Standard-Knapp (S-K) based in Portland, Connecticut, announced an agreement to partner with EoL Packaging Experts (EoL), in end-of-line packaging solutions for the food and beverage industry.

ExxonMobil has begun production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Tex. polyethylene (PE) plant. The expansion increases plant production capacity by 65 percent or 650,000 tons per year, bringing site capacity to nearly 1.7 million tons per year.

LED technology first entered the UV curing world in 2002 and has steadily gained traction across a wide range of printing, coating, and adhesive applications.

OFRU introduces a recycling system to recapture cleaning solvents used on flexographic presses.

BW Packaging Systems recently augmented its investment in the Russian packaging market by establishing Moscow-based sales, parts and field service teams to better serve both new and existing Russian customers.

Labels continue to play a major role in business-to-consumer and business-to-business commerce, building brands, shipping, keeping track of inventory and, today, even talking to consumers.

Martin E-Z Stick Labels of Santa Fe Springs Cal.,  has installed a Label AutoMounter from JM Heaford, industry-leading supplier of mounting and proofing solutions for the tag and label, flexible packaging, corrugated and gravure markets.

We sat down and discussed Web Guiding & Tension Control with Mark Breen from Dover Flexo Electronics, Jerry Leonards from Erhardt+Leimer, Inc., and Shomari Head from Fife Guiding(Maxcess).

FPA’s Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC) Executive Committee met in New York for its annual meeting on June 13, 2019. In addition to reviewing the progress made last year, the group focused on developing a plan for 2020 and beyond.