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 MPS has announced that its entire team will move to new a headquarters facility in the city of Arnhem, The Netherlands. The move will become effective on April 2, 2015.  

2015 flexible packaging industry events include Converters Expo, TAPPI PLACE, and the FTA Annual Forum & InfoFlex.

Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about food safety. They’re also engaging more frequently with retailers and food companies about the safety of food packaging.

Q: What are some of your current offerings for printing onto flexible packaging films?

The flexible packaging industry long has employed conventional color reproduction using the restricted gamut of conventional CMYK inks.

Choosing the perfect label and adhesive for your packaging needs isn’t exactly easy. It requires a balance of durability and high-impact shelf appeal. When it comes to making informed choices about adhesives, there are always a lot of factors to consider about your application.

Essentra Specialty Tapes (formerly Duraco Inc. and Duraco Express) introduces its new versatile double-sided clear film tape, Duraco Red.

Safecure A320/B440 solvent-free aliphatic polyurethane laminating adhesive from Ashland provides excellent safety performance in flexible packaging, company officials say.

Cortec’s newest innovation is M-141, a corrosion-inhibiting additive that can be used in aqueous acrylic emulsions and polyurethane dispersions to improve corrosion resistance and durability.

The 2015 Flexible Packaging Association Annual Meeting was held March 3-5, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples FL.