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Flexibles

FPA competition call for entries

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced that the 2018 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Call for Entries is now available, and the deadline for entries is Friday, October 27, 2017.

July 11, 2017

Flexibles

Digital printing boosts pet treat sales

Clear Conscience Pet has seen a big boost in brand recognition and sales since it switched from unprinted pouches with hand applied pressure-sensitive labels to new digitally printed pouches.

July 11, 2017

Flexibles

Hot dog! Consumer confidence swells with Oscar Mayer redesign

Reaching back to Oscar Mayer’s beginnings, design firm brings back the image of the yellow paper band originally used to wrap the brand’s hot dogs to reaffirm the products’ quality.

July 10, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Bagging line upgrade

New vf/f/s and combination weigh scale system helps baked snacks manufacturer improve weight control, avert product damage difficulties, and double packaging speeds.

July 7, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Medical thermoform-fill-seal machine introduced by Ossid

Ossid’s new 8000S thermoform-fill-seal machine offers a versatile, customizable packaging platform.

June 30, 2017

Flexibles

Sun Chemical and acpo, ltd. develop coated films for web and label market

The two companies worked together to develop coated films for the narrow web and label market and will showcase them at Labelexpo 2017.

June 26, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Sealed paper packaging spreads wings

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs debuted their joint effort in sealed paper technology at PACK EXPO International 2016, but at interpack 2017 the two firms revealed significant advances aimed at sugar and flour producers, both large and small scale, to be the users of this technology.

June 22, 2017

Flexibles

Salon disinfectant gets makeover after 70 years

New pre-measured disinfectant in a pod for salon tools makes it easier for beauty professionals to mix a safe disinfectant every time and reduces the environmental impact of disinfectant packaging.

June 17, 2017

Flexibles

Glenroy Inc. receives five awards for excellence in printing

Great Lakes Graphics Association and Flexographic Technical Association recognizes Glenroy for flexographic.

June 9, 2017

Flexibles

OptiDure Abuse Bag addresses meat and cheese processing needs

Reduces food waste, provides durability, aesthetics, and sustainable benefits by enabling 25% downgauging with no loss in film performance or functionality.

June 8, 2017

Secondary Packaging

ARPAC acquires Extreme Packaging

Arpac expands their horizontal shrink wrapper technology and product offering with the acquisition of Extreme Packaging Machinery Inc.

May 25, 2017

Flexibles

Pack redesign moves protein bar to third place in category

In a June 2017 article in Inc. magazine, ‘How a Packaging Overhaul Rescued This Protein Bar Company From Obscurity,’ author Stephanie Shomer tells how, ‘Sometimes, the only ingredient is simplicity.’

May 16, 2017