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Myers Industries completes acquisition to strengthen materials handling segment
Third bolt-on acquisition to material handling segment in the last two years.

PMMI announces new Contract Packaging Association Sourcing Center at Pack Expo International
New feature to showcase capabilities of contract packagers.

LabelsOntime.com launched for thermal bar code printer labels
LabelsOntime.com will stock over 150 sizes in four strategically located warehouses nationwide. All orders received before 3:00 pm will be shipped out the same day.

Unitizing equipment stretches to meet demand
Stretch wrappers, stretch hooding and strapping technologies are evolving to meet customer demand for quality, speed and security across the supply chain.

Orbital stretch wrapper keeps load on forklift and away from workers
New equipment improves speed by 75%, cuts shrinkage and employee safety risks.

Packaging Corner: Accurate measurements matter
When cubing a warehouse or dimensioning a shipment, companies increasingly use the information about size and weight of parcels for inbound and outbound operations.

PMMI’s food safety and traceability report dives into FSMA perceptions
Many stakeholders across the food industry appear to be confused about implementation deadlines surrounding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to a recent study from PMMI.

Motion Controls Robotics announces strategic partnership
New solutions helps to automate packaging that was previously manual.

Staples and Packsize win first place for sustainability from the World Packaging Organisation
On-demand packaging system allows company to use 15% less corrugated used and 60% less void fill while improving less-than-full-case average cube utilization by 20%.

Corrugated industry significantly improves environmental performance
A new U.S. corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA) study shows a significant 32 percent reduction per unit in the industry's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 2006 and 2010.

EXPO PACK México 2014 open with a sold-out show floor this month
PMMI expects nearly 30,000 packaging and processing professionals representing a host of manufacturing markets, including food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics and personal care to attend this year’s edition of EXPO PACK México.

Packaging Corner: Uptick in automated stretch wrapping yields greater productivity, cost reductions
A transition to automated equipment is being helped by a steady reduction in price as well as a gain in functionality.

PolyFlex Products joins Reusable Packaging Association
The company engineers and manufactures custom reusable trays, returnable containers, and other packaging products for transportation and process applications.

CeMAT 2014 draws 53,000 visitors from 65 nations
U.S. exhibitors and attendees doubles since 2011, Russian and Brazilian attendance also rise.

Olympus Partners completes Pregis North America acquisition
Pregis’ current management team, led by Kevin Baudhuin, president and chief executive officer, will continue under Olympus ownership.


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