Articles by Grant Gerke

Ron Gonen is the founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, an investment firm comprising venture capital, private equity, project-based finance and an innovation center. The mission is to help support and move the circular economy forward in many different industries.

Private label and retailers partner with non-traditional stakeholders in race to consumer connections

A Rabobank analyst reveals that heavy investment in chemical recycling could be key in getting more recycled content for supply chains and helping brands meet recycled content material mandates.

The craft brewer unveils a stunning pressure-sensitive label with motion-like effects for its Okobee Pale Ale beer with the help of converter Labels, Tags and Inserts (LTI) and Fathom Optics Inc.

As the last couple of years have shown, label printers and converters are experiencing a historic increase in demand for their services. While companies struggle with increased demand, many organizations invested in automated system solutions and one of them is Estrabols Imprimeur, a supplier of labels in France. After implementing the integrated solutions, the company is delivering standardized, high-quality labels and quicker turnaround.

The traditional conference and event season is back, and the trend of the year continues: extensive company partnerships in the printing and packaging industry.

In this interview, Flexible Packaging discusses emerging issues around food waste and packaging with Claire Koelsch Sand, owner and CEO at Packaging Technology and Research. Topics include food waste packaging trends, film materials and how the circular economy tidal wave intersects with flexible packaging’s mission of extending shelf-life.

With such a strong effort by many stakeholders over the last two years, the packaging industry is moving past the plastic-in-the-sea messaging of some years ago with more positive news about increased recycling.

In the form-fill-seal equipment segment, ultrasonic sealing technology has made inroads over the last 10 years — technology that has been around since the 70s. Recent sustainability action with film material could increase adoption of this technology, so we asked industry leaders what features of ultrasonic sealing are driving these trends.

Printers and converters continue to add advanced software for prepress functions while also evaluating new platforms to optimize quality control during print runs and reduce overall ink consumption.