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CPG companies and converters are considering alternatives for aluminum foil packaging due to the uncertainty about the availability and price of foil since the U.S. Department of Commerce launched its anti-dumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations.

While it wasn't the case 30 years ago, most flexible packaging printers and converters today know that by retro-fitting their web-fed machinery with direct tension-sensing and control equipment they can control their overall process better while preventing poor quality in finished roll material.

Silgan Closures’ manufacturing facility in Champaign, Illinois, has been awarded the 2017 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award, recognizing the plant’s efforts to improve safety, minimize waste, cut energy consumption and reduce emissions.

Sun Chemical has introduced a new digitally printed packaging solution for the label, narrow web and packaging markets, SunEvo Digital Coatings. 

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America has introduced NutraSave, a film layer for flexible packaging designed to keep food fresher and minimize food waste and costs.

Consolidated Packaging Group (CPG) prides itself on fast time to market, quality and a high level of customer service. But perhaps the Ridgefield Park, New Jersey-based printer/converter's biggest competitive advantage is how diversified it is in its business.

October's Roundtable is with Darren Irons from Maxcess/Webex, and Timothy S. McGillis from Badger Plug.

The seams of food packaging versatility are being stretched to the bursting point as both regulators and consumers push packaging evolution in a fast-growing market, one that is seeing an increased demand for toxin-free, high-performance food-safe inks.

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Scott Fuller, CMD’s intermittent-motion product line manager, for an update on converter points of pain, optimizing pouch production and what the company has in store for 2018.

Sun Chemical has become a silver patron of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization that certifies printing facilities' sustainability best practices.