Washington, D.C.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) announced the results of survey research indicating that food, beverage and consumer products manufacturers anticipate that they will eliminate four billion pounds of packaging waste nationwide from 2005-2020. More than 1.5 billion pounds have already been avoided since 2005, and another 2.5 billion pounds are expected to be

On Tuesday February 8, CannedWater4Kids will be advocating for its product and its mission in front of Congress when the American Beverage Association (ABA) hosts members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

According to the American Forest & Paper Association’s (AF&PA) December 2010 U.S. Paperboard Report released recently, total boxboard production increased by 7.3 percent compared to December 2009.

The AF&PA released the December 2010 U.S. Containerboard Statistics Report. For the fourteenth straight month, containerboard production rose over the same month a year ago.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Print Council announced that its annual membership and general information meeting will be held on October 5 from 11:30 to 12:30 pm in Room S 502A at McCormick Place in conjunction with Graph Expo.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) organization announced the release of the PrintTalk 1.3 Schema and Reference Implementation, and the release of a new set of Interoperability Conformance Specifications (ICS) based on version 1.3 of the JDF specification and the new PrintTalk 1.3. PrintTalk is a specification for the exchange of print eCommerce information that is useful for the exchange of data between customer systems, Web-to-print eCommerce systems, and print estimating, scheduling and MIS. The PrintTalk specification was developed in the 1990s and early 2000s by the PrintTalk organization, which was managed by NPES.