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When it comes to food packaging, there is growing demand for solutions that are not only flexible, but more importantly, bio-based, recyclable and biodegradable.

Sealed Air’s Food Care Division received Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards for two packaging innovations at the Flexible Packaging Association’s 59th annual Achievement Awards and Innovation Showcase.

Mica Corporation's water-based, high-performance primer, MICA M-2420, is designed to promote adhesion of extruded ethylene vinyl acetate or low-density polyethylene to various film substrates.

Often brand owners desire product visibility but don’t want to compromise the barrier properties and shelf-appeal that a metallized substrate brings to a package.

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics has introduced Opulux, a portfolio of matte finishes that deliver a distinctive and luxurious look to packages.

The Linear family of Combi coaters and laminators, manufactured by the Nordmeccanica Group is experiencing a significant success in North America.

The Flexible Packaging Association announced the election of the 2015 board of directors. The first meeting of the new board is scheduled March 3, 2015 in conjunction with the FPA Annual Meeting in Naples, FL.

Q: What is included in a typical tension control installation?
A: Assuming that management will choose a tension control technology that employs direct tension sensing to achieve the most consistent and accurate running tensions, the typical tension control application that we encounter is at the starting end of the press (or whatever machinery we’re retrofitting).

Q: What kinds of trends are you seeing among narrow web printers?
A: Technology innovations for the narrow web flexographic printing industry are more prevalent than ever.