Category: Packaging
JLS Automation hires new VP of finance and accounting
Robotic packaging systems producer JLS Automation has hired Shawn Rauchut as vice president of finance and accounting.
Hessing Supervers completes new production plant
Hessing Supervers’ new production site in Greenport Venlo, Netherlands, is complete. The plant is expected to produce 850 different products every day.
PMMI names Andersen first female board chair
PMMI has named Patty Andersen as its 2023 board chair. Andersen is the first woman to hold that title.
Safeguarding produce from viruses through active packing technologies
Active packing technologies can help safeguard produce from a variety of viruses
Powering the process: Retorts help steer products to market
Retorts simplify packaging process, help bring products to market
Packaging solutions provider Oliver Inc. acquires folding carton manufactuer
Specialty packaging solutions provider Oliver Inc. has acquired Tap Packaging + Design
Pressure points: High pressure processing excels with produce
High pressure processing finds home in produce packaging
Reusable Packaging Association elects new chair, board members
The Reusable Packaging Association has elected a new board chair and new executive committee members. Kevin Mazula, CEO of RM2, will begin his term as chair this month.
Matrix, MD Packaging enter distributor partnership in Canada
Matrix Packaging Machinery has named MD Packaging as its exclusive distributor partner providing sales, parts, and service throughout Canada
SAMBAZON adds smoothie cube blends to frozen fruit lineup
SAMBAZON adds smoothie cubes to frozen foods lineup
PulPac extends its licensee network with UK-based ThermoFibre
ThermoFibre buys Pulpac equipment to produce dry-molded fiber tray packaging, more.
Serpa names new leader for first time since company’s founding
Serpa, a California-based secondary packaging solutions manufacturer, has named Justin Neece as its new vice president and general manager
PMMI Foundation and Women’s Leadership Network awards $5,000 scholarship
PMMI awards scholarship to University of Cincinnati student studying industrial design.
$9.5 million USDA investment funds 3 bioproduct manufacturing projects
A new $9.5 million federal investment will support the scale-up of sustainable bioproduct manufacturing in the U.S.
PMMI Foundation awards $16,000 in scholarships
The PMMI Foundation, the charitable arm of the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, awarded $16,000 in educational scholarships to students this past fall
Engineered Foam Packaging acquires NatureKool for Temperature Solutions Group
EFP will have more presence in temperature-controlled packaging solutions.