Business Management - Industry Trends

The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation have been announced. The Diamond Award, the program's highest honor was presented to Solutions, Inc., for its Fritz Water Vest, a wearable vest that can transport up to 20 pounds of water. The vest is designed for use in developing countries where water transportation is an issue.

Registration is now open for the 2017 SGIA Expo. The event will be held from Oct. 10-12 in New Orleans and the show floor is already sold out. In addition to the expo, attendees can choose from four separate educational tracks.

This webinar will discuss the capital equipment purchasing process, with a focus on the financials and necessary procurement steps.

To make the latest packaging advancements available to end users in food, daily chemicals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other fields, swop 2017, held November 7-10, 2017 in Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) has joined hands with “Packaging Family.”

As part of its new business plan, NPES has acquired the 1/3rd ownership stakes held by Printing Industries of America and Idealliance.

More so than many other products, plants and flowers often require a great deal of consumer maintenance to flourish. Orora Visual has partnered with Lowe's to print Grow Together connected plant tags that extend product information to consumers' mobile devices.

TLMI has announced that Mark Tibbetts will step down as president in October. Tibbetts will remain in his current position for the next six months to help the association with the leadership transition.

Members of the Global Packaging Alliance (GPA) met last month in São Paolo, Brazil, to discuss industry trends in packaging and share their perspectives on each of their global markets. The GPA consists of members from the United States, Germany, Brazil, Russia, India, South Africa and South Korea.

There are several reasons why now is a great time to be a printer of folding cartons and paperboard packaging. The Paperboard Packaging Council's (PPC) Spring Meeting highlighted paperboard's sustainability advantages, visual quality, protection capabilities and much more.

Labelexpo Europe is less than six months away, and is already poised to be the largest edition in the event's history. The event will be held at the Brussels Expo in Belgium from Sept. 25-28, occupying a record nine halls.