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MPS Systems North America has named Tim Fox as president of its North American division, effective February 19. He succeeds Kees Nijenhuis.

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics has announced the availability of its ADCOTE HP Solvent-Borne Adhesives, the latest addition to Dow’s existing line of ADCOTE Adhesives and Coatings. 

Kampf has announced that it has delivered its 1,000 Conslit slitter/rewinder. 

Flexographic Technical Association is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. 

Schur Flexibles Group has acquired Cats-Hansel from the Clondalkin Group, a move that increases Schur’s status as a maker of premium packaging in the confectionary and tea markets. 

Sun Chemical has launched its SunLam De-seaming Adhesive for shrink-labeled containers. This new de-seamable adhesive helps recyclers improve recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) yield without process changes. 

Maxcess’ Menges Roller Company division has completed a multi-million dollar expansion that doubles its manufacturing footprint while installing state-of-the-art new equipment.  

Pregis is introducing innovative virtual reality training for protective packaging equipment and material selection.

ePac Flexible Packaging has purchased 10 additional HP Indigo 20000 digital printing presses to supporting its expanding converting operations throughout the United States. The new order quadruples production capacity for ePac and is the largest packaging deal for HP to date.

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is currently accepting entries for its 2018 Awards for Packaging Innovation, an independently judged competition. Entries will be accepted until April 12.