September 2025

Fort Mill, South Carolina based Domtar has awarded 107 grants in 2025 through its $2K Your Way program. The program, which gives employees the opportunity to apply for grants to support causes they care about, is part of Domtar’s community investment framework, Domtar Connects, which launched in April 2025, complements owner…

Xeikon has announced the return of its live educational event series, with the next installment, Unboxed: A Xeikon Learning Experience. Taking place at the Xeikon North American Innovation Center (XIC) in Elgin, Illinois, this full-day, in-person experience will bring together label and packaging professionals on September 25, 2025.  Designed for those…

Bartlett, Illinois based Platinum Converting, a provider of print and packaging converting services, has announced its acquisition of Chicago Laminating, a name for Lamination & Specialty Coating services. The acquisition is part of Platinum Converting’s continued effort to better serve the printing, packaging and converting industries.   This acquisition reflects Platinum Converting’s…

AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, has announced its 2025 Canada Fall Meeting, inviting members of the independent corrugated industry to gather for an afternoon and evening of learning, networking, and fun at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, ON, on Thursday, October 16. The program begins with the Speakers Series, headlined by keynote…

For more than a decade, students at Valley Central High School in Montgomery, New York, have been learning a surprising lesson: corrugated is far more than the box their online orders arrive in.  Under the guidance of technology teacher Nick Longo and corrugated industry veteran Richard Goldberg, the students have engineered…

Following the recent announcement that the Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) will shut down its more than decade-old marketing campaign, P+PB President Mary Anne Hansan pointed to broader corporate and market changes and the difficulty of aligning shifting priorities between paper and packaging stakeholders as key factors behind the decision. “Every…

Paraguayan prepress trade shop, Sellos, has become the first in the country to upgrade its plate exposure unit with a Shine LED Lamp Kit, innovated by Miraclon. The long-time FLEXCEL NX Technology user worked closely with Miraclon’s local channel partner, Lumila, to finalize the investment and get the LED lamps installed….

Patricia Lea “Pat” Carman, beloved wife of John Carman and co-founder of StandFast Packaging, passed away on August 7, 2025, at the age of 88. She was surrounded by family at the Ascension Alexian Brothers Hospice Residence in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. She graduated from Amundsen High School, was admitted to…

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has made updates to the APR Design for Recyclability Recognition Program, adding new packaging components that are now eligible for Preferred Design Recognition (PDR) and a new tool to simplify the submission process. This program helps component and packaging manufacturers meet clients’ goals for recyclable…