Advanced Web Technologies, LLC (AWT), a leading provider of pressure-sensitive labels and flexible packaging, has been acquired by Milwaukee private equity firm Mason. The acquisition occurred on June 5.
With close to 600 attendees, the 2015 Global Pouch Forum – held from June 10-12 at the InterContinental Miami – was the largest to date in 18 years of the event. It kicked off June 10 with the TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging Symposium and pre-conference tour of Karlville’s Miami headquarters and technology center, and continued with education session and networking. Here’s a look at some of the conversation on Twitter from #GPF:
Mactac has selected two new vice presidents to join the company's leadership team at its headquarters in Stow, Ohio. Chad Oney assumed the role of vice president of operations effective as of January 2015, and Ken Pratt began his assignment as vice president of global procurement effective as of December 2014.
Maxcess, a global leader in innovative products and services for the web handling industry, has appointed Tony Jungels as vice president of sales for the Americas.
DG press and PITSID have announced a strategic partnership for the sale and further development of an automatic plate bender as a means of helping printers optimize the printing process.
According to PCI Films Consulting’s latest review of the European marketplace, flexible packaging demand in Poland achieved solid growth of 5 percent during 2014, compared with 1.4 percent for Europe as a whole.
As the grocery retail channel becomes more specialized, food processors increasingly are responding to consumer demand for more fresh and convenient fare, a trend impacting the deli segment and spurring dramatic growth in prepared foods and snacks.
Battelle and Mondelez International have co-developed a new technology for reclosable packaging called low-tack adhesive that will offer better usability for consumers and provide a cost-competitive innovation for packaging manufacturers.