The flexible packaging industry is growing, and with more growth comes new, innovative products.

Biodegradable resins have been gaining popularity since they came into the market some 10 years ago. Why?

I recently noted that whenever my husband and I head to the grocery store together (and our son is in a good, patient mood), it takes us much longer than necessary to complete our shopping trip.

As you can tell from our cover artwork (created by our very talented art director Frank Mayeran), the May issue of Flexible Packaging magazine surrounds its coverage on the Global Pouch Forum and all things that go into the making of a pouch.

What is your newest machine? What’s special about it?

Many industries look to improve production and cut material costs by using banding material

The POD nickname is becoming familiar to the film extrusion business as a definition for five-layer coextruders specifically dedicated to the production – at high capacity rates – of non barrier structures.

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. announces the introduction of the new Torayfan PC5 metallized BOPP film, a versatile, ultra-high oxygen- and moisture barrier film that can be used in tri-laminations, as a foil replacement and as an overwrap lamination or wrapper.

Have you had any installations of a blown film machine being installed at a company that was primarily extruding rigid plastic?

Smurfit Kappa Bag-In-Box has launched a new type of seal on its wine application bags