This year’s PACK EXPO, which is making its biennial pit stop in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center from September 25-27, is poised to deliver on that experience in ways that it has never done before.

What types of bags and pouches are brand owners, converters and suppliers going to purchase in the next year? Are they likely to purchase or lease new bag- and pouch-related equipment? What are the effects of industry automation in packaging?

For about the past decade, Providence, Rhode Island-based Admiral Packaging – a fourth-generation family-owned printer/converter – has made it a point to focus on lean manufacturing as a means of streamlining efficiency and removing waste from its operations.

While flexible lidding materials include film, paper and foil, in this primer we’ll take a look at flexible lidding film for food applications, an area we think will continue to grow in the near and long term.

It’s nearly time once again for PACK EXPO Las Vegas, which returns September 25-27 to the Las Vegas Convention Center for its biennial stint in Sin City.

Compared to the lists of the past few years, the 2017 Flexible Packaging Top 25 Converters list may seem, well, ordinary. While this year was not without its share of M&A's, they were all fairly minor to some of the big shake-ups the industry has seen in the past.

The right film does a whole lot more than just protect a product. It can also help it stand out on the store shelf, enable high-quality printing and include characteristics that permit consumers to observe or experience the product prior to purchase.

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Roman Barski Jr., Kuraray America’s senior director of sales, for an overview on how Kuraray resins and raw materials are continuing to impact the packaging industry.

Consumers are growing more accustomed to seeing water-soluble, unit-dose pods on shelves in the laundry and dishwasher detergent aisles, but now they can also find these little pods next to cans of shaving cream.

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Oliver Stauffer, vice president and COO of Packaging Technologies & Inspection (PTI), to discuss the benefits of non-destructive testing, the science and chemistry involved in packaging and why inspection/testing equipment shouldn't be an afterthought.