Mactac’s Performance Adhesives Group has launched PUREapply, an innovative pressure-sensitive adhesive designed to deliver a unique combination of high initial adhesion with clean initial removability.
ePac Flexible Packaging is expanding once again, this time into the Atlanta market. Order taking is now open, with fulfillment currently being completed by one of ePac’s four other open locations until a Gwinnett County plant comes online in early 2019.
The biennial Labelexpo Americas show took place from September 25-27, 2018, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. As is the case with Labelexpo, many exhibitors planned special product launches to complement their participation at the event.
The Flexible Packaging Association recently held its 2018 Fall Executive Conference at the InterContinental in Chicago, Illinois. The conference was preceded by the association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings. This issue of the FPA Update highlights some of the presentations.
UPM Raflatac has joined the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, alongside 250 organizations including packaging producers, brands, retailers and recyclers, as well as governments and NGOs.
UPM Raflatac’s Vanish PCR line of ultra-thin clear film labels available with 90 percent recycled content face and liners is a global first for sustainable packaging. These "no-label" look labels will allow label makers to increase sustainability without sacrificing performance!
At ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the Geismar Olefins facility, NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced a $50,000 donation to establish an endowed scholarship at River Parishes Community College in Gonzales, Louisiana.
BRANDPackaging announced the winners of its 2018 Design Gallery People's Choice awards. The awards recognize the industry's best packaging designs based on how effectively the packaging uses graphics and structure to tell a brand's story.
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics has announced Tim Boven as the new recycling commercial director for Latin America and North America and Carsten Larsen as recycling commercial director for EMEA & APAC.
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