Lima, Peru-based Oben Group has completed its announced acquisition of Terphane, a leading producer of high-performance polyester films with operations in Brazil and the United States. This acquisition marks a strategic milestone in Oben Group’s mission to enhance manufacturing capabilities and expand its presence in relevant global markets. With over four decades of … [Read more...] about Oben Group wraps acquisition of Terphane
Flexible Packaging
High-performance AlOx thin films for next-generation sustainable flexible packaging: Part 2
By N.A. Morrison, chief technologist; M. Campo, technical staff member; T. Crouch, head of packaging; R. Verghese, R&D mgr.-Flexible Products Group, Applied Materials Web Coating GmbH; and S. Straach, group mgr., Fraunhofer FEP AlOx has long been touted as a suitable transparent layer for packaging applications and indeed has found use in a range of retort applications … [Read more...] about High-performance AlOx thin films for next-generation sustainable flexible packaging: Part 2
European flex-pack substrate prices show mixed development in Q3 2024: FPE report
Prices for primary flexible-packaging materials in Europe showed a mixed development in Q3 2024, influenced by fluctuations in the availability of raw materials, logistics and international markets, says the regular report via trade group Flexible Packaging Europe. The latest price index data (based on Q4/2020 = 100%) illustrates the dynamic changes in the individual substrates … [Read more...] about European flex-pack substrate prices show mixed development in Q3 2024: FPE report
BOBST opens new Labels & Flexible Packaging Competence Center in Italy
Press release submitted on behalf of BOBST. BOBST, Mex, Switzerland, with more than 350 employees dedicated to narrow- and mid-web printing and converting technology, advanced its vision for the future of labels and flexible-packaging production, centered on connectivity, digitalization, automation and sustainability with the opening of a new state-of-the-art Competence … [Read more...] about BOBST opens new Labels & Flexible Packaging Competence Center in Italy
In-line coated & metallized, high-barrier BOPP-film production
By Bülent Çelik, senior metallized production mgr., and Cetin Berk Guvel, metallized production senior eng., Polibak; Nick Copeland, R&D director, BOBST; Willi Lindemann, R&D eng. – In-Line Coating Technology, Brückner Maschinenbau; and Kangin Park, Coatings & Engineering Materials Div., Mitsui Chemicals The market expectation for packaging films is shifting … [Read more...] about In-line coated & metallized, high-barrier BOPP-film production