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Focusing on flexographic lamination inks, INX International Ink Co. will exhibit four of its products at the Flexographic Technical Association's InfoFlex 2016, which takes place March 7-8 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. 

Wisconsin-based HFM Packaging, an industry leader in recloseable flexible packaging, will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016.

ProAmpac has announced that Coating Excellence International (CEI) will merge into its Prolamina brand to create a unified extrusion division, a change that reflects the combined capabilities of ProAmpac’s extrusion division and better enables the company to leverage synergies with its other brand divisions.

Avery Dennison Corp. has appointed Hassan Rmaile as the global vice president of R&D for the company's Materials Group, effective immediately. He replaces Sjaak Elmendorp, who will be retiring from the company after 22 years. 

In an effort to expand worldwide distribution of its TruPoint doctor blades, Flexo Concepts has signed Davis Graphics S.A. as an exclusive supplier in Chile.  

Within an industrial park on the outskirts of downtown Columbus, Ohio sits a quarter-mile long, 100,000 square-foot facility that produces hundreds of millions of packages each year.

An alternative to transparent barrier film containing PVdC (polyvinylidene chloride) has been on the wish list of food manufacturers, CPGs and converters for years.

With innovations in the flexographic printing industry becoming more prevalent than ever, recent enhancements in press technology have driven the need for new plate and sleeve advancements to keep pace with the high-precision machinery and increasingly advanced artwork patterns.

Recent studies and trials aimed at optimizing Pantone simulation suggest that the fixed palette approach is ready to revolutionize the flexography and label industries.

Q: What are some important factors that must be considered when it comes to adhesive usage and flexible packaging?