August 2025

Labelexpo Asia 2025 has opened registration for the event, taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), December 2-5. The show is expected to attract more than 450 exhibitors across 40,000 square meters, a 20 percent increase from the previous iteration in 2023. The Asia-Pacific region remains the largest…

Industry leaders in Nigeria’s printing and packaging sector have thrown their weight behind flexographic technology, describing it as a cost-effective and sustainable solution to revive the country’s struggling print industry.  The call was made at the 2025 Executive Seminar on Flexographic Printing and Packaging held recently in Lagos. The event, themed…

Domino continues to grow its digital printing business with the addition of Tom Tripp, as Digital Printing Sales Manager for Corrugated. Tripp will lead Domino’s corrugated business development efforts across North America, focused on sales of the Domino X630i, the company’s digital aqueous inkjet press built for the corrugated market.  …

Members of AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, gathered for the 2025 Great Lakes Summit August 12–13 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The two-day event blended networking, plant tours, and industry insights, kicking off a sweltering Tuesday evening with a social outing and networking event attended by about 40 members at The Great American…

Delaware, Ohio based Greif has announced its agreement to sell the timberlands it owns across the southeastern United States to Molpus Woodlands Group for $462 million. The divestiture includes more than 173,000 acres of timberlands managed by wholly owned subsidiary Soterra. The deal is expected to close sometime around the end…

The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) is shutting down after more than a decade promoting the sector. P+PB is one of more than 20 research and promotion programs for commodities organized through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the only one dedicated to packaging. The federally established and industry-backed paper marketing…

Filton Packaging has installed a new Bobst Vision CI flexographic press and attained FSSC 22000 certification for food safety at its Dandenong South, Australia, facility The investment in the Bobst Vision CI press marks a major upgrade for the Melbourne-based converter, offering central impression flexographic printing with enhanced registration accuracy, repeatability…

Bay Cities recently celebrated its 69th birthday with Bay Day. Since 1956, Bay Cities has stood out in the world of industrial packaging, retail packaging and in-store displays by staying true to its core: innovation, sustainability, and 100% employee ownership. As the fiscal year wrapped at the end of June, Bay…

Labelexpo Europe 2025, being held September 16-19 in Barcelona, Spain, will feature The Label Trail, a guided experience from concept to consumer. The initiative is developed by companies such as: Avery Dennison, CERM, CarbonQuota, Esko, Grafisk Maskinfabrik (GM), KURZ, SCRIBOS and Xeikon.  Aligning with the show’s focus on sustainability and innovation,…

AICC has announced the upcoming launch of its Next Generation Executives Program, a premier 18-month educational experience designed to prepare high-potential professionals in the packaging industry for executive and C-suite leadership roles.  Officially beginning in Fall 2025, this program offers a comprehensive curriculum focused on the strategic, operational, and financial leadership…