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A variety of market drivers are beginning to challenge and change which ink and coating technologies are used to meet the needs of the evolving flexographic printing market.

One of the biggest areas where Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) is seeing growth in single-serve packaging of liquids is in coffee.

Indiana-based Sun King Brewery's "Tip Off Ale" had the help of a decorative shrink sleeve label printed by Century Label to pay homage to the Indianapolis Pacers.

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Jerry Leonards, converting division manager (paper, film and foil), Erhardt-Leimer Inc., to talk inspection and detection.

Q: What’s new with your company? Did you release anything new or notable at Drupa?

For more than 35 years, Temkin International has been providing superior flexible packaging products to a wide variety of clients by focusing on the core principles of service, value and distinction.

Flexible Packaging has put together a "sneak peek" of what attendees at the 2016 Global Pouch Forum can see during the exhibit hall portion of the event.

Fort Dearborn Company has announced that it has acquired SleeveCo, Inc. Moving forward, SleeveCo will become "SleeveCo, a Fort Dearborn Company."

Kuraray Co., Ltd. has announced plans to increase the production capacity of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVAL) within its subsidiary, Kuraray America, Inc. The Kuraray EVAL plant located in Pasadena, Texas, will increase its capacity by 11,000 tons per year with planned operations to commence in the summer of 2018.

From soups to skillets, many of the 15 sessions over the 1 1/2-day conference feature food manufacturers.