PACK EXPO East 2020 Enjoys Record Breaking Event The fourth edition of PACK EXPO East welcomed a record-breaking 7,100-plus attendees to the Pennsyl- vania Convention Center in Philadelphia March 3-5. Not only was it the highest attendance ever, but it also featured a five percent larger show floor than 2018, ac- cording to show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Sustainability was highlighted in The RPA Center, hosted by the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA). The RPA Center offered a central location for attend- ees seeking education on reusable packaging systems and how the RPA and its members support reusable packaging objectives. The Packaging & ProcessingWomen’s Leadership Net- work’s (PPWLN) event returned to PACK EXPO East host- ing more than 100 women (and men) at the networking breakfast,which featured Kweilin Ellingrud,a senior part- ner at McKinsey & Company, presenting on McKinsey’s Women in theWorkplace 2019 global report. PACK EXPO East will return to Philadelphia March 21–23, 2022. PACK EXPO International and Health- care Packaging EXPO 2020 will be held November 8-11 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Expected to be the largest PACK EXPO International and Health- care Packaging EXPO to date, it will feature 45,000- plus attendees and 2,500 exhibitors over 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space. Flint Group Europe Announces Solvent Surcharge Flint Group Packaging Inks Europe has confirmed the implementation of a solvent surcharge for its sol- vent-based inks and coatings in Europe, effective im- mediately. The surcharge will remain active until the current raw material volatility subsides. The progressively worsening global economic situ- ation caused by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is placing untenable pressure on the supply chain for packaging inks and coatings, according to the company. Supply across a number of raw materi- al categories, notably solvents, is tightening and costs are rising quickly as the market becomes more con- strained. Additionally, freight constraints are resulting in higher costs across all transportation modes. Flint Group is witnessing increasing rates of ab- senteeism and sickness at all sites and disruptions throughout supply chains have meant that the stan- dardisation of production lines has become necessary; in some cases, customers may need to accept alterna- tive products to ensure the continuity of supply.
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