Plastics/resins

R&D/Leverage, with its Injection Molds, Blow Molds, and IP for Sale, to Exhibit at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth #SU-8455! R&D/Leverage USA will highlight its injection mold manufacturing capabilities.

September 21, 2021

Converting equipment: Page 6

Operational Excellence

The Bottling Plant in the Mountains

Sheikh Mohammed Mussallam describes what it’s like to build a brand new water bottling company, A&M Rare, in the remote Pambak Mountains of Armenia.

August 30, 2021

Flexible packaging

Pregis Names David Timm President, Blown Flm Operations

Pregis

Timm will be responsible for growing Pregis’ blown film and converting operations in the new Anderson, S.C. facility, as well as the Grand Rapids, Mich. location.

July 23, 2021

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

Jason Beauleau Joins Hudson-Sharp as Regional Sales Executive

Hudson-Sharp Machine Co.

Jason Beauleau joined Hudson-Sharp, part of Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) and Barry-Wehmiller’s converting equipment platform, as Regional Sales Executive.

July 9, 2021

Converting equipment

PET Technologies Contributes to Suntory Holdings Ltd.’s Technological Development Center

PET Technologies GmbH

Suntory Holdings Ltd. installed a PET Technologies universal UPF-5M blow molder with high pressure up to 40 bar at its Technological Development Center in Tordera, Spain.

July 6, 2021

Converting equipment

PCMC Names Steven Charapata as Aftermarket Sales Executive

Paper Converting Machine Co.

Charapata will work with customers to develop a controls obsolescence strategy by identifying and prioritizing equipment, developing a plan, and proposing solutions that can provide a phased approach to manage risk, downtime and capital expenditures.

June 24, 2021

Plastics/resins

P&G Designs Packaging for the Visually Impaired

Tactile notching on PET bottles of Procter & Gamble’s bio:renew shampoos and conditioners goes a long way toward helping consumers with impaired vision differentiate one product from another.

June 17, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Eckes-Granini Launches 100% rPET Bottle

Headquartered in the German city of Nieder-Olm, Eckes-Granini has been using 25% rPET in its hohes C PET juice bottles since 2018, but now that has changed.

June 11, 2021

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Digital Printing, E-beam Coating, and More

Now nearing the end of its first year in business, AccuFlex is leveraging digital printing, e-beam coating, Color-Logic software, and both films and zippers that are compostable

May 25, 2021

Flexible packaging

CP Flexible Packaging Invests in New Poly Bag Manufacturing Capabilities

CP Flexible Packaging Solutions

CP Flexible Packaging announces the expansion of its pre-made PE bag manufacturing operations with the purchase of three new state-of-the-art converting lines.

May 13, 2021

Digital Printing

The BoxMaker is Big on Digital for Corrugated

The BoxMaker, a leading U.S. manufacturer of digitally produced packaging, has announced the purchase of a second HP PageWide C500 Press, adding significant capacity as the converter launches a nationwide expansion.

May 8, 2021

Sustainability

CMG Plastics Expands In-mold Labeling Capabilities

CMG Plastics

A new high-speed Ilsemann Automation In-Mold Labeling System is now fully operational at CMG’s N.J. facility.

April 21, 2021

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Morrison Container Expands Salesforce

Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Morrison Container Handling Solutions hired Paul Thames as Southeast Regional Sales Manager and Brett Gill as Midsouth Regional Sales Manager.

April 21, 2021