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Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Scott Fuller, CMD’s intermittent-motion product line manager, for an update on converter points of pain, optimizing pouch production and what the company has in store for 2018.

Walle Corp. received its SGP certification in 2014, but Combs says the process relied on a complete mindset change from the management team and its floor employees.

ePac plans to open a new plant in the Los Angeles area early next year. This will mark ePac’s third location since opening its first plant in Middleton, Wisconsin, in May 2016. The second plant, located in Boulder, Colorado, is scheduled to open this November.

People Against Dirty, the makers of Method cleaning products, is the latest brand to join the growing How2Recycle® program. Method customers will soon see the recycling label on a new stand-up pouch that is recyclable at store drop-off.

In response to a recent increase of regulatory agency visits to manufacturing facilities, Ship & Shore Environmental Inc., has announced a new campaign for U.S. packaging industry clients. 

Merrick Pet Care's new Fresh KissesTM dental treats for dogs gets packaged in a resealable high barrier PET pouch.

In collaboration with HP Inc., Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. has leveraged its transparent barrier film GL BARRIER*1 to develop a new product for retort packaging, GL FILM Digital Printing Grade, which is compatible with HP’s cutting-edge HP Indigo digital presses for flexible packaging. 

Sun Chemical has become a silver patron of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization that certifies printing facilities' sustainability best practices.

According to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, 48% of customers avoid foods with artificial preservatives and 35% avoid foods with artificial flavors. This means brands are challenged to leverage packaging technologies that can help food last longer without additional chemicals.