Energy-efficient polyethyelene made of sugarcane as a sustainable alternative to crude oil-based plastics / Dutch potato supplier Schaap Holland adopts packaging made of Green PE
May 2, 2014
The carbon footprint is said to be one of the most important topics for the future of the packaging industry.
Flint Group Narrow Web will host an Alexander Watson Associates-sponsored seminar at their Center for Technical Excellence in Plymouth, Minnesota in late June.
Label Technology, Inc., a leader in flexographic printing of pressure sensitive labels and flexible packaging, has announced a major expansion with the acquisition of a 90,000-square-foot building in close proximity to their current location in Merced, Calif.
Private equity firm Olympus Partners, Stamford, Conn., has agreed to acquire Pregis Corp. North America, a protective packaging materials and systems manufacturer, for an undisclosed amount.
In support of Earth Day and as part of its ongoing initiatives to increase the recycling of polypropylene (No. 5) products, Berry Plastics Group, Inc., along with Moore Recycling Associates Inc., have launched an interactive No. 5 recycle program locator map at RecycleMorePlastic.org.
Board of directors begins formal search process as part of orderly succession planning
May 1, 2014
As part of an ongoing integrated succession and strategic plan, Ashland Inc. announces that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James J. O'Brien has decided to retire effective December 31, 2014.