UFP Technologies, a producer of custom-engineered molded fiber (molded pulp) packaging solutions, will be exhibiting at SustPack from 11-13 April .SustPack is a leading event for the sustainable packaging industry showcasing the latest ...
Transilwrap Company, a manufacturer of specialty film products, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the specialty films business of US based Dow Chemical. Dow's specialty films business provides film solutions used in medical, ...
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Siegwerk Druckfarben, one of the international suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications, labels, and catalogs, has signed a contract to purchase the printing ink manufacturer ACTEGA Colorchemie and its subsidiaries. The ...
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Esko has completely updated its software solutions and relaunched under the umbrella brand name “Esko Software Platform”. It's the next version of the well-known portfolio of integrated software solutions for design, prepress, ...
Benny Landa, founder of Indigo and now chairman of Landa Group, has announced that his company's new Nano-Metallography technology innovation for the graphics metallisation will offer zero-waste metallisation, reducing costs by more than ...
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Meat products and snack foods have been identified as growth markets in the US according to America’s Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI). Surveying 70 US-based professionals across the food processing ...
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Ossid, powered by Pro Mach, hired Lisa Graessle as the company’s Northern Midwest Regional Sales Manager. Her primary role is to focus on Ossid's existing customer base in the region covering - Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North ...
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Trends in consumer engagement will lead to the rapid rise of smart packaging solutions as costs become more manageable for brand owners. A new report by packaging industry researcher Smithers Pira predicts the global smart (active and ...
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NatureWorks and Metalvuoto have launched Ingeo Propylester, a new high barrier flexible film that can be used in food packaging. The new Ingeo-based flexible substrate can be used for longer shelf life foods that are packaged in flat, ...
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Kiefel, the German manufacturer of thermoforming machines and a unit of Brückner Group, has announced to acquire 100% stake in Mould & Matic Solutions, an Austrian supplier of tools and of automation solutions to the packaging ...
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Matrox Imaging has introduced Matrox SureDotOCR, an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology designed to address the challenges of using inkjet-printed, dot-matrix text in vision inspection applications. The OCR technology will be ...
According to the latest market research study released by Technavio, the flexible packaging market in China is expected to reach $12bn by 2020, growing at a CAGR of almost 8% during the forecast period. This research report titled ...
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Kodak announced forthcoming upgraded software solutions with Unified Workflow Solutions, which includes KODAK PRINERGY Workflow, KODAK INSITE Prepress Portal, KODAK COLORFLOW Software, KODAK PANDORA Step-and-Repeat Software and KODAK PREPS ...
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Dow Chemical has signed an agreement with Nordmeccanica, a provider of coating, laminating and metallizing machinery for flexible packaging and industrial applications, to advance the development of packaging technology. Under the terms ...
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Finland-based Valmet has received a contract to supply modern machine to Italy’s Pro-Gest Group, allowing it to expand its paper recycling capacity. Under the deal, Valmet will supply a machine, which will be installed at Pro-Gest's ...
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