February 2025

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…

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…

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…

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 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….

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…

M Grup, a packaging printer based in Kayseri Turkey, has adopted Bellissima DMS from Hamillroad Software. The adoption of Bellissima with fixed palette ECG printing has reportedly allowed M Grup to optimize its operations and achieve superb print quality, while boosting press speeds by 50 percent and slashing job changeover times. …

AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, joined 200 other groups who signed a letter in support of the Death Tax Repeal Act sent to Capitol Hill by the Family Business Coalition (FBC). On February 13, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) reintroduced the Death Tax Repeal Act….

A collaborative research and education program focused on the sustainability of corrugated packaging is underway at Michigan State University (MSU) thanks to grant funding provided by the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF). ICPF announced that Dr. Amin Joodaky, Assistant Professor at MSU’s School of Packaging is establishing a collaborative and interdisciplinary…

The FTA Women of Flexo Conference has released its lineup of conference speakers along with an updated conference agenda. In its third year, the conference brings together industry professionals for two days of networking, education, and empowerment. Hosted at the BOBST Competence Center in Georgia on March 4-5, 2025, this year’s…