Karlville, a global leader in in converting machinery and shrink sleeve applicators, will host a facility tour at its Miami Technology Center on June 13 as a prelude to the annual Packaging Strategies Global Pouch Forum.
Innovia Films is refocusing its research and development efforts on high-barrier materials after a substantial investment in new assets, which will allow the company to produce a range of new BOPP products with optimum barrier performance.
The Sigma Plastics Group is dramatically increasing its recycling capacity with the addition of four new NGR high output recycling lines. Scheduled to deliver in May 2018, the four S:GRAN 125 machines will reprocess over 4 million pounds per month of film scrap from its in-house film production.
Under Kodak’s Print for Good program, a volunteer printer network will produce thousands of children’s books and school supplies this year to benefit some of the world’s most disadvantaged populations.
Chromatic Technologies Inc. and American Thermal Instruments introduce BlindSpotz freeze-warning technology. It can be printed economically on individual packages to help protect medical supplies and foods, while also lowering product waste.
MacDermid Graphics Solutions has continued the innovative evolution of flat-top-dots (FDT) with the commercial introduction of LUX In-the-Plate (ITP) EPIC, which provides all the benefits of LUX lamination, but with the convenience of flat-top dots right out of the box.
The National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) honored four INX International Ink Co. employees on April 22 at the 103rd NAPIM Convention Awards Banquet in Sonoma, California.
Event organizers say that NPE 2018 was the largest in show history, boasting more than 2,180 exhibitors across 1.2 million square feet of exhibition space.