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WM and Dow have introduced a rollout of a major residential plastic film recycling program in the U.S.

Sidel is supporting the growth of Mont Roucous France with a new, turn-key bottling line for water in 1-L PET bottles.

Crown Packaging Corp. expands services to meet growing demand for packaging solutions.

Conagra Brands recognizes 17 facilities achieving 90 percent waste diversion as zero waste champions.

Krones, a leading manufacturer of filling and packaging solutions, has acquired a majority stake of R+D Custom Automation LLC (R+D). Based in Trevor, Wisconsin, R+D supplies machinery and equipment for the production and filling of containers for the pharmaceutical industry. 

Bruce Lipscomb has been named Chief Operating Officer for Mill Rock Packaging, a portfolio company of New York-based Mill Rock Capital, a growth and operations-oriented private investment firm.

Sappi North America, a leading global producer and supplier of diversified woodfibre products, has announced the approval of a $418 million capital project to convert Paper Machine No. 2 at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine to increase its capacity and produce solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) products.

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, has partnered with JBT Proseal, a leading tray sealing machine manufacturer, to offer North America’s first in-line sandwich packaging testing lab at ProAmpac’s Collaboration & Innovation Center (CIC).

Shake ‘N Bake will save 900,000 pounds of plastic waste annually with brand’s first-ever packaging update.

SOMA increases the performance parameters of its slitters, offering greater speed and larger rewind roll diameter.