According to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Printpack will close its Hazelwood, Missouri plant, a move that will result in the layoff of the facility’s 115 employees.
Bemis Company, Inc. has been recognized with two Global Leadership Awards from the Packaging Consortium (PAC), receiving a silver award for the Campbell's Ready Meals pouch and a silver award for the MiO Liquid Water Enhancer package in the “Packaging Innovation” category.
Sonoco has officially opened its new iPS (Innovative Packaging Solutions) Studio, a $12 million cutting-edge research, development and innovation center that connects consumer and market insights to the invention of new packaging solutions.
In October, Hood Packaging announced that four of its packaging facilities had reached Safe Quality Food (SQF) Level 3 certification, stating that other plants were in the process of moving their food safety certification to the SQF program. The company has now announced that its Goose Creek, South Carolina plant is joining the club.
Wellspring Capital Management’s portfolio company ProAmpac has entered into an agreement to acquire Coating Excellence International (CEI), a flexible packaging and technical products company based in Wrightstown, Wisconsin.
As a result of the departure of Sonoco’s senior vice president of global industrial products and protective solutions, the company has announced several senior management changes with the goal of streamlining its existing organizational structure.