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Shaquem Griffin, One-Handed NFLer, To Deliver CorrExpo Closing Keynote
CorrExpo 2025, TAPPI’s premier event for the corrugated packaging industry, is set to close with a game-winner. The closing keynote, on October 22, will be delivered by Shaquem Griffin, the first one-handed player drafted into the National Football League (NFL) and consultant with the NFL Legends Community. A former linebacker for…
Minova Labels Chooses Vetaphone For Its Lombardi Presses
Minova Labels installed all its Lombardi Synchroline machines with Vetaphone surface treatment technology. Established in 2006 by Ivan Caldirola and his business partner, Minova Labels began life with a Gidue 430 8-color press and added a second Gidue 630 10-color press in 2010. Both presses were fitted with Vetaphone A-station corona…
ICPF Partners With The Packaging School To Empower Next Generation
The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) has teamed up with The Packaging School (TPS) to increase student awareness of the corrugated packaging industry and empower the next generation of packaging professionals through expert-led online education and customized instruction. Through this collaboration, ICPF will provide full funding for the first cohort of…
Steinhauser Expands With Digital Series HD Press
Steinhauser Inc., Newport, Kentucky, a woman-owned label printing company, has installed a Mark Andy Digital Series HD, the company’s first hybrid press. The press is said to combine the precision of digital printing with the versatility of flexography. The Mark Andy Digital Series HD offers high-resolution printing at 1200 dpi and…
Colbert Packaging To Participate In Startup Moxie Program For High School Students
Elkhart, Indiana based Colbert Packaging, one of the Midwest’s leading independently-owned paperboard packaging manufacturers, has announced its participation in Startup Moxie, an entrepreneurship-focused dual credit course connecting high school juniors and seniors from across Elkhart County for daily immersive experiences. Sixteen students toured Colbert’s Elkhart facility and engaged in discussions with…
Still Time To Submit Entry For BCN/AICC IOY Award
The 2025 BCN/AICC Innovator of the Year Competition is still open for entries. This competition is being held at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The deadline for entry is Friday, August 22, 2025. This year’s boxmaker competition highlights new ideas or innovations in the areas of production, administration, in-house…
Axiom Color Campus Fights Flexographic Waste
Axiom Color Campus, an online educational platform dedicated to preventing printing waste in the flexographic printing industry, has announced its official launch. With a mission to cultivate fully trained press room staff and transform them into color experts, Axiom Color Campus aims to reduce waste and ensure precise, vibrant color in…
Tom Tripp Joins Domino As Digital Printing Sales Manager For Corrugated
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 purpose-built for the corrugated market. With…
G-P Announces Retirement Of CEO And President, Christian Fischer
Atlanta, Georgia based Georgia-Pacific has announced the retirement of Christian Fischer, who has served as president and CEO since 2017. Fischer will retire from the company at the end of October, ending a tenure dating back to 1989. Beginning in August, he will transition his responsibilities to Mark Luetters, who is…
Lawsuit Accuses Containerboard Producers Of Price Fixing
According to Packaging Dive and other media reports, containerboard producers are being hit with a class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing them of creating a “cartel” and engaging in price collusion to boost profits at the expense of customers, as first reported by Bloomberg Law. On Tuesday, July 29 Artuso Pastry Foods Corp….