Entries are now being accepted for the The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council's Compliance Package of the Year competition through Friday, June 29, 2018. The competition recognizes leading pharmaceutical adherence/compliance-prompting packaging and is open to all firms involved in compliance/patient reminder pharmaceutical packaging.
Tzanoukakis was promoted to VP from her role as fulfillment and systems manager. She will lead day-to-day integration of multiple functions, including customer service, purchasing, demand scheduling, inventory and warehousing, in order to enhance on-time delivery and ROI for customers.
PACK EXPO International and co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO (Oct. 14–17, 2018; McCormick Place, Chicago) registration is now open. Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the shows feature more than 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space.
Sun Chemical has helped transform the printing industry by leading the way as the first to develop UV inks, water-based inks, pigmented flexo inks and flexo inks for polyethylene films. Sun Chemical was also the first to create the four-color wet process inks system in 1906, now commonly known as CMYK printing.
Italian food company Barilla is partnering with TerraCycle to provide a free, easy way to recycle its Ready Pasta packaging. The Ready Pasta Recycling Program offers consumers a method of recycling the instant pasta pouches.
Uflex has released OPTIKA Transparent Flexi-Tubes, a new multi-layered flexible laminate that offer 360-degree printing, utilization of the entire tube (from shoulder to crimp) for branding, high-definition graphics, metallic effects, registered lamination, superior surface finish and EB coatings for high-gloss finishes, among others.
ORBIS, a subsidiary of Menasha Corp., has acquired Hinkle Manufacturing of Perrysburg, Ohio. Hinkle operates a thermoforming plant in Dearborn, Mich., where it produces trays and other plastic components, in addition to serving the automotive market with highly engineered custom dunnage for part protection.
IDDBA 18 attendees have a chance to meet with a materials scientist and marketing specialist from Milliken & Co. to brainstorm solutions to their packaging challenges.