Tucked away in a business park cul-de-sac, just around the corner from Kingsmill, Va., is a 135,000-square-foot factory that employs 200 people and manufactures plastic packaging for popular foods like apple sauce, yogurt, peanut butter and more.
The Comexi Group, a specialist in machinery solutions for the flexible packaging conversion industry, has reached an agreement with CCL Label to install the Comexi Offset CI8 in its plant in Völkermarkt (Austria).
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. has announced the appointment of Robert A. Steele to its board of directors. Steele replaces Joshua (Josh) Harris who is stepping down from the company’s board.
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.