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2015 flexible packaging industry events include Converters Expo, TAPPI PLACE, and the FTA Annual Forum & InfoFlex.

Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about food safety. They’re also engaging more frequently with retailers and food companies about the safety of food packaging.

Choosing the perfect label and adhesive for your packaging needs isn’t exactly easy. It requires a balance of durability and high-impact shelf appeal. When it comes to making informed choices about adhesives, there are always a lot of factors to consider about your application.

Safecure A320/B440 solvent-free aliphatic polyurethane laminating adhesive from Ashland provides excellent safety performance in flexible packaging, company officials say.

Cortec’s newest innovation is M-141, a corrosion-inhibiting additive that can be used in aqueous acrylic emulsions and polyurethane dispersions to improve corrosion resistance and durability.

Velcro Industries has announced that Dr Teal’s has integrated the Velcro brand Press-Lok closure into the packaging of its range of Epsom salt bath soaking products.

Nordmeccanica has tabbed June 2 as the grand opening of its Long Island, NY facility, which will serve as the new North American home base for the company. At twice the size of its previous facility, the new location will allow for improved services to customers with an even larger inventory of spares and a larger number of service engineers and technologists.

 MACtac has announced Ed T. LaForge as the company's new president for MACtac North and South America.