The outbreak of the coronavirus in China could spur increased usage of flexible packaging to improve food safety, according to Brendan Connell-French, Wood Mackenzie research associate.

"After more than two decades of rapid economic advancement in China, the past few years have seen GDP growth fall from over 10% in 2010 to 6.1% in 2019. This trend is reflected in flexible packaging, with double-digit sales growth at the beginning of the decade declining to 6.5% in 2019.

Xiuming Bai is joining Kwik Lok Corp.’s global sales team and will head up Kwik Lok’s office in Shanghai.

Maxcess, a global leader in products and services for web handling applications, celebrated its 10-year anniversary in China by unveiling an additional 25,000-square-foot facility in Zhuhai. The expansion comes only one year after tripling its manufacturing space in early 2017.

UPM Raflatac has brought its RafCycle recycling solution to China.