The largest international packaging and processing show this year is breaking records with new solutions, inspiring thought leadership, and a personalized experience for attendees Herndon, Va.; April 18, 2024 – Registration has officially opened for PACK EXPO International, scheduled for Nov. 3–6 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event is the largest and most comprehensive packaging and processing show worldwide for 2024. According to show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the industry’s growth underscores the need for manufacturers to access innovative ..read more

Workplace Safety & Prevention Services offers safety resources in six languages  For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 18, 2024: Language barriers could put new Canadians and temporary foreign workers at risk on the job, as Ontario fill gaps in its labour market by welcoming newcomers to the province at historic levels. To ensure tens of thousands of new Canadians entering our workforce have a clear understanding of health and safety rights, responsibilities, and workplace hazards, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) has developed multilingual learning resources to ..read more

(Toronto, Ont.) Canada’s largest skilled-trades and technology conference, the Skills Ontario Competition, returns to the Toronto Congress Centre, May 6-7. Started in 1989, the Skills Ontario Competition offers a unique opportunity for top students to demonstrate that they are the best of the best in their skilled-trade or technology fields. Over the two days, competitors will turn the heads of their educators, family, friends and prospective employers as they compete in over 75 different skilled-trade and technology contests. This year, the 2024 Skills Ontario will welcome 2,800 competit ..read more

Los Angeles, CA – Roberts Beauty, an Innovative Beauty Group company and award-winning packaging innovator from Los Angeles, in collaboration with Oceanworks®, a global leader in combating plastic pollution, today announced a significant environmental milestone: the removal of 100,000 pounds of plastic waste that was destined for our oceans and their borders through the IMPAC+ program. This collaborative effort reflects the shared commitment of both organizations to sustainability, increasing access to post-consumer recycled ocean-bound plastics and ocean cleanup. The partnership between Rober ..read more

Oshkosh, Wis. – April 17, 2024 – Amcor (NYSE: AMCR, ASX:AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions with a strong heritage and legacy in the dairy industry, today announced a significant expansion of its North American printing and converting capabilities for the dairy market to support customers’ needs for flexible packaging. The installation of new, state-of-the art equipment – primarily in northeast Wisconsin over the next 18 months – will expand and optimize capacity while further increasing network reliability and responsiveness to serve custome ..read more

Mississauga (Ont.), April 17, 2024 – Gelato Festival World Masters, the main category tournament with partners Carpigiani and Sigep – Italian Exhibition Group, is on its new journey around the globe searching for the world’s best gelato. The second challenge on Canadian soil, following the 2023 selection, took place April 16 in Mississauga, Ont., where 18 gelato chefs took part in the sweetest competition of the year at the headquarters of Cool King Refrigeration, the Carpigiani distributor. The winning chefs and the best gelato artisans in Canada for 2024 are: First place Kaya Ogruce from Dea ..read more

April 17, 2024 (Ottawa, Ont.) – The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) was pleased to see the inclusion of certain key supports for the Canadian fresh-fruit and vegetable sector in Federal Budget 2024. Budget 2024 includes a number of commitments that were recommended by CPMA in its advocacy efforts and pre-budget submissions to the government, such as: A federal investment of $1 billion over five years to establish a national school food program; Federal funding under the new Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund to accelerate construction and upgrades of municipal waste infrastructu ..read more

The new partnership aims to drive the replacement of multi-material packaging with advanced mono-material structures Siegburg, Germany, April 16, 2024 — Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, today announced its partnership with Borouge, a leading petrochemicals company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefins solutions, to co-develop 100 per cent recyclable mono-material solutions to further drive packaging design for a circular economy. The goal of the collaboration is to build a pipeline of solutions ..read more

Miraclon and BOBST have reinforced their strategic partnership, with Miraclon named as the plate-technology partner in BOBST’s new Competence Center in Atlanta. Officially opening this week, the centre is home to a FLEXCEL NX System and FLEXCEL NX Ultra Processing Solution to support BOBST’s goal to produce plates that maximize the performance of their presses. Emma Weston, Chief Marketing Officer with Miraclon, said, “We’ve been collaborating closely with BOBST since our partnership in Europe started more than eight years ago. Visitors to the Bobst Bielefeld Demo Center in Germany have been a ..read more

Les Achards, April 16, 2024 — Premier Tech and MG Tech are pleased to announce a strategic and promising partnership that will shape the future of both companies. Drawing on their respective expertise, they will meet the evolving needs of manufacturers — in the nutrition, industrial, fast-moving consumer-goods and parapharmacy industry — for packaging technologies with high-performance and innovative solutions. The addition of Premier Tech to MG Tech’s capital will allow the French group to fully leverage the global ecosystem of Premier Tech Systems and Automation and acces ..read more