Bixby International has added a gravure laminating machine at its operations center in Newburyport, MA. The new gravure laminator will allow the engineering team to expand Bixby’s capabilities to create composites and adhere materials that previously weren’t part of the company’s offerings.

Bobst’s Centre of Excellence for High Barrier in Manchester, UK, which enables research to be carried out on new barrier solutions for the packaging industry, has added an AlOx-optimized CO 750 coating line to its Competence Center.

Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute will partner with Siegwerk over the next five years to develop the next generation of printing and ink technology through the newly commissioned Siegwerk Inks and Coatings Laboratory. 

Sensory Analytics, manufacturer of SpecMetrix coating thickness and film layer measurement systems, has named Mike Loesher as industry manager for films and flexible packaging. 

Grocery stores today are now stocked more than ever with freshly prepared meals that are ready to go for consumers. In fact, prepared meals have become a $29 billion-a-year business, growing twice as fast as overall grocery store sales, according to a 2016 Consumer Reports article.

TRESU DigitalSolutions, a provider of flexo coating systems for digital printing lines, and Apex International, a manufacturer of precision anilox coating and ink technology for packaging and label converting, have formed a global research, development and training partnership.