tna has announced the opening of a new office and training facility in Mexico. Featuring state-of-the-art facilities, the new office also incorporates a new training center.

Bemis recently launched its latest innovation, Encore ultra-clear recyclable film. The technology combines readily recyclable material with transparency.


 

TC Transcontinental Packaging swept the Wide Web/Process/Film category at the 2018 Excellence in Flexography Awards of the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) by winning a Bronze, Silver and Gold award. Additionally, the company was the recipient of the coveted Best of Show award, while also winning a Silver in Wide Web/Line/Film and the Wide Web/Screen/Film categories, a Bronze in the Wide Web/Screen/Coated Paper category, and a Self-Promotion award.

The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) has announced the winners of its Safety Awards Program for 2017.  Categories included best annual safety experience and greatest annual safety improvement. 

U.S. demand for retail e-commerce packaging is projected to expand, due to online shopping growth, due to its convenience and ability to provide a wider selection than brick and mortar stores. The ease of viewing and comparing products via computers and mobile devices will continue to boost growth for e-commerce retail sales, as will the added spending power of millennials, the largest demographic of online shoppers.

In today's digital age, having a great website, creating a personality for your branding and packaging business on social networking sites, and making yourself easily accessible to customers online, has rightly become a top marketing priority for many businesses.

Today's chub packaging for meats simplifies handling for consumers and on the packaging line. When research showed consumers want to minimize contact with raw meat, Cargill added an easy-peel feature to its Our Certified brand of ground beef in one-pound chubs.

Stand-up pouches(SUPs) is now one of the fastest growing flexible packaging formats with global demand expected to pass 90 billion units in 2017, according to a report from AMI. The favorable development of the total supply chain cost of stand-up pouches and their stronger proposition to promote sustainability compared with rigid packaging alternatives will continue to be the key drivers of demand.