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Astara Capital Completes Investment in Garlock Printing & Converting
The company will continue to be managed by Garlock’s current senior management team, led by founder and CEO Pete Garlock.
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2021 Off to a Fast Start
2021 began with a rush in many states to consider policies that will squarely impact the flexible packing industry.
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International Entries Highlight 2021 Awards Competition
The Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition had a strong international flavor this year, especially when it came to printing excellence, leading to multiple awards for one company in the United Arab Emirates and another in India.
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Prototypes Offer Solutions Through Flexible Packaging
Caylee Boone and three of her classmates at the University of Wisconsin-Stout were tasked with coming up with ideas and prototypes that would advance uses for flexible packaging, so they started to think about how they use products and what could be improved.
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Sustainability Efforts Honored
Sustainability goals are shared across the flexible packaging industry, so when it comes to finding ways to improve the circular economy, collegiality and collaboration dominate, says Randy Shermet, vice president of sales and development at Polykar in Burlington, Ontario.
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Eastman Investing $250M in Depolymerization Plant
Eastman Chemical Co. will invest $250 million over two years to build a methanolysis plant at its Kingsport, Tennessee facility.
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Packaging For Patient Care
From scraped knees to heart-valve replacements, every day people depend upon health care and medical/surgical supplies safely delivered in sterile packaging.
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Market Tracker Explained
Without reliable information about COVID-19’s impact on daily life and spending habits, strategic planning becomes challenging for flexible packaging manufacturers hoping to make inroads in, perhaps, Turkey, France, Brazil, or China.
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Private Equity Firm Invests in Aquapak
ADM Capital Europe, LLP, a London-based private equity advisory firm, reported that its Cibus Enterprise Fund has invested in the British polymer production company Aquapak Polymers Ltd.
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Peak Rock Capital Affiliate Buys AMB
An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital, a middle-market private investment firm, completed its acquisition of AMB, S.p.A in partnership with the Marin family, AMB’s founders and current owners, and the management team of AMB.
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Miraclon Names New Executives
Miraclon recently appointed a chief technology and innovation officer and a chief technology adviser.
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Karville Increases Capacity for Pouch Machine Manufacturing
Karlville Swiss opened a second building in Stabio, Switzerland, to meet the demands of the flexible packaging market.
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LPS Industries, LLC Assists Frontline Workers
Early last year, LPS Industries’ CEO, Madeleine Robinson, made a financial donation to Fabulous Foods through the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, a pro-business trade organization.
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