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Iso Poly Films, Inc.– a member of the Sigma Plastics Group and manufacturer of multi-layer plastic films – celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.

Packaging and processing industry leaders made their support for Pack Expo clear when they sent buying teams to participate in the Innovation Discovery initiative at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2013.

In addition to expanding the variety of pouches that Admiral Packaging now offers, the new machine has also increased its processing capabilities, bringing the company further down its “Lean Journey” to provide customers exactly what they need, when they need it.

The US stand-up pouch market has seen dramatic growth over the past five years, increasing by 50% in unit volume terms to approaching 17 billion units in 2013. Beverages and pet food are the largest end use categories, each accounting for one-third of demand, closely followed by human food applications with around 30% share.

Futek Forms, Tags & Labels, Inc. has installed a Colordyne Technologies (CDT) 1600-PC Laser Pro digital label and tag printing press.

(Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co., which is looking to exit businesses that are exposed to commodity price swings, said it planned to raise at least $3 billion (1 billion pounds) to $4 billion from asset sales.