Press Releases

The winners of Fast Company's 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring sustainable designs, innovative products, bold social initiatives, and other creative projects that are changing the way we work, live, and interact with the world. Smile Compostable Solutions is an honoree under the energy and sustainability category for its compostable coffee pods. The company's main mission – to bridge sustainability and convenience. Whether for consumers o

Tambrite Aqua+ is a new circular packaging material for frozen and chilled food packaging that reduces the need for fossil-based plastics and improves recyclability after use. Tambrite folding box board has been providing industry-leading stiffness and bulk for over fifty years with its excellent printability, runnability, and robustness. Aqua+ is a new water-based dispersion coating that provides the necessary protection and food safety.   “Consumers have been

First established in 1970 as a poly bag manufacturer, Tempo Flexible Packaging Inc. has spent the past two years implementing a large-scale investment plan. Over 10,000 square feet have been added to the sizeable facility in Innisfil, north of Toronto, Ontario, along with the installation of new equipment, including a new CI flexo press from Germany. The ambitious project also involved upgrading the plate room, which already contained a ThermoFlexX 48 imager and Xpress Thermal processor, befo

Ball Corporation, one of the world's leading suppliers of aluminum packaging and aerospace technologies, will speak to the investment community at the Goldman Sachs Industrials and Materials Conference May 9, 2023. Scott C. Morrison, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is scheduled to speak at 1:50pm  Eastern time. To listen to the presentation via live webcast, visit the following link: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cc.webcasts.com/gold006

The Silent Pool Coronation Gin, a limited-edition commemorative release celebrating the anticipated coronation of King Charles III, has recently been unveiled. The iconic bottle, which features the distiller’s signature patterning set in a regal purple tint, has been produced by leading glass packaging company, Croxsons. A key partner for anything glass-related, Croxsons has been instrumental in assisting Silent Pool Distillers in the supply of high-quality primary packaging,

Leading carton manufacturer, Falconer, has produced limited edition carton packaging to mark the 10th anniversary of Trooper, the highly successful and award-winning beer produced in collaboration between British music icons, Iron Maiden and Stockport-based Robinsons Brewery. The beer, which also celebrates the achievement of over 35 million Trooper pints sold worldwide, is a brand new 10% ABV Trooper X Imperial Stout created by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson and the Robinsons team. The

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, will showcase its products at Interpack, a worldwide exhibition for the packaging industry, in Hall 10, Stand D21. The event is scheduled to take place in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 4-10 May. "We're thrilled to be back at Interpack this year with sustainable packaging innovation and our expanded capabilities in Europe, Ireland, and the UK. Our recent additions, such as digital printing, spouted and aseptic pouchi

Silgan Holdings Inc., a leading supplier of sustainable rigid packaging solutions for the world's essential consumer goods products, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock. The Board of Directors approved an $0.18 per share quarterly cash dividend payable on June 15, 2023 to the holders of record of common stock of the Company on June 1, 2023. With this dividend payment, the Company will have paid a quarterly cash dividend on its

At this year's interpack MULTIVAC will be showing various processing and packaging solutions for the food industry in live operation in a marquee on the open-air site (in front of Hall 4). The exhibits will include a slicer line, in which the core element is the new SLX 2000. In addition to this, a portioning machine will also be shown, including product loading into trays, as well as a line for packing minced meat in flowpacks. The new dimension in slicing

Specialist digital label press manufacturer, Dantex Group, will install one of its latest high-speed PicoJet® Inkjet presses from the new PicoJet 1200 series at Brazil-based Color Pack in June this year. The sale marks the first PicoJet that Dantex has sold to a Latin American customer. Founded in 2007, Color Pack has built its leading position in the region’s flexography market with investments in technology and provides a personalised service committed to producing label

Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it will be attending EskoWorld 2023, scheduled for 23-25 May at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando FL. Asahi will be located in the exhibit center at the event and its experts will be on site to explain the Asahi sustainability strategy and its achievement of Carbon Neutral certification for AWP™ plates. Experts will also be available to discuss how the breakthrough CrystalCleanConnect platema

XSYS has announced the market launch of the ThermoFlexX Catena-E 80 T exposure unit in the United States. “The arrival of Catena-E is extremely timely, because the flexo industry is facing pressing needs for higher definition imaging, increased speeds, and more sustainable ways of making photopolymer printing plates,” said Dan Rosen, Sales Director National Accounts for North America. “On the back of having thoroughly tested this innovative technology throughout Europe, Asia

Sustainability is key in all areas and in all aspects at SÜDPACK – and is also a permanent call to action. More than 50% of the company´s investments are dedicated to technologies that help to improve sustainability. 30 percent of its turnover is already generated by sustainable products. ZERO WASTE is SÜDPACK's major goal. Thus, one goal is to support its customers in closing loops and reducing the consumption of fossil resources. SÜDPACK considers ch

Are bioplastic bags compostable and can they be disposed of along with organic waste? In some places, there is a passionate debate about how environmentally friendly bioplastics really are. But that doesn't change the fact that more and more films, containers, bottles and cups of all kinds, closures and lids, as well as labels, adhesive tapes and loose-fill packaging chips are being produced from biobased and/or biodegradable plastics. Ceresana analyzed the global market for packaging mat

The International Safe Transit Association, the leading industry developer of pre-shipment performance testing standards for packaged products, today released a new testing protocol that will allow companies to simulate the many hazards encountered when product orders are shipped directly to consumers through the e-commerce retailer fulfillment systems employed by companies like Amazon.com, Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, The Home Depot and more. The new testing protocol, called IS