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Roundtable: Special Advertising Section

April 2018 Roundtable on Extrusion Equipment

April 1, 2018

We sat down and discussed extrusion equipment with Dave Nunes- Hosokawa Alpine American, Anthony Michael Caprioli- Macchi SPA, Vijay Shankar- Mamata Extrusion Systems Pvt. Ltd., Scott Mellen- Pearl Technologies, and Sebastian Huennefeld- Windmoeller & Hoelscher.

Labeling: Sustainable Labeling

Standardizing Package Recycling with the How2Recycle Label

April 1, 2018

Launched in 2012 and now used by more than 80 brands, the How2Recycle label has graced millions of packages over the years. For an update on the How2Recycle label project, we caught up with Jessica Edington, project associate with How2Recycle.

Printing: Flexographic Printing

Taking Flexo to the Next Level

A look at how The Netherlands-based VIV has enabled short print runs with “smart digital flexo” printing.

Ed Bogaard

April 1, 2018

Going digital on a flexo press may sound like a contradiction to many people. Weinand van Kesteren, however, has been perfecting his “smart digital flexo” concept for over a year.

Technology: Intelligent Film Labeling

Labels That Talk

Eric Fish

April 1, 2018

What if you could scan a special 2D barcode on the label with your smartphone and have the wine actually talk to you? Talking labels could soon be coming to a store near you, thanks to a Seattle-based startup’s development of Soundpaper.

Converter's Corner

Flexible Packaging for the Greater Good

Unique pouch, filtration system helps bring clean water to Puerto Rico residents following Hurricane Maria.

Eric Fish

April 1, 2018

Hurricane Maria went down as the worst storm to hit Puerto Rico in 80 years, and considering the fact that another powerful storm – Hurricane Irma – made landfall just weeks earlier, Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million residents were in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.

FPA update

2018 FPA Annual Meeting: Vikram Mansharamani, Chef Jeff Henderson

Successful Meeting features Vikram Mansharamani and Chef Jeff Henderson

April 1, 2018

The Flexible Packaging Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting was recently held March 13-15, 2018, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida. Attendees included over 300 FPA members and guests.

Uflex Sachets Score FPA, AIMCAL Honors

March 29, 2018

Uflex’s Shudh Plus Ultra - Sparkling Tactile Sachet with 3D embossing has earned 2018 Gold and Silver Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards in technical innovation, and printing and shelf impact, respectively.

Overnight Labels Revamps Website

March 29, 2018

Overnight Labels has updated its website, giving it a more modern and fresh look with an enhanced design and more information to help visitors better understand the intricacies of custom labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging and prototypes.