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AWA To Hold Import/Export, Tariffs & Market Dynamics Workshop
Alexander Watson Associates (AWA) will host AWA Workshop: Import/Export, Tariffs & Market Dynamics as part of the AWA Global Release Liner Summit 2025, set to take place on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM CST at the University Club of Chicago. This workshop will focus on the…
Diane Wolf, Carlisle Container CEO, To Keynote At AICC Spring Meeting
AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, announced that Diane Wolf, CEO of Carlisle Container, will be the Industry Keynote Speaker at the upcoming AICC Spring Meeting set for April 30 to May 2 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs, Florida. Diane is a visionary leader with decades of…
General Data Acquires International Label Manufacturing
General Data Company, a manufacturer, coater, and provider of products and solutions for labeling, barcoding, RFID, data management, and equipment service, has acquired International Label Manufacturing (ILM) of Terre Haute, Indiana. LM is a label converter and commercial printer specializing in flexographic, digital and offset printing technologies for producing custom labels,…
Kruger To Invest $6.5M For Wayagamack Mill Upgrades
Montreal, Quebed based Kruger Inc. today announced a $6.5 million investment to implement an innovation project aimed at diversifying production at its Wayagamack Mill in Trois-Rivières. The initiative will enable the production of innovative label paper grades, reinforcing the Wayagamack Mill’s leadership in Québec and North America. The new, state-of-the-art equipment…
ARC Association Launches Regional Events
The Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters (ARC) is introducing ARC Exchange, a series of one-day, regional expos and training events held in conjunction with a university partner. An event for converters, suppliers, new industry professionals and university students, the first ARC Exchange event will take place on September 10, 2025, at the…
Koenig & Bauer To Present At PRINT UV 2025 In Las Vegas
Würzburg, Germany based Koenig & Bauer announced its participation at the upcoming PRINT UV 2025 conference set for March 10-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chris Travis, Vice President of Print Technology at Koenig & Bauer (US) and his colleague Dirk Winkler, Head of Print Technology at Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed, will…
Pinnacle Traxim Signs Deal For HP Indigo 6K
Sonipat, India-based Pinnacle Traxim has signed a deal to acquire the HP Indigo 6K in a bid to enhance short-run, high-quality label production. The company’s last investment in the label business was in January 2022, when it installed a Gallus Labelmaster 440 narrow-web flexo printing press. Running Flexo Pinnacle currently runs…
Colombian Converter GrowsWith Nilpeter FA-22 Flexo Press
ID Artes Impresores, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia, has invested in its first Nilpeter press, a new FA-22 flexo press. The company recently completed a successful Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) at Nilpeter’s production facility in Denmark, marking the beginning of a new partnership. …
Robert ‘Bob’ Morgan, Former President Of Geo. M. Martin, Passes Away At 72
Robert “Bob” Morgan, former President of the Geo. M. Martin Company and a respected leader in the corrugated packaging industry, passed away peacefully at his home in Benicia, California on February 8, 2025. He was 72. Bob earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, Management, and Marketing from St….
AF&PA Releases January Packaging Paper Report
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the January 2025 Packaging Papers Monthly report. Total packaging papers and specialty packaging shipments in January increased 4 percent compared to January 2024. The operating rate for bleached packaging papers was 81.4 percent, up 3.3 points from January 2024. Shipments of the biggest…