We recently caught up with François Olivier, president and CEO of TC Transcontinental, and Rebecca Casey, TC’s senior director of marketing, for an overview of how the company has come so far in such a short period of time and where it’s poised to go in the future.

Compared to the lists of the past few years, the 2017 Flexible Packaging Top 25 Converters list may seem, well, ordinary. While this year was not without its share of M&A's, they were all fairly minor to some of the big shake-ups the industry has seen in the past.

From a greenfield operation to a growing, thriving converter, USC Bag Manufacturing LLC has come a long way in a relatively short period of time.

Contract converters can help their clients – converters and printers – control their overhead costs and speed time to market. They can also leverage their expertise in particular processes, so that their clients can better hone in on what they’re good at.

The event, marking its fourth edition in the Americas, will bring more than 250 exhibitors together with thousands of packaging, paper, nonwoven and self-adhesive industry professionals.

This year's Converters Expo will feature 123 booths, with 40 new exhibitors. The expo will showcase converting products and services on a sold-out show floor.

A standard line of shaft collars and couplings for building and maintaining all types of converting equipment is available from Stafford Manufacturing Corp.