Supplier News

The latest supplier news from Packaging World

Additives, coatings & inks

CelluComp Expands Operations with a U.S. Manufacturing Facility

The manufacturing facility in Renville, Minnesota will produce Curran, a micro-fibrillated cellulose product derived from sugar beet pulp, intended as a sustainable alternative to plastics and PFAS in fiber-based packaging.

March 28, 2025

Clysar Receives Recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers

Clysar's EV-HPG shrink film has received APR's Preferred Design Recognition, indicating it meets the organization's highest recyclability standards, and is pre-qualified for store drop-off recycling.

March 28, 2025

Clysar Ev Hpg Pr

App-Based Training Tool for Robotics

ABB's RoboMasters app provides modular, app-based training for ABB robot programming and operation, aiming to address the skills gap in industrial robotics.

March 28, 2025

Logistics/Supply Chain

Bastian Solutions and viastore North America Unite to Boost Automation

Bastian Solutions

The merger expands Bastian's automation capabilities by integrating viastore's pallet handling expertise to offer more comprehensive logistics solutions under a unified brand.

March 26, 2025

Bastian Viastore

Plastics/resins

Polypropylene Impact Copolymer

LyondellBasell's Pro-fax EP649U is designed for thin-walled food packaging, featuring high flow properties, improved organoleptic qualities, and options for incorporating recycled or renewable content through their Circulen product lines.

March 26, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

ProAmpac Expands Intellectual Property Portfolio

ProAmpac has secured multiple U.S. patents for its ProActive Sustainability recyclable and recycle-ready mono-material flexible packaging technologies.

March 26, 2025

Case erect/seal

In-line Tray Sealer

ILPRA's FoodPack Hyper Tray Sealer utilizes servo-driven mechanical movements and continuous motion technology for high-speed, precise tray sealing with minimal waste.

March 25, 2025

Strip Label Applicator Machine

Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Morrison Container Handling Solutions, in conjunction with Packaging and Engineered Solutions, brings automation to bottle labeling of liquor bottles and other rigid containers.

March 25, 2025

Material handling

Alliance Machine Systems International Set to Acquire Systec Conveyors and Automatan

Alliance Machine Systems International

Strategic alignment will enhance the premier one-stop paperboard packaging automation and material handling solutions for the corrugated and folding carton industries worldwide.

March 24, 2025

Containers & Closures

Graphic Packaging International and JJM Packaging Agreement Expands Access to Boardio Paperboard Packaging in North America

Graphic Packaging International

Partnership aims to bring Graphic Packaging's sustainable Boardio paperboard canister to more food products across the U.S. and Canada through co-packer JJM Packaging.

March 24, 2025

Massman Companies Acquires ADCO

Massman Companies

Massman Companies' acquisition of ADCO, a cartoner manufacturer, aims to enhance its "carton to pallet" automation solutions and broaden its product line.

March 20, 2025

Massman Companies

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Filling and Sealing Machine

The ILPRA Fill Seal 2500 is an affordable, stainless-steel, turntable-equipped filling and sealing machine designed for small-to-medium production of liquid and doughy products.

March 20, 2025

Pacific Labeling & Integration Partners with Nita Labeling

Pacific Labeling & Integration

Partnership aims to to expand pressure-sensitive labeling solutions in the western U.S.

March 20, 2025

Pacific Labeling

PMMI Member FANUC America Named a 2025 "Top Workplace USA"

FANUC America earns the designation for the fifth straight year after expanding its workforce and investing in its infrastructure and the future of manufacturing education.

March 20, 2025

IE5 Ultra-Premium Efficiency Motor

SEW-EURODRIVE's DR2C motor utilizes Interior Permanent Magnet technology to deliver energy savings and reduce TCO through minimized losses and enhanced performance.

March 19, 2025

Andrew Steiner of ALPS Inspection Joins SPE Blow Molding Division Board, and Company Invests in Next-Generation Talent

ALPS Inspection

Steiner becomes one of the first inspection equipment manufacturing representatives on the SPE Blow Molding Division Board, while ALPS Inspection reinforces its commitment to industry education with a scholarship contribution.

March 19, 2025

Alps Inspection Steiner Spe Board

Controls & Machine Components

Virtual Factory Validation Platform

Rockwell Automation Inc.

Rockwell Automation's Emulate3D Factory Test, powered by NVIDIA Omniverse, allows manufacturers to virtually test and validate automation systems at scale before deployment.

March 19, 2025

Emulate3d Digital Twin Software Factory Test 2400

Case erect/seal

Lantech Expands Louisville Manufacturing Facility to Build Modular Case Erectors

Lantech expands its Kentucky facility to include modular case erector production, mirroring its Netherlands operations and aiming to reduce lead times and boost production capacity.

March 19, 2025

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