May 2025

The corrugated industry is heading to Savannah this October to explore what’s possible and build what’s next. Mark your calendar for CorrExpo 25, set for October 20-22 in Savannah, Georgia. This must-attend event brings together 1,000+ corrugated industry professionals from more than 300 companies. To see who’s attending, check out the…

Cyngient, provider of coatings, inks, adhesives, and primers for the flexographic, digital, and commercial printing industries, is supporting the future health of flexographic label and package printing industry with donations to Illinois State University (ISU). The donations of both materials and expertise comes as ISU participates in The Phoenix Challenge, the…

AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, in collaboration with The Packaging School, announced the launch of the Business Management in Corrugated Packaging (BMCP) Certificate Program, a first-of-its-kind professional development opportunity crafted for professionals in the corrugated industry. Enrollment is now open for the inaugural cohort, beginning Fall 2025. This immersive, 12 to…

LeRoy, New York based OrCon Industries, a leader in custom packaging and material handling solutions, announced the acquisition of the Viva Foam division of Jamestown Container Companies. The acquisition includes the majority of assets and equipment located in Lyons, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “After nine successful…

The Flexographic Technical Association hosted its annual FORUM INFOFLEX 2025’s Awards Banquet last week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. BOBST, Rossini SPA and Techkon were all presented with the 2025 Technical Innovation Awards. BOBST was recognized for its Digital Inspection Table, which permits users to interact with both the physical and digital representation…

Students from Riverview School in Silver Lake, Wisconsin, and Bittersweet Elementary School in Mishawaka, Indiana, recently learned the answers during a special presentation given by corporate neighbor Colbert Packaging (colbertpkg.com). Building on its tradition of educating students about sustainability and the circular lifecycle of trees and papermaking, Colbert employee teams reached…

Charles “Chuck” Fienning, former owner of Sumter, South Carolina based Sumter Packaging Corporation and longtime AICC member, was officially and regally inducted into the association’s Hall of Fame during the opening session of AICC’s Spring Meeting on May 1 at the Hyatt Recency Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, Florida. As is…

Esko will underline the value of end-to-end integration at the annual Esko World event, June 3-5 at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri from June 3-5, when the company unveils six innovations that combine to drive value for packaging converters and shorten time to market for consumer packaged…

Delaware, Ohio based Greif, a global leader in industrial packaging products and services, announced it will permanently close the paperboard mill in Los Angeles, California as part of its previously announced optimization efforts. The Los Angeles mill is expected to cease operation in June 2025. The mill, which produces both coated…

Dublin, Ireland based Smurfit Westrock announced it will permanently close its coated recycled board (CRB) mill in St. Paul, Minnesota, and will discontinue production at its containerboard mill in Forney, Texas. The specialty coating facility at Forney will not be impacted. As a result, the company’s containerboard and CRB capacity is…