Comexi Group, specialist in machinery solutions for the conversion of flexible packaging industry, arrives to an agreement with the French company Next Flexible for the sale of a Comexi Flexo F2 WBP printing system, which will be installed for the production in its Clairembal center in Soyaux.

Tresu, the Danish supplier of flexographic printing lines and ancillary products and Lohmann GmbH & Co.KG, the German manufacturer of customised adhesive solutions for diverse industrial sectors, including the packaging converting and printing industry, have entered a strategic partnership aimed at optimising performance of mounting tapes for a range of high-speed flexo-printing situations.

With a 20-percent increase in attendance over last year, more than 500 of the world’s leading packaging influencers gathered at the Westin Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 12-13, to participate in the Global Pouch Forum, a conference and networking event devoted to pouch formats in packaging.

The Food and Drug Administration said it will no longer allow the use of the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, in packaging for baby formula, but took no action on the controversial chemical's continued widespread use in food cans.

Minigrip has appointed Orange County, Calif.-based Norban & Associates, Inc., as its western United States manufacturer’s representative for specialty medical packaging and healthcare products.