Precise Packaging, a contract manufacturing partner of aerosol and liquid products for premier brands in the personal care, home fragrance and over-the-counter (OTC) end markets, announced that it has opened a new 15,000 square-foot production facility.

If converters feel gobsmacked by the pace of change in today’s packaging world, they should get ready to shift into overdrive. A recent study cites five major trends that will force major changes that raise the performance bar over the next decade.

When TIDI Products, a medical products supplier in Neenah, WI, needed a custom corona treating solution, they chose Enercon Industries Corp. The challenge involved replacing an old two-sided treater on a 1600mm LDPE blown film line, and moving the location of treatment for better access by their operators.

In the world of converting, companies come and go, while mergers and acquisitions happen often. In other words, change happens frequently as converters strive to expand their businesses.

Web guides have evolved dramatically since their first appearance in the 1930s. Still, the earliest electronic systems were far from perfect; they were sensitive to dust and temperature swings.

Paper Converting Machine Co has acquired STAX Technologies, adding reciprocating flow technology to PCMC’s tissue packaging product offering.

For the fifth consecutive year, South Atlantic Packaging has been selected as one of the 50 top-performing, privately held companies in Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina by the Triad Business Journal’s annual “Fast 50” awards program.

Macaran Printed Products a division of Van Alstine and Sons, Inc. announced that the company has become a 100 percent employee-owned entity. Macaran, one of North America’s highest definition pressure-sensitive label converters, was founded more than 44 years ago.

PPC Flexible Packaging announces the acquisition of McKinney, Texas-based Popular Ink. Popular Ink is the fifth acquisition of specialty and differentiated flexible packaging firms by PPC.  Previous acquisitions include Fisher Container and Packaging Products Corporation in 2017, Temkin International in 2018 and HFM Packaging in 2019.