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Ghirardelli recently launched a new product – Milk Chocolate Vanilla Caramel Squares. 

Plastic Suppliers, Inc. (PSI) has announced the introduction of EarthFirst UL, an ultra-thin, bio-based sealant web designed to lower the cost of sealant films used in flexible packaging, while offering all the environmental advantages of PSI’s EarthFirst family of bio-based plastics. 

Saica Flex has designed a 100 percent recyclable cover that adapts to APET trays.

In an effort to exceed customer quality needs and to meet global industry standards, The InterFlex Group announced the British Retail Consortium (BRC) certification of its Merrill, Wisconsin, facility.

KM Packaging Services has launched a new lidding film created especially for demanding applications, offering enhanced seal integrity and puncture resistance.

What types of bags and pouches are brand owners, converters and suppliers going to purchase in the next year? Are they likely to purchase or lease new bag- and pouch-related equipment? What are the effects of industry automation in packaging?

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Randy Wolf, director of business development for Kampf Machinery Corp. USA, for a discussion on all things slitting/rewinding.

For about the past decade, Providence, Rhode Island-based Admiral Packaging – a fourth-generation family-owned printer/converter – has made it a point to focus on lean manufacturing as a means of streamlining efficiency and removing waste from its operations.

While flexible lidding materials include film, paper and foil, in this primer we’ll take a look at flexible lidding film for food applications, an area we think will continue to grow in the near and long term.

It’s nearly time once again for PACK EXPO Las Vegas, which returns September 25-27 to the Las Vegas Convention Center for its biennial stint in Sin City.