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Familiar Names, a New location and a New Attitude

20 Apr 2017 Familiar Names, a New location and a New Attitude April 19-20, 2017 (right before PaperCon2017) Kristi Ledbetter, TAPPI’s Converting Division Manager, and I had the privilege to revisit a company

Top 10 Packaging Trends For 2022

14 Oct 2021 This article was originally published at the online blog of Industrial Packaging in September and is being excerpted here for Ahead of the Curve readers who may have missed it. Read the complete article here.)

Sack and kraft packaging demand is shifting to consumer application

01 Mar 2017 JOHN NELSON World demand for sack and kraft paper used in packaging is set for healthy annual growth of three percent across the next five years, according to the latest exclusive research from Smithers Pira.

Four technologies poised to disrupt the specialty paper market

27 Sep 2017 In its latest research, Smithers Pira has identified four novel technologies that are set to increase capacity and enable new product opportunities for manufacturers of specialty papers across the next five years. The new report—The Future of Speciality Papers to 2022—provides a comprehensive overview of this important sector of the paper industry. It incorporates both higher volume applications, like flexible packaging and label stocks, and more niche segments like electrical insulation, filtration, and security papers.