Paxiom Group, the global sales and service division for WeighPack Systems, Eagle Packaging Machinery, SleekWrapper and CombiScale, has opened its fifth Xperience Center in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

First comes pouch making, then comes pouch filling – and new advances in filling machines enable co-packers and brands to increase efficiency and output when they’re running a number of SKUs or performing short- to medium-sized runs with many changeovers.

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Randy Wolf, director of business development for Kampf Machinery Corp. USA, for a discussion on all things slitting/rewinding.

The group has incorporated two new service technicians and appointed Olof Buelens to vice president of sales and technical service for North America.

Impak Corp. has named veteran machinery engineer Tod Cooper as product manager for its machinery division.

New Era Converting Machinery Inc. has appointed Stefan Rudolph as the company's new international business development specialist for Europe, India and parts of Asia. 

CMD Corp. has appointed Ricardo Abud as its vice president of marketing and business development. In this position, Abud will be responsible for strategic marketing and will guide the development of a comprehensive international product portfolio.

For over 30 years the TMI Elmendorf Tear tester has been best known for its robust design providing precision measurements for paper, plastic films, textiles, corrugated and board materials, company officials say.

Roll printing and converting industries have struggled for years with material handling methods. Plastic film/tube/bag extruders and web label printers all face the material handling issues daily.