Author Archives: Converting Quarterly
BOBST reflects on very special year, focuses on shaping future of packaging world for 2021 and beyond
PRESS RELEASE — 2020 will be remembered as unexpected and transformational. As we reach the end of it, we take time to look back at some of the important milestones that were achieved and key decisions that were made, and we reveal our expectations and predictions for the year ahead. Throughout the pandemic, our key […]
ePac Flexible Packaging expands into Africa
Austin, TX-based dedicated digital printer/converter ePac Flexible Packaging announces its expansion into Ghana, Africa, as the flexible-packaging provider extends its network of production plants globally. Established in 2016 in the US, it today operates 18 manufacturing plants across the US, Canada, Europe, and Indonesia. ePac Ghana is now open for order-taking, with all orders being fulfilled by […]
Plastic recycling technologies a top priority for packaging industry in 2021 and beyond: Smithers market report finds
Improved recycling, recovery and conversion into post-consumer resin (PCR) are the leading challenges for the rigid and flexible plastic packaging industry through the 2020s a new Smithers report finds. Analyzing the current state-of-the-art and future routes to market, Smithers’ latest study – Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies for Recycled Plastic Packaging to 2030 – ranks the top […]
Liquibox opens new 140,000-sq-ft flexible-packaging “super-factory” in Madrid, Spain
Back in February, Liquibox broke ground on a new 140,000-sq-ft flexible-packaging “super-factory” in Madrid, Spain, and officially opened the site this week. The factory will more than triple the bagmaking capacity for the company in continental Europe, while also expanding the types and sizes of flexible bags the company can bring to market. This new capacity […]
FPA Update Flexible Packaging Market Tracker for members; adds COVID-19 impact data
The tool enables members to access market information from around the globe, not only on flexible-packaging materials and markets, but on competing products for those markets as well. The Flexible Packaging Assn. (FPA) says that its Flexible Packaging Market Tracker has been updated with the most recent market data from Euromonitor International. The update also includes information on […]
Global pet-care flexible-packaging market to reach $6.7 billion in 2027: new study
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Pet-Care Packaging estimated at $8.7 billion this year, is projected to reach a revised size of $11.2 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3.7% over the analysis period 2020-2027, says a new report by Research & Markets. Flexible packaging for pet-care products, one of the […]
In-person drupa 2021 cancelled; goes online as “virtual.drupa” on April 20-23, 2021
Following close consultation with exhibitors and partners, the 2021 edition of drupa, the leading trade fair for printing technologies, will be cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The next event will take place as scheduled from May 28-June 7, 2024, in Düsseldorf, Germany. To maintain the momentum until then, organizers will offer […]
interpack 2021 cancelled; COVID-19 restrictions insurmountable
Uncertainty among companies due to high infection numbers proved too great. In agreement with its partners in associations and the industry, and with the trade fair advisory committee, Messe Düsseldorf has decided to cancel both interpack and components 2021, scheduled to take place from Feb 25-March 3, due to the restrictions related to the […]
Insight Pack International Corp. expands with Comexi SL2 laminator, S2 DT slitter/rewinder
Comexi, a global supplier of solutions for the flexible-packaging printing and converting sector, and Insight Pack International Corp., a Dominican Republic-based company that specializes in the production of flexible packaging, have strengthened their strategic alliance with the installation of a Comexi SL2 laminator and a Comexi S2 DT slitter. The purchase of these two machines […]
PPC Flexible Packaging acquires Custom Poly Bag
Buffalo Grove, IL-based PPC Flexible Packaging LLC, a leading provider of custom flexible packaging, has acquired Alliance, OH-based Custom Poly Bag, Inc. Custom Poly is the sixth acquisition of specialty and differentiated flexible-packaging firms by PPC in the past three years. All businesses have been successfully integrated into the PPC Flexible Packaging enterprise and are executing […]