Bemis was honored by PMMI with a Technology Excellence Award for its active packaging for vacuum packed poultry and meat featuring extended shelf life. 

The 2018 PACK EXPO International, held from October 14-17, convened nearly 45,000 attendees with 2,500 exhibitors over 1.25 million net square feet at McCormick Place in Chicago. Show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, reported 457 new exhibitors this year.  

Berry Global will be discussing its newly outlined sustainability initiatives at PACK EXPO.

Toppan USA will showcase a range of sustainable barrier films at PACK EXPO, specifically the GL-GP, Barrier-Coated BOPP, GL-EY-A and Coated Met-PET.

A new flexible packaging entity consisting of Rollprint Packaging Products, Alliantz Flexible Packaging and EuroFoil Teo has been formed to focus on the demanding requirements of the medical device, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and life science industries.

UPM Raflatac, a leading suppliers of pressure sensitive labels, has launched a new online course — “Pressure Sensitive Labels 101” — in partnership with The Packaging School. The new course will be demonstrated during PACK EXPO in Chicago at Booth S-4147.

Constantia Flexibles will present at PACK EXPO packaging solutions focusing on four innovation pillars: Sustainability, Performance Packaging, Interactive Packaging and Brand Protection. 

At PACK EXPO, Mondi will introduce Ultra-HD printing in the US market, a new printing approach that incorporates an advanced separation technology, which dramatically improves the vividness of flexographic printing. 

Elba, Dow and ITP have worked together to develop a laminated film that allows for recyclability, while keeping features such as packaging integrity and hermeticity in place. Elba will have this – and more – on display at PACK EXPO