Flexible Packaging

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It’s an odd-numbered year, which means it’s an ICE USA year. The biennial trade show returns to Orlando, Florida’s Orange County Convention Center from April 25-27. The following week, about 2,000 miles west, FTA InfoFlex will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center May 1-2.

Shurtape Technologies is expanding its ShurSealSecure line with the addition of the folded-edge hand dispenser, a manual case-sealing tool that features the company’s folded-edge technology.

A special Q&A on printing with Raúl El Fakdi, Felip Ferrer, Michael Reinhardt, Todd Blumsack, Brian Cook, and Roy Oomen.

The global economic impact of counterfeit goods has reached an estimate of $1.7 trillion, according to the International Chamber of Commerce, so if you have a brand or product on the market, you’re going to want to protect it.

The FDA has set July 2018 as the deadline for food manufacturers and brands to be in compliance with new nutrition labeling requirements. For companies with large product portfolios, the requirements can affect thousands of different labels.

Smart packaging and printed electronics aren’t strangers to the flexible packaging industry, but to say that they’ve become widely adopted technologies in the field is quite the overstatement.

“If there’s something that we see as a market opportunity or a customer need, we look to develop that capability in house, so we have the control of quality, delivery and cost,” says Joe Imburgia, general manager of operations at Packaging Personified.

Nick Vafiadis, Global Business Director, Polyolefins and Plastics, IHS Chemical provided an update on the polyolefin market at the recent FPA Annual Meeting.

The total global flexible packaging market is estimated to be $86 billion, an increase of 2.5% from 2015, according to Jan Homan, Chairman, Flexible Packaging Europe & Member, Supervisory Board, Constantia Flexibles.

At the recent FPA Annual Meeting, Captain Scott Kelly, History-Making U.S. Astronaut & Retired U.S. Navy Captain, captivated FPA members during his address.