Oracle Packaging is now offering a high-barrier pouchstock laminate tailored to the specific challenges of over-the-counter effervescent products.

Spain-based converter Covinil has become the first company to invest in the new Bobst integrated solution for the conversion of AlOx high-barrier transparent films. 

Transcontinental Inc. has announced the acquisition of all of the shares of Flexstar Packaging Inc., a flexible packaging supplier based in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond, British Columbia. 

NatureWorks and Metalvuoto have announced a new generation of high-barrier Ingeo-based flexible substrates designed to keep processed foods fresh on store shelves. 

Optimum Plastics, a leading producer of custom engineered cast-embossed and high-barrier co-extruded blown films for the packaging, medical and industrial markets, has announced the startup of a new cast production line at its Wisconsin facility.

Often brand owners desire product visibility but don’t want to compromise the barrier properties and shelf-appeal that a metallized substrate brings to a package.