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Esko, global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions, has announced that the CDI plate imaging unit recently installed at Inovar Packaging Group in Texas was the 5000th of its CDI and XPS exposure unit platemaking equipment to be sold. The first Esko CDI — which stands for Cyrel Digital Imager…

Chicago, Illinois based Mesirow announced that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to The Kennedy Group, LLC on its sale to Inovar Packaging Group. Family-owned and operated since 1974, The Kennedy Group is a label and packaging platform with two facilities based in Willoughby, Ohio and Levittown, Pennsylvania. With state-of-the-art…

The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) announced the success of its inaugural PPC Next: Leadership Summit, held July 17-19 at the RRD Corporate Offices in the Greater Chicago area. The sold-out event, with programming sponsored by Sappi North America, marked a significant milestone in the paperboard packaging community, bringing together top talent…

The AWA & TLMI printTHINK Industry Seminar 2024 will be held on September 8-9, just before the commencement of Labelexpo Americas 2024 in Rosemont, Illinois. This seminar will be one of three concurrent sessions through a collaboration among AWA, TLMI, and AIPIA. The program of the printTHINK Seminar will feature presentations…

Huntersville, North Carolina based Kolbus America Inc. announced its upcoming appearance on September 8-12 at TAPPI/AICC SuperCorrExpo in Orlando, Florida, where their team will be showcasing BX Motion in booth #2319. Power and innovation are at the heart of their newest innovation and the company says they are confident that the…

Brook + Whittle’s GreenLabel BlockOut light-blocking shrink sleeve solution has received recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) as meeting or exceeding the voluntary requirements for APR Design for Recyclability Recognition. Additionally, How2Recycle has evaluated the solution and has pre-qualified it as widely recyclable on eligible clear PET bottles.  The…

AICC, The Independent Packaging Foundation, invites members to participate in the “Everyday Digital” webinar at 2:00 p.m. ET on August 29. Guest speaker for the virtual event will be Craig Heavener, Domino Installation & Application Engineer. Previously, Heavener was a Customer Lead in Field Service at EFI. He is a graduate…

Ferdinand Rüesch IV of Gallus Ferd. Rüesch AG and Paul Teachout of Harper Corporation of America will both be recognized for their contributions to the label industry at the upcoming Labelexpo show, taking place September 10-12, 2024 The winner of the R. Stanton Avery Special Recognition Award, sponsored by Avery Dennison,…

Schur Star Systems Australia has installed and commissioned a new Windmoeller & Holscher Miraflex 10-color flexographic press, the first of its kind in Australia. The new press is part of a $25 million investment at the company’s Melbourne production facility, aimed to meet growing demand for the company’s flexible packaging solutions….

Case Paper announced the addition of Sappi North America’s Spectro to their inventory. With this new addition, Case Paper now converts and distributes two SBS paperboards from Sappi: Spectro and Proto. Case said that these two lines of paperboard are high-quality, extremely versatile, and available now. They are also sustainable and…