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Flint Group has opened new, 3,800-square-meter facility in the Beylikduzu Dstrict of Istanbul, Turkey.

Packaging manufacturer and supplier Novolex, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, will acquire certain assets and business operations of Shields Bag and Printing Co., a Yakima, Washington-based manufacturer of custom-engineered flexible packaging products.

Aptar has launched EZ Pour, a one-piece dispensing spout designed to bring functionality and convenience to dry food products such as candy, granular and powder products, seasonings, pet food and snack foods in pouches.

The Chemicals Business of Uflex Limited has become India’s First NABL-accredited entity in the field of combined manufacturing of packaging inks and lamination adhesives. 

Elplast has launched its Innovation Center, offering clients the opportunity to produce prototype bags with various EL-ZIP press-to-close zippers while using a variety of customers’ films.

Karlville has entered into an agreement with ePac Holdings, LLC, to establish a digital flexible packaging facility at its Miami, Florida, headquarters. 

INX International Ink Co. has created a Certified Business Management System after successfully earning certification for three key safety standards.

Americans throw out about 40 percent of the food they produce annually, the equivalent of $165 billion. When one of every six Americans lacks food security, the amount of food discarded every year is even more startling.

Registration is now open for Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) Forum & InfoFlex 2018, which will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 6-9. 

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Dave Muchorski, director of marketing at Testing Machines Inc., for an update on what’s new in the field and how coefficient of friction can impact printing and converting operations.