One key to improving recyclability in flexible packaging will be advancements in adhesive solutions for mono-material structures, an executive with an adhesive and coating company said during a presentation at PACK EXPO Las Vegas earlier this month. Michael Reed, president of Morchem in the U.S., said his company has developed products that reduce material and […]
Read MoreNearly 32,000 people attended PACK EXPO Las Vegas last week, the most in the show’s history, according to show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The show, which ran from Monday through Wednesday, had 2,300 exhibitors that had set up in the Las Vegas Convention Center. “This is proof that the industry […]
Read MoreTredegar Corporation has agreed to sell Terphane, its flexible packaging films business, to affiliates of Oben Group. Terphane has about 500 employees with manufacturing sites in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil, and Bloomfield, New York. It is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, and exports to 29 countries. Tredegar trades as TG on the New York […]
Read MorePrivately held packaging distribution company 360Pack has bought Team Packaging Inc., a Colorado-based privately held custom packaging solutions provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded by Mike Anderson and Becki Charchenko in 2003, Team Packaging is a full-service custom packaging distribution business based in Aurora, Colorado. The company offers flexible and fiber-based packaging, […]
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We have been given several regulatory opportunities this year to drive home our message on the importance of films and flexibles, including the protection of products and the reduction of carbon, as well as shaping the future of recycling in the United States to include this type of packaging.
Read MoreFlexPack VOICE® profiles colleges, universities, and schools that have developed programs to train people for work in the packaging industry.
Read MoreThis year, we saw legislatures act more cautiously with extended producer responsibility (EPR), pushing through needs-assessment legislation rather than full-blown EPR.
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