan coronavirus, a larger crisis will remain long after this outbreak is brought under control: record-breaking levels of environmental pollution throughout many Asian regions that continue...

ProAmpac To Build Collaboration & Innovation Center to Accelerate Development and Packaging Innovation
02.18.2020

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging today announced that it will build a Collaboration & Innovation Center (CIC) at its manufacturing facility near Rochester N.Y. The CIC will play an important role in accelerating ProAmpac’s...

Accredo Packaging Completes $50M Expansion of Sugar Land Campus
02.18.2020

Accredo Packaging, a supplier of flexible packaging for the food and consumer products markets, has completed a 200,000-square-foot expansion of its Sugar Land campus. Houston-based Design/Build firm KDW completed the $50 million project, which...

DuPont Announces Leadership Changes
02.18.2020

DuPont announced that its Board of Directors has appointed current Executive Chairman Edward D. Breen to the additional role of Chief Executive Officer. Lori D. Koch, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Financial Planning...

Toyo Ink Group Appoints Satoru Takashima as New President
02.17.2020

Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent company of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed a new president (representative director) and executive management team as outlined...

BOBST Opens the Doors to its New Flexo Center of Excellence
02.17.2020

BOBST hosted an open house at its new Flexo Center of Excellence at Bobst Bielefeld on February 13, giving attendees the opportunity to experience the entire flexo process from start to finish. The Competence Center...

Eaglewood Tech Rebrands Anilox Cleaning Division
02.17.2020

Eaglewood Technologies, which has been providing anilox cleaning services for over 25 years under the Sani-Blast trademark, has rebranded its Anilox Cleaning Division. Continued product development has diversified Eaglewood's anilox cleaning product line, providing more...

PPC Flexible Packaging Announces HFM PPC, Receives SQF Certification
02.14.2020

PPC Flexible Packaging™​, LLC a leading provider of custom flexible packaging for specialty food, healthcare, and horticultural markets, announced that HFM PPC has been certified to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) code, a global food...

Huhtamäki Oyj’s Results January 1–December 31, 2019: Strong Net Sales Growth and Profitability Improvement in 2019
02.13.2020

We maintained our growth trend during the last quarter of the year in an economic environment challenged by the trade war between the USA and China, the announced Brexit and the amplified concerns around sustainability...

Ampacet Acquires Israeli Supplier of Equipment for Plastics Production
02.13.2020

Global masterbatch leader Ampacet today announced the acquisition of LIAD Weighing and Control Systems, based in Israel. LIAD pioneered the single component gravimetric feeder for injection molding machines and is today the leading developer of...

US Recycling Bill Seeks Moratorium on New Crackers, Plastic Plants
02.12.2020

A US recycling bill introduced to the nation's legislature includes a temporary moratorium on building new plants that would produce olefins and plastics. The bill, called "The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act" was proposed...

Baldwin Technology Appoints Joe Kline As New President And CEO
02.11.2020

The leadership team of Baldwin Technology Company Inc. has appointed Joe Kline as its new President and CEO, effective January 17, 2020. Baldwin is a leading global manufacturer of innovative process-automation technology for the printing,...

Verso Completes Sale of Maine Mill as Part of $400M Deal
02.11.2020

A paper company announced it has completed the sale of two mills, including one in Maine, as part of a $400 million deal. Miamisburg, Ohio-based Verso Corp. sold its Androscoggin Mill in Jay to Pixelle...

PolyExpert Promotes Pierre Sarazin to Vice President of Research & Development and Sustainability
02.11.2020

PolyExpert announces the promotion of Pierre Sarazin Ph.D., to Vice President of Research & Development and Sustainability, effective as of now. Pierre started working for PolyExpert in 2018 as Manager of Technical Services and Product...

Comar to Expand West Coast Footprint
02.10.2020

Comar, a specialty packaging, device, and component supplier serving the Medical, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Healthcare, Personal and Home Care, Food and Beverage, and other niche market segments is building a custom facility in Rancho Cucamonga, CA....

Huhtamaki Appoints Thomasine Kamerling as Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Communications
02.07.2020

​Thomasine Kamerling, (47), M.A., Modern History from Cambridge University (UK), has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Communications and a member of Global Executive Team at Huhtamaki as of March 1, 2020. She...

ProAmpac Awarded ISO Certifications in Cincinnati and Suffolk, Va. Facilities
02.06.2020

ProAmpac, the flexible packaging leader, has been awarded two of the most recognized global accreditations in business: certification of its Cincinnati facility to ISO 14001, the most widely used environmental management system (EMS) in the...

Pregis Invests in European Operations to Support Growing Protective Packaging Requirements
02.06.2020

Pregis has made several recent investments in its European operations to support the growing protective packaging needs of its broad global customer base. The company recently opened a new energy-efficient facility in Stevenage, UK which...

East Hills Business Park Manufacturer Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Eliminate Almost 100 Lawrence Jobs
02.05.2020

Just two years after an expansion project, a Lawrence manufacturing plant is set to close, costing nearly 100 people their jobs. API Americas announced in a federally required filing that it intends to close its...

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