Sonoco has announced that its Cascades Sonoco facility in Tacoma, Wash., was awarded Star Level certification in connection with OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.
Recent efforts in California, Chicago and New York to ban EPS products such as packing peanuts and food-service items are being challenged by environmentalists and industry experts who argue that the bans will do more harm than good.
Of the many new developments helping to heat up regional and global product packaging production, according to experts presenting at a current series of regional seminars on the subject, electron beam technology is a brightly glowing ember in this fire of innovation.
FilmTech Inc. announces Dennis Moxley as national account manager. This newly created position will support new metallizing and slitting assets slated to begin in December.
The course participants, from nine different countries, have chosen the center as a reference for broadening their technical know-how in the flexible packaging industry
October 15, 2014
The Manel Xifra Boada Technological Center, part of Comexi Group, has organized two new training sessions aimed at professionals in the flexible packaging conversion sector.
Dr. Gregory Pace, a manager of global regulatory affairs at Sun Chemical, will discuss the design of low-migration inks and coatings for safe and sustainable packaging during a seminar on Nov. 3 at 2:00 p.m. during Pack Expo 2014.
RODAWG premieres new line of child-resistant marijuana packaging, designed with discretion in mind
October 14, 2014
In the wake of new marijuana laws taking effect on Jan. 1 in Washington and Colorado, RODAWG looks to innovate and legitimize the cannabis marketplace with a line of storage solutions that are designed to exceed all safety regulations, while inserting refinement into the cannabis industry.
The standup pouch market in Central and South America has experienced rapid growth over the past five years, increasing by 50 percent in unit volume terms from almost 5 billion units in 2008 to just over 7 billion units in 2013.