Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Uli Jorgens, sales and technical director, slitter/rewinder division, Karlville, for an overview of all-things slitting/rewinding.
Thirty years ago, Soltvadkert, Hungary-based Material Plastik opened its doors with nothing more than a plastic extruder and four employees. Today, more than 120 workers operate its converting equipment to provide packaging for CPGs such as Nestlé and Coca-Cola, among others.
Digital printing. The continuation of rigid-to-flexible. Recyclability. The ongoing importance of product differentiation. Combating the negative stereotypes of plastic. These trends — and a whole lot more —are covered in our annual executive forecast.
Berry Global, NOVA Chemicals, BASF, Dow and Henkel are among more than 25 companies that have joined The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a new, non-profit organization that aims to partner with the finance community, government and civil society to eliminate environmental plastic waste.
ePac’s move is the largest solventless laminator purchase to date in the flexible packaging space
December 18, 2018
ePac Flexible Packaging has purchased 10 Nordmeccanica solventless Super Simplex SL e800 laminators, which it will roll out throughout its plants through the end of 2019.
We sat down and discussed bag/pouch making equipment with Scott Fuller from CMD Corporation, Fabio Dacò from Elba, Jim Pease from Sun Centre USA, and Joe Vannieuwenhoven from B&B Packaging Technologies, Jose De La Mora from Totani America, and Sanjay Amin from Mamata Enterprises.
Flexible Packaging caught up with Bill Burnard, INFICON’s vacuum control sales and business development manager, North America, for a chat about the company’s Contura S400 leak detector, which made its N.A. debut at PACK EXPO.
For several years now, HQC has been designing and manufacturing custom fitments for pouches. And despite the challenges involved in doing so, the Oswego, Illinois-based company has continued to move this sector of the market forward.