The beauty of packaging is that it is always evolving to meet the needs of brand owners and consumers. While countless innovations are introduced each year, many of these advances are subtle in materials or processes that are not obvious to the observer’s eye.
A dominant theme in packaging today is sustainability. It seems to be at the core of every packaging conversation, and plastics, in particular, are the villain du jour.
Macaran Printed Products a division of Van Alstine and Sons, Inc. announced that the company has become a 100 percent employee-owned entity. Macaran, one of North America’s highest definition pressure-sensitive label converters, was founded more than 44 years ago.
The Flexible Packaging Association recently held its 2019 Fall Executive Conference at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings preceded the conference. This issue of the FPA Update highlights some of the presentations.
AJG Packaging, a New Jersey-based provider for sourcing, filling and secondary packaging needs, announces the availability of the Exothermix heating system, a self-contained heating solution, which features the flexibility to fit many different applications and simplifies the use of any product requiring heat.
PPC Flexible Packaging announces the acquisition of McKinney, Texas-based Popular Ink. Popular Ink is the fifth acquisition of specialty and differentiated flexible packaging firms by PPC. Previous acquisitions include Fisher Container and Packaging Products Corporation in 2017, Temkin International in 2018 and HFM Packaging in 2019.
Gerber, the early childhood nutrition leader, has partnered with international recycling company TerraCycle® to help give hard-to-recycle baby food packaging a new life. The two companies share values around eliminating waste and support the recovery of hard-to-recycle baby food packaging on a national scale.
The inaugural PRINTING United trade show brought approximately 30,000 individuals representing all facets of the printing industry to Dallas in October.
ProMach, a worldwide leader in packaging machinery solutions, announces that it has acquired Jet Label & Packaging, Western Canada’s largest producer of labels for a variety of industries.
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