According to a September 7, 2017, report in Bloomberg, Amcor is considering making an offer to acquire Bemis, a move that would help make Amcor one of the largest converters in the world.

Fox Packaging has announced a capital investment to upgrade its McAllen, Texas, facility by June 2017 in order to better service the needs of its customers with faster production times.

The company is expanding its sales team in order to meet the increasing demands of its customer base and to maintain the level of service its printers and converters have come to expect.

Uflex has developed a way for converters to achieve a metallic effect on a non-metallic substrate via its new reflective color communication technology that works with its pre-press software and special laser engraving hardware. 

Flexible packaging continues to be a solution to societal challenges like food waste and changing consumer lifestyles, and 2017 looks to be another big year.

In terms of both number of transactions and value, merger and acquisition activity in the flexible packaging industry stayed strong in 2015.