Berry Global Group, Inc. announced an investment towards the expansion of its spunmelt nonwoven capacity in Statesville, North Carolina. The Statesville facility will install $8 million of new equipment and enhance existing production lines, allowing...

AWT Labels & Packaging is pleased to announce Michelle Zeller has been promoted to President of AWT. She will also retain her CFO role. Zeller has been instrumental in the significant growth and success of...

Scholle IPN, a leading global supplier of flexible packaging solutions, announced that they have entered into an agreement with packaging machinery providers, ALLIEDFLEX, to market and sell Scholle IPN filling equipment for bag-in-box and aseptic...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), which is the voice of U.S. manufacturers of flexible packaging and their suppliers, is troubled by the recent additional Department of Commerce activities concerning the Section 232 aluminum tariffs, particularly...

Aluminum industry executive Lee McCarter predicts that U.S. companies will onshore and further diversify their supply chains as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He adds that the process will take time. “It didn’t go...

Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced that William F. Austen, retired president, chief executive officer, and director of Bemis Company, Inc., has been elected to the company's board of directors. The election of Mr. Austen leaves the...

Mepco Label Systems, a leading label printer in the United States, is expanding its digital labels and packaging production capacity with the installation of an HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press. The new HP Indigo was...

Flexipol, the specialist manufacturer of sacks, bags, liners and pouches is integrating with Synpac and Palagan to provide one commercial offering. The company believes the integration will increase the diversity of innovative products offered to...

Tekni-Plex, Inc. has announced that Michael Reed has joined the company as vice president of market development. In this newly created position, Reed will develop strategies and business plans to deliver solutions to customers in...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC announced that Mitch Eichelberger will become senior vice president, polymers and specialties, effective May 16, 2020. Eichelberger replaces Dave Morgan, who will retire after more than 40 years with Chevron...

Tredegar Corporation reported first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2020. First quarter 2020 net loss was $22.3 million ($0.67 per share) compared with net income of $19.8 million ($0.60 per share)...

Anderson & Vreeland has appointed Andy Gillis as the new vice president of sales and general manager. Gillis is joining the Anderson & Vreeland after being a part of the team at Provident as the...

Green Bay, WI-based Rol-Tec purchased Axis Machine Co., and the Axis operation will remain in Green Bay. Axis Machine is a high-precision grinding company for metal rollers and machine parts used in flexographic printing, papermaking,...

DIC Corporation announced that on May 1, 2020, it acquired a business from Liaoning Tianqi Technology Co., Ltd., a company engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquid inks for packaging used for food products...

Whereas Koenig & Bauer was able to achieve a sound group order intake of €271.5m in the first quarter of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic, which has been spreading rapidly since January, has already had a...

Brook and Whittle Holdings, Corp., a leading provider of pressure sensitive and shrink sleeve prime labels, has expanded its shrink sleeve capabilities with the acquisition of a label converting facility in Croydon, Pennsylvania. Croydon manufactures...

More than 100 billion tonnes of materials entered the global economy in 2017 to generate power, build infrastructure and homes, produce food, and provide consumer goods such as clothes and phones. There are now more...

Colordyne celebrated its 10th anniversary by launching a new division and website focused on print engine development and innovation. The business unit within Colordyne targets strategic integration partners (SIPs) interested in adding inkjet technology to...

Euromonitor International's research analysts and analytics teams are monitoring the impact of COVID-19 to better assess the short and long term effects on economic scenarios, product categories, pricing, stock availability and consumer behavior. They developed...

Is leading with safety the new norm for the food packaging supply chain? That’s probably a pretty provocative question to anyone working in the packaging space. And yes, I admit, I am trying to get...

Nosco recently announced that it will purchase a Karlville KS-DSUP-400 Pouching Machine for its flexible packaging operation in Carrollton, Texas. Through this investment, the company will gain the ability to control the entire manufacturing process...

Winpak Ltd. reports consolidated results in US dollars for the first quarter of 2020, which ended on March 29, 2020. Winpak Ltd. manufactures and distributes high-quality packaging materials and related packaging machines. The Company's products...

Sealed Air Corporation announced financial results for the first quarter 2020. “Our purpose ‘to protect, to solve critical packaging challenges, and to leave our world better than we found it’ is more powerful now than...

As the nation’s hospitals, medical providers, and first responders continue treating patients for COVID-19, the sterile flexible packaging industry is providing a critical component in the production of primary packaging in a sterile barrier system...

It was supposed to be a blockbuster moment for the U.S. plastic industry. With an abundance of cheap natural gas at hand, thanks to the country’s fracking boom, U.S. energy giants were pouring billions of...

Berry Global Group, Inc. reported its second quarter 2020 results, referred to in the following as the March 2020 quarter. Berry’s Chairman and CEO, Tom Salmon said, "While there are unprecedented uncertainties impacting the global...

Liquibox, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, has completed the sale of select bag-in-box (BIB) assets to TriMas Corporation. This sale fulfills the obligations imposed by the Department of Justice in relation to Liquibox’s acquisition...

BW Flexible Systems, a global packaging systems manufacturer, is proud to announce the formation of a new South African sales and support team to serve customers in the region. BW Flexible Systems creates flexible packaging...