Flexible packaging

TricorBraun to Acquire PBFY

TricorBraun entered into an agreement to acquire PBFY, a flexible packaging distributors in North America. The acquisition will expand TricorBraun’s flexible packaging division, TricorBraun Flex.

April 7, 2022

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Flexibles

Digital and Flexographic Printing Create Appealing Birdseed Package

Creating a fresh, pest-free seed product can be a challenge since insect eggs and larva can be hard to detect when seeds and grains are being harvested and then packaged. A window in this pouch lets a consumer know that the contents are indeed pest-free.

March 24, 2022

Sustainability

Sigma Plastics to Expand Production of its VANISH Film Powered by Smart Plastic’s SPTek ECLIPSE

Smart Plastic Technologies

Sigma Stretch is expanding production of its stretch film to all five of its production facilities across North America and Canada.

April 4, 2022

Flexibles

High Quality Gold Print Earns Gold Award in Printing

Repêchage and its suppliers leaned into the gold theme with high-quality flexographic printing satisfying the prestige-brand appearance, coincidentally earning them an FPA Gold Award for Digital Printing.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Scrumptiously Printed ‘Box Pouch’ Expands Distribution, Consumer Convenience for Gourmet Popcorn

To expand merchandising options for its tube-packed gourmet popcorn, Popcornopolis introduces a resealable, stand-up box pouch decorated with images of the iconic tubes.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Frito-Lay Achieves Ambition for a Quieter, Industrially Compostable, 100% Bio-based Snack Bag

The Off The Eaten Path bag is unique in that the entirety of the materials used—the print web, barrier sealant webs, inks, and adhesive—had to meet current, often stringent, third-party certification requirements for industrial compostability.

March 24, 2022

Flexible packaging

Void Technologies Opens R&D and Compound Manufacturing Facility for Flexible Packaging

VOID Technologies

Void Technologies, a materials science company, opened its first U.S.-based, plastic reduction research labs and compound manufacturing facility to help packaging manufacturers and brand owners transition to more sustainable plastics and packaging.

April 1, 2022

Flexibles

Nestlé Canada’s Smarties Pouch Moves from Plastic to Paper

The bag material converted into premade pouches for Nestlé Canada comprises Forest Stewardship Council-certified, surface-printed paper, a heat-resistant overlacquer, and a water-based dispersion coating.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Recyclable Stand-Up Pouch Boasts Luring Design

Eight-color gravure printing makes the pouch distinctive with a matte surface and a high-resolution product image.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Paper Cosmetic Tube Changes Game for Skincare Products

WoW Skin Science uses a tube developed to reduce plastics and the overall impact on the environment compared to that of a traditional plastic tube used for skincare and cosmetic products.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

KitKat Mini Moments Make a Big Shelf Impact

To make the lamination recyclable, OPP non-heat sealable film and metalized biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) are used on both sides of the treated material instead of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and metalized PET.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Flexible Pouches Replace Rigid Containers at McDonald’s

Rigid containers for back-of-house condiment applications in McDonald’s foodservice settings were wasteful and bulky to store. So, the fast-food giant and its suppliers teamed up to invent a flexible packaging-based applicator solution.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Digitally Printed Hershey’s Wrappers Celebrate Women

The Celebrate SHE Campaign was undertaken as a form of unique media and a vehicle to celebrate acts of courage and determination by women.

March 24, 2022