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Ashland Inc. and Mark Andy Inc. have launched a film lamination technology that uses equipment advancements and new solvent-free adhesive technology to enable narrow- and mid-web converters to perform near-line slitting within hours of lamination.

Avery Dennison has appointed Nick Tucci as vice president of sales for Materials Group North America and Patricia Hubbard as vice president of R&D for Materials Group North America.

Zanders has developed the flexible food contact paper Zanbarrier OGR specially for products containing fat, primarily in the food industry.

MonoSol Rx LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company, and MonoSol LLC, the Kuraray Company’s water-soluble film division, announce an agreement through which MonoSol LLC will receive a perpetual license to MonoSol Rx’s intellectual property. 

When it came time to expand its contract packaging services by adding a second tray line, Alpine Slicing & Cheese Conversion was looking for new ideas to improve upon this process, and it found the solution through an adjustable sanitary conveyor system from Dorner Mfg.

Robotics and automation have long proved their value on packaging lines for all markets.

The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment has added two new members: Novolex and Liqui-Box.

Pamarco has named Ron Gowan as technical manager for the offset division, reporting directly to vice president of manufacturing, Carmon Madison.

Berry Plastics announces the addition of two new products to its family of barrier films for bag-in-box – HiBloc XTough and HiBloc MCLR. 

Sun Print Solutions has agreed to be a beta site for Komori America Corp.’s Impremia NS40, a sheet-fed inkjet press equipped with Landa Nanography.