Business Management - Operations

Toray Plastics (America) has announced that its parent company, Tokyo-based Toray Industries, has been named one of the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators for 2015.

UPM Raflatac recently installed new state-of-the-art production equipment at its slitting and distribution terminal in Ontario, California. This investment will help the company increase capacity and offer new products and services to companies located on the West Coast.

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Twenty-five years after buying a press out of a barn, LabelPrint America has expanded its capabilities, output and the markets it serves.

GSI Technologies, a printer of pressure-sensitive labels, printed electronics and more, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Yazoo Mills has completed a 45,000-square-foot expansion at its manufacturing and distribution center in Hanover, Pennsylvania. After three years in operation, the company doubled the size of this facility to a total of 90,000 square feet.

Michael Ring has joined the Gallus Group as vice president, worldwide sales and marketing digital solutions. He will be responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of the new DCS 340 digital label converting line.

The first conference of its kind, the inaugural Women's Leadership Conference will be hosted by the Paperboard Packaging Council on Friday, Oct. 9 in Indianapolis.

In a significant strengthening of its presence in the North American and Latin American markets, Xaar, an inkjet technology specialist, has appointed Don Whaley as director of sales, Xaar Americas. The company has also opened a new sales and support office in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Prolamina Corp., a North American packaging company that serves the food, medical and specialty markets, celebrated breaking ground on a major renovation of its Westfield, Massachusetts manufacturing facility.