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We kick off the New Year by asking industry executives to take a look back at the year that was and predict how it’ll affect 2021. No crystal balls here! Quality control in inspection systems and printing cylinders also takes a front seat this month. Plus, sustainability in cannabis packaging, a Q&A with Sealed Air and more!
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.
So, it’s a New Year, and as you can see, we’ve got a new look — well, on the digital edition. The new look of the website is coming. A lot people use the New Year to make a change. I can with 100% certainty tell you that we didn’t use that as an excuse to effect these changes.
Associated Labels and Packaging, a Canadian flexible packaging and printing company, recently purchased a servo-driven stand-up pouch machine to meet growing demand for smaller runs.
Most consumers and industry professionals want to see a post-COVID 19 world emerge as soon as possible, and there’s hope on the horizon with recent vaccine breakthroughs. However, a big question going forward will be what flexible packaging trends stick in a post-COVID world?
In the past, cylinders used for printing were engraved by artisans, but the widespread use of Think Laboratory’s gravure-cylinder making systems has made highly accurate and fully automated production possible at a low cost.
Plant utilization is essential for most industries, and in most cases this means some kind of capital investment to increase productivity. Many converters and contract packagers are identifying machine vision opportunities for challenging film lamination applications.
Flexible Packaging spoke with Ron Cotterman, VP of Sealed Air’s sustainability and innovation, to discuss the company’s partnership with Plastic Energy and how it can impact sustainability in the flexible packaging industry.
Royal Armenia was the first coffee maker in Armenia to set itself apart from competitors by packaging its coffee in a stand-up format. Helping the company in its efforts were machines from Volpak.
Increased legalization and a growing demand for medical and recreational cannabis across the world has the legal marijuana market size expecting to reach $73.6 billion by 2027, says a new report published by Grand View Research, Inc.