With a full year’s run-up, the course is set for interpack: the Hot Topics are in place with Smart Manufacturing, Innovative Materials and Future Skills, and they reflect the sector’s most pressing challenges and drivers of innovation. Visitors can again look forward to fully booked trade fair premises. In 2026, interpack returns at full throttle – with dynamism, a passion … [Read more...] about interpack 2026 now fully booked; hot topics defined
Labels & Liners
Channeled Resources Group launches new website to streamline access to products
Press release submitted on behalf of CRG. Channeled Resources Group (CRG), Chicago, Illinois, an industry-leading manufacturer of release liners, blank shipping labels and pressure-sensitive roll label stock, as well as one of the world’s largest suppliers of reprocessed, coated, treated and laminated papers and films, has launched a new and improved website, designed to … [Read more...] about Channeled Resources Group launches new website to streamline access to products
Nobelus launches thermal sealants for digital converters
Press release submitted on behalf of Nobelus. Nobelus, Knoxville, Tennessee, a leading supplier of finishing solutions for flexible packaging, prime labels and commercial print, stepped into flexible packaging structures with EcoElement™ PE Thermal Sealants. This line of polyethylene sealants enables thermal converters to downgauge their packaging structures and access … [Read more...] about Nobelus launches thermal sealants for digital converters
Global labels market to reach $56 billion in 2030: Smithers
According to a new report by UK-based researcher Smithers, the worldwide market for labels will be worth $56.4 billion in 2030, up 3.7% CAGR from 2024. Alongside this, the release-liners market is seen leaning toward film-based substrates due to their increase in sustainable options, slowing the growth of market frontrunners glassine and supercalendered kraft paper. The new … [Read more...] about Global labels market to reach $56 billion in 2030: Smithers
Private-equity firm Crestview Partners acquires Smyth Companies from Novacap
Crestview plans to allocate additional equity to support Smyth's organic investments and M&As. NYC-based Crestview Partners, a leading private-equity firm, wraps its acquisition of Smyth Companies, the MN-based provider of pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, in-mold labels, glue-applied labels, and flexible packaging, from Novacap. Crestview is investing alongside … [Read more...] about Private-equity firm Crestview Partners acquires Smyth Companies from Novacap