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Eight seconds. That’s what’s believed to be the average human attention span, and it’s down about 4 seconds from what the average attention span was in 2000. Yes, just 8 seconds — about the same as a goldfish (perhaps even less than a goldfish, depending on the source). 

Sustainability and recyclability: What was once a trend in the packaging industry is now a necessity. Consumers are demanding it, brands are establishing ambitious goals and it’s up to the suppliers, equipment manufacturers and everyone else to work together in achieving it all.

Germany-based B&B offers the SFB 8E–T and SFB 10E–T bag machines for the production of side-gusseted bags with a flat bottom and a bag length of up to 1 m in height. On the SFB 10E-T machine, flexible film bag production is carried out transversal to the machine running direction with a production performance of up to 70 cycles/minute.

Thirty years ago, Soltvadkert, Hungary-based Material Plastik opened its doors with nothing more than a plastic extruder and four employees. Today, more than 120 workers operate its converting equipment to provide packaging for CPGs such as Nestlé and Coca-Cola, among others.

FTA and Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica will hold a half-day seminar on the benefits and challenges of implementing e-beam curing or UV-LED into the flexo printing process. 

Amcor Flexibles Americas has released Genesis, an all-polyethylene (PE) laminate that looks and feels like traditional oriented polypropylene (oPP)/PE and oriented polyester (oPET)/PE laminates.

GAMA and Pamarco have teamed to donate a GAMA ink viscosity, pH and temperature control system at Clemson University’s Printcon facility, a donation valued at about $50,000. The two will also install and provide training services for it.

manroland Goss web systems Americas has appointed Dave Soden as managing director, overseeing operations of the equipment and services provider in North America.