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Reading this, you'll see what each converter has been up to in the past year. It’s evident that this list is going to look very different next year. The race is on. On that note, we present our 2018 Top 25 Converters in North America feature, based off of sales information from the 2017 calendar year.
Compared to the lists of the past few years, the 2017 Flexible Packaging Top 25 Converters list may seem, well, ordinary. While this year was not without its share of M&A's, they were all fairly minor to some of the big shake-ups the industry has seen in the past.
The flexible packaging industry is now well ahead of pre-recession levels and it’s expected that consolidation through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) will continue.
ProAmpac has announced the formation of a cross-functional team dedicated to bringing flexible packaging solutions to home, health and beauty (HHB) markets.
Sigma Plastics Group has ordered its 53rd Windmoeller & Hoelscher blown film machine. The VAREX II line will be installed in Sigma’s ISOFlex Indiana plant in Washington, Indiana – a plant that features all W&H lines and is dedicated to producing high-end film.
TC Transcontinental Packaging is launching one of the first-in-market, 100 percent recyclable, multilayer barrier standup pouches in North America in partnership with Harney & Sons, an American tea company, for its loose tea flexible plastic pouch.
Mondi is investing in its Styria, Austria, plant to further boost its ability to offer safe, clean, environmentally friendly liners for Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers.
TC Transcontinental Packaging’s Richmond, British Columbia plant, Transcontinental Flexstar, has installed a regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO), a high caliber pollution abatement system.
Bemis was honored by PMMI with a Technology Excellence Award for its active packaging for vacuum packed poultry and meat featuring extended shelf life.
ProAmpac’s four-sided, tetrahedron-shaped E-Z SnackPak pouch, developed in partnership with PepsiCo Mexico Foods for the Doritos Icognita brand, has earned a Gold Award from The Dow Chemical Company’s 2018 Awards for Packaging Innovation and the 2018 Star Pack and Packaging Award from The Mexican Association of Packaging (AMEE).
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