Jones Healthcare Group (London, Ontario), a market leader in advanced packaging and medication dispensing solutions, has installed a new, one-of-a-kind, Aquaflex LX 2350 Label Printing and Converting Press. The press will expand the company’s capacity to produce customized laser pharmacy labels with enhanced speed to market for its clients. “As the number of prescriptions dispensed … Read more →
The PMMI Board of Directors (The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies), organizers of PACK EXPO events, has made the difficult decision to cancel its in-person PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO set to take place this Novmeber in Chicago. The PMMI Board determined that, due to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and the current … Read more →
Characterized by Kodak as the first digital packaging press to match the productivity of flexo and the quality of gravure, the new Kodak-Uteco Sapphire EVO W is the first flexible packaging press using Kodak’s latest continuous inkjet technology. With a print width of 49.2 inches, the EVO W can inkjet print on flexible plastic films, … Read more →
The Packaging Consortium’s (PAC’s) Annual Global Leadership Awards are basically the “Oscars” of the packaging industry. The global packaging competition is open to any individual or company directly involved in the brand ownership, brand/graphic, structural design, pre-press or manufacture of a package sold anywhere in the world. The package must be sold commercially in market … Read more →
The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI – Milford, Ohio) has called for entries for its annual Print Awards Competition. This year marks the association’s 43rd awards competition, and every year narrow-web converters from across the globe submit hundreds of entries to be considered for the coveted Best in Class and Best in Show honours. … Read more →
Great Little Box Company (GLBC – Richmond, British Columbia) and Ideon Packaging (also based in Richmond), have joined forces in one of the most significant acquisitions the Canadian packaging industry has seen in recent years. The acquisition of Ideon by GLBC – an award-winning manufacturer and distributor of packaging solutions since 1982 – brings together … Read more →
Jones Healthcare Group (London, Ontario), a market leader in advanced packaging and medication dispensing solutions, has made a significant investment in taking its packaging services to an unprecedented new level, in the form of a new, fully integrated two-lane Uhlmann Blister Packaging Line. The highly automated equipment will increase the company’s capacity to manage high-demand … Read more →
Arrow Systems (Brookfield, Wisconsin), a leading provider of digital printing and finishing equipment as well as materials and coatings, has launched the ArrowJet Aqua 330R Digital Label Printer for mid-volume to high-volume labels and packaging. This new solution is a high-speed, aqueous pigment press “that provides enhanced print quality and greater production flexibility than previous … Read more →
The Packaging Consortium (PAC) recently asked it members to submit their stories and tell the industry how they’re contributing to their local communities, across Canada, or the world at large, during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The responses were both inspirational and overwhelming. Members came together to contribute much-needed funding, re-purposed their equipment and overall … Read more →
Christina Cvetan. Titled Smart Packaging Overview: Use, Cases and Value, the free online event is organized and presented by the Packaging Consortium (PAC) and is part of its Webinar Wednesdays series of informative, online webinars. PAC Packaging Consortium, founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit industry organization that has over 2,500 members throughout the packaging value … Read more →
Miraclon (formed by the sale of Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division to private equity firm Montagu), a global company with over 300 employees and manufacturing operations in the U.S. and Japan, has appointed Brad Vette as its new Strategic Accounts Manager for Canada and the United States. In this role, he’ll support the wider regional sales … Read more →
Hybrid Software (Gent, Belgium) has announced the release of STEPZ 5.2, the latest version of its powerful, native PDF step & repeat desktop solution for digital label and package printing. Along with its strong Variable-Data Printing (VDP) capabilities, STEPZ 5.2 is a modular version from the software creator’s PACKZ family that allows its users to … Read more →