For the fifth consecutive year, South Atlantic Packaging has been selected as one of the 50 top-performing, privately held companies in Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina by the Triad Business Journal’s annual “Fast 50” awards program.
The beauty of packaging is that it is always evolving to meet the needs of brand owners and consumers. While countless innovations are introduced each year, many of these advances are subtle in materials or processes that are not obvious to the observer’s eye.
A dominant theme in packaging today is sustainability. It seems to be at the core of every packaging conversation, and plastics, in particular, are the villain du jour.
Macaran Printed Products a division of Van Alstine and Sons, Inc. announced that the company has become a 100 percent employee-owned entity. Macaran, one of North America’s highest definition pressure-sensitive label converters, was founded more than 44 years ago.
PPC Flexible Packaging announces the acquisition of McKinney, Texas-based Popular Ink. Popular Ink is the fifth acquisition of specialty and differentiated flexible packaging firms by PPC. Previous acquisitions include Fisher Container and Packaging Products Corporation in 2017, Temkin International in 2018 and HFM Packaging in 2019.
ProMach, a worldwide leader in packaging machinery solutions, announces that it has acquired Jet Label & Packaging, Western Canada’s largest producer of labels for a variety of industries.
AstroNova, Inc. announced the global launch of the TrojanLabel T5, a digital label press and finishing system with the addition of UV flexo varnish capabilities.
Maquire Products introduces an innovative extrusion control system for blown film providing single-point supervision of all line components, or it can be used in an existing line to increase productivity and reduce material cost.