ter from Koenig & Bauer. In developmental partner- ship with Klingele, the new press was designed for the high-performance rotary production of die-cut corru- gated products in ultimate flexo post-printing quality. The global food packaging market was predicted to approach $400 billion by 2025, making operational improvements and new equipment critical for con- sumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to keep pace, according to the Trends and Advances in Food Pack- aging and Processing infographic and report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Pro- cessing Technologies . Bingham Flexo Services and Uteco reached an agreement wherein BFS will bring Uteco Converting’s product line to the 14 Midwestern states that BFS cur- rently services. Skanem Stavanger, Norway’s largest producer of self-adhesive labels, acquired a new 9-color FA-22 from Nilpeter . INX International Ink Co. , Schaumburg, Illinois, entered into an agreement to acquire RUCO Druck- farben , a longtime printing ink manufacturer in Eppstein, Germany. SAB (South Africa Brewery) , part of ABInBev Group company, is the first worldwide to adopt Ritra- ma ’s Core Linerless Solutions to label its beer bottles.
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The American Packaging Corp. renewed its fund- ing support to Rochester Institute of Technology and its packaging science program with a gift of $1 million. The relationship between Uteco Group and ESI was reportedly strengthened as the commercialization of the Gelflex-EB technology began to make an impact; Uteco’s Diamond Flexo press is designed to accommo- date this technology. Glenroy Inc. , a converter and printer of flexible packaging for more than 50 years, joined the Sustain- able Packaging Coalition and the How2Recycle label program. The membership allows Glenroy to expand its sustainable packaging portfolio with How- 2Recycle labeled store drop-off recyclable flexible packaging options. Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica launched a brand new high performance compact CI flexo press---the Evo XC---to join its line of Evo models.The eight-color press offers a small footprint and is available in two different versions with a maximum repeat length of up to 850 mm and printing speeds up to 400 m/min. TLMI announced that the association entered the NewYear with a record number of converter members. The Klingele Group ,Stuttgart,Germany,was the first customer to install the new CorruCUT sheetfed flexo press with integrated high board line rotary die-cut-
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