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Squid Ink Manufacturing, Inc. announced the signing of Grosel Industrial Sales to distribute Squid Ink’s VDP In-Line variable data printing system in Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. Grosel Industrial Sales is an award-winning representative and distributor of products and automation services for the printing and converting industries. They assist the customer on projects from concept to completion and believe in a systematic approach to solving customer issues and help in finding the ROI. Grosel Industrial Sales has been in business since 1970 and is based in Cleveland, OH. The VDP In-Line variable data printing system prints up to 8.4” of any

Frito-Lay hopes to make some big noise with a quieter version of its biodegradable SunChips bag. The company introduced a biodegradable bag for the snacks in April of 2009 with a big marketing effort to play up its environmentally friendly nature as it was made from plants and not plastic and could break down in compost. However, customers complained the bag was too loud. The stiffer material made it give off noise of that, measured in decibels, is about as loud as a busy city street. The criticism grew so deafening that the company switched

Sonoco, a packaging company, announced officer appointments in its Consumer Packaging segment, according to Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer.

An advanced polymer modifier that tackles a host of limitations linked with polylactic acid (PLA) could boost its take up in packaging, said DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers. Dr Carol Casarino Latest trials by the US-based company have shown its Biomax Strong 120 delivers “remarkable toughening effects” in brittle PLA materials, cuts power consumption and increases thermal stability during extrusion, Dr Carol Casarino, packaging and consumer global technology manager told FoodProductionDaily.com. Noise reduction The modifier can also have a dramatic effect in reducing crinkly film noise – which has so far restricted its acceptance

Graphic Packaging International recently announced plans to close its Jacksonville, Arkansas US, multiwall bag facility. The company will transition business and equipment from Jacksonville to other US operating locations. “As always, GPI deploys business to our most cost-​effective plants,” said David Scheible, president and CEO. “We continually evaluate all of our business operations to ensure we’re serving our markets as efficiently as possible. Simply put, this is a difficult business decision.” The Jacksonville multiwall bag facility will continue to operate and support customers while its business is transitioned to other company facilities in the US over the next several

Colbert Packaging has re-engineered its EnviroGuard consumer product packaging with design improvements in a bid to increase flexibility for customers whilst maintaining its sustainable claims. The EnviroGuard pack, an alternative to the traditional clam shell packaging, is designed for a variety of consumer goods including cosmetic and personal care products. “The former EnviroGuard design was limited both in its paperboard requirements and in the way the ribbed paperboard tray was integrated,” said Glenn Grosskopf, vice president of product development for Colbert. Limitless design combinations Grosskopf explained that the original EnviroGuard design is still

InfoTrends has announced the launch of a new multi-client study entitled Packaging and the Brand Owner. Within the total package printing market, a contest between digital and analog press technology is well under way in the prime label application. That contest is just beginning in two adjacent applications, folding cartons and flexible packaging. “Packaging is critical to brand management,” said Bob Leahey, an Associate Director at InfoTrends, “So meeting the needs of brands is the core objective of package printing. It’s brand owners who decide print strategies--digital has to please brand owners in order to advance.”

Luminer Converting Group of Lakewood, New Jersey, has purchased its first Aquaflex ELS 13 inch 9-color state-of-the-art Servo printing press. “We needed to purchase a press that not only gave us superior printing and registration capabilities, but also a press that we could customize to allow us the ability to run a variety of different applications,” states John Borrelli, partner and general manager of Luminer Converting. “We were able to get everything we required by working with the PCMC staff on configuring the ELS press for all our needs.” Tim Fox, regional sales manager for Aquaflex, states, “Customers such

Michael Pappas, president of Catbridge Machinery, has held his position in the industry for 10 years and has the answers to prove it. FP: What’s new and exciting at Catbridge?

xpedx announced a new network of seven Package Design Centers with the opening of centers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Rochester, N.Y., and the expansion of existing design centers in Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Juarez, Mexico, metropolitan areas. xpedx provides total packaging solutions for manufacturers, brand owners/marketers and other businesses. xpedx also announced it has added new package design staff and services in 12 other U.S. metropolitan regions: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Mich., Greensboro, N.C., Memphis, Tenn., Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle, and Tampa, Fla.