2020 showed us that “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Is that going to stop people from making plans? No. Is it going to stop Flexible Packaging editors from asking what those plans are and sharing them with everyone? Clearly, no.

Amcor Flexibles North America has announced a partnership with Moda vacuum packaging systems. By combining Amcor’s shrink bag and rollstock film for meat and cheese with Moda’s system, producers can gain operational efficiencies and drive total cost savings.

H2 Equity Partners, based in Amsterdam, has agreed to acquire Contiweb from American Industrial Partners. Contiweb is a manufacturer of auxiliary equipment for offset printing and provides global aftermarket sales and services for a large number of installed machines.

The competition is open to FPA members. Non-members may enter a package if they have not participated in previous competitions, may only participate in the competition once as a non-member, and must be a flexible packaging manufacturer. FPA associate members that have contributed to a package may enter jointly with the package converter.

Standard-Knapp (S-K) based in Portland, Connecticut, announced an agreement to partner with EoL Packaging Experts (EoL), in end-of-line packaging solutions for the food and beverage industry.

After an exhaustive search, Maxcess, which produces products and services for web handling applications, has named Odd Joergenrud as its new CEO following the retirement of Greg Jehlik.

Flexible Packaging sits down with Issam Lutfiyya, director of global sales & marketing, and SaaS business unit leader for Baldwin Vision Systems, to discuss the advantages of employing an inspection and detection system in package printing operations and where the technology is headed.