Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Uli Jorgens, sales and technical director, slitter/rewinder division, Karlville, for an overview of all-things slitting/rewinding.
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.
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.
Digital printing. The continuation of rigid-to-flexible. Recyclability. The ongoing importance of product differentiation. Combating the negative stereotypes of plastic. These trends — and a whole lot more —are covered in our annual executive forecast.
How is an online retailer that ships billions of packages each year pushing to reduce packaging waste, minimize product damage and keep customers happy?
Service to launch in Paris and New York in spring 2019.
January 24, 2019
DAVOS, Switzerland, January 24 — A coalition including many of the world’s largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling leader TerraCycle, today unveiled a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop. The initiative is designed to change the world’s reliance on single-use packaging, offer a convenient and enhanced circular solution to consumers, while securing meaningful environmental benefits.
Kwik Lok Corporation and Idaho Package Company (IPAK) have signed a distribution agreement which authorizes IPAK to sell Kwik Lok closure products, closures and closure labels in Idaho and eastern Oregon.
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