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PPC Flexible Packaging has completed a 75,000-sq.-foot manufacturing plant in Bogota, Colombia, for Temkin PPC, a PPC division that produces flexible packaging for fresh-cut flowers and potted plants.

Amcor Limited and Bemis Company, Inc. have reached more key milestones toward completion of their all-stock transaction with the recent filing of shareholder documentation and finalization of Board of Director and senior leadership appointments. Completion of the transaction is expected by May.

TC Transcontinental Packaging won the Gold for Sustainability (for a second year in a row), Gold for Packaging Excellence and Silver for Technical Innovation at the recent Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards.

Sun Centre USA has moved to its new U.S. headquarters in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The new facility provides expanded space for corporate offices as well as 10,000 square feet for the company’s new Technology Center.

Fourteen packages were recognized with 26 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards within one or more categories, including Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging, Packaging Excellence, Printing and Shelf Impact, Technical Innovation and Sustainability Achievement. 

Hot on the heels of the second-annual Converters Expo South, which was held on February 5 in Charlotte, North Carolina, comes the flagship Converters Expo. Now entering its 12th year, the event returns to Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, from March 27-28.

KM Packaging has appointed Stephen Upton as its new business unit director in support of the company’s 2019 growth plans.

The second Converters Expo South took place at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on February 5. With more than 80 exhibitors and about 420 on-site attendees, the event marked 50 percent and 10 percent increases in both categories, respectively, from the inaugural show in 2018.

The printing and converting industry for packaging production across labels, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated boards is undergoing a massive transformation.