ePac Flexible Packaging, an all-digital flexible packaging converter, purchased 10 HP Indigo 20000 digital presses to expand operations across the U.S. through mid-2019. The order quadruples production capacity for ePac and is the largest packaging deal for HP to date. The purchase is ePac’s second expansion with the high-capacity HP Indigo 20000 flexible packaging press since launching just 18 months ago with one HP Indigo unit.
Affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners, a leading private equity investment firm, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ProMach from affiliates of AEA Investors. Founded in 1998, ProMach is a family of best-in-class packaging solution product brands serving manufacturers of all sizes, geographies and industries.
The BoxMaker, a Pacific Northwest leader in digital print production for corrugated packaging, held the inaugural Packaging Experience Summit on January 16, 2018. Major brands from Washington, Oregon and beyond were in attendance to learn from industry experts how to leverage the potential of digital print.
Videojet Technologies has introduced the Videojet 2351 and 2361 high-resolution large character inkjet printers for producers with on-demand case coding operations. The 2351 and 2361 not only print high quality, durable bar codes, text and images on white and brown corrugated boxes, but also offer a new standard in simplicity of maintenance, reliability and ease-of-use.
Greg Masingill will be taking over as Executive Vice President at Schneider Packaging. Masingill has integrated experience in corporate strategy, sales, marketing, logistics and product development, and worked for Seneca Corp for 15 years.
Omron Microscan Systems Inc. is helping manufacturers boost their confidence with a brand-new print quality inspection system that’s as rapid as it is reliable. The LVS-7510 promotes accuracy and data integrity with 100% label inspection that won’t slow the printing process down one millisecond.
The Tampa Bay Packaging Open House is a unique opportunity to visit 16 manufacturers and see equipment, examine construction methods, meet with manufacturing personnel, and discuss projects or potential projects with some of the world's foremost packaging equipment manufacturers.
IKEA is looking into the area of Printed Electronics (PE) for ideas that could transform its operations. As a first step, the company will run two Open Innovation Challenges.
HP Inc. has delivered the first HP PageWide C500 Press for digital mainstream corrugated direct-to-board printing to a customer site, as HP continues to expand its portfolio of innovative package printing solutions.
According to a new report by Technavio, "Global Barcode Label Printer Market 2017-2021," the focus on premiumization through product innovation will be one of the major factors that will have a positive impact on the growth of market till 2021.
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