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Uteco has completed installation on its first two mid-web Onyx XS machines in North America. 

Glenroy is launching the first premade VersaPouch solution at PACK EXPO International 2016, taking place from November 6-9 at McCormick Place in Chicago. 

Sonoco has acquired Plastic Packaging Inc. (PPI), a privately-held Hickory, N.C.-based flexible packaging company that specializes in short-run, customized flexible packaging for consumer brands in markets including food, pet products, confectionary goods, and health and personal care goods..

Sealed Air has introduced Opti Next Generation Shrink Films from Millennium Packaging, a new film that supplies up to 30 percent more footage in the same footprint and at the same price as competitive products, thereby yielding key cost, material use and production advantages. 

The U.S. pet food industry is expected to reach value of U.S. $28.19 billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of 3.4% during 2015-2020 period, triggered by increase in pet humanization and growing pet health concerns.

The Institute of Packaging Professionals has announced that beginning in 2017 its AmeriStar Awards program will include a new category: the Packaging that Saves Food Awards for North America.

KM Packaging Services will debut two new innovative product ranges to the North American market at PACK EXPO, which takes place Nov. 6-9 in Chicago.

The Manel Xifra Boada Technological Centre will expand its training offer for 2017.

In just under 25 years, Poly Print has morphed from a regional flexo printer into a national one. It’s branched out from food and beverage markets to serve everything from pharmaceuticals to consumer products.