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German food packaging equipment group MULTIVAC has completed the year-long construction of a new 33,000-square-foot logistisc center in Kansas City, Mo., to accommodate increased market demand for spare parts and production materials driven by the fast growth of company’s MULTIVAC USA subsidiary in Kansas City. “Strong growth in turnover by the MULTIVAC USA subsidiary, as well as expansion of production at the Kansas City site, made it necessary to invest in efficient and state-of-the-art warehouse logistics,” says MULTIVAC Group president Guido Spix. “Reliable and rapid supply of spare parts to our customers in North and Central America was also close to our heart.” According to the company, the new logistics center comprises a highly sophisticated and automated small parts warehouse, a pallet store, a storage area for medium-sized materials to be stored without pallets, and a movable cantilever rack for warehousing machines on three levels, along with a dedicated access road for incoming and outgoing freight for safe operation.
maintained our Circular Economy objectives as a top priority.”
Montreal-headquartered flexible packaging group TC Transcontinental Packaging has been named the winner of this year’s Flexographic Technical Association (FTA)’s Sustainability Excellence Awards competition for its Integritite post-consumer recycled collation shrink film featuring 33-percent PCR (post-consumers recycled) plastic, pre-approval for use in the How2Recycle in-store drop-off programs, and close-to-par performance compared to virgin plastic resins. Fist commercialized in the fall of 2020 in collaboration with the AHA Sparkling Water brand of The Coca-Cola Company, the Integritite packaging can be found on select Sam’s and BJ’s club store shelves in Ohio,
Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Delaware. (see picture) “It is very exciting and gratifying to receive such an award and to be recognized by our industry peers in developing sustainable packaging solutions,” says Rebecca Casey, senior vice-president for marketing and strategy at TC Transcontinental Packaging. “This award is a tribute to our collaborative approach between our crossfunctional teams, The Coca-Cola Company and the co-packer,” Casey states. “This partnership drove collaborative innovation that created value for recycled plastic waste, pushed the bar further in sustainability, and we
Montreal-based flexible packaging products manufacturer Polykar has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies in the annual rankings compiled by financial services group Deloitte Private to recognize Canadian-owned or managed companies for outstanding overall business performance and sustained growth. Founded as a family business in 198,7 Polykar has grown into an innovative, world-class manufacturer of sustainable packaging solutions focusing on polyethylene film for converters, garbage bags, certified compostable bags, and food and industrial flexible packaging, with solid expertise in post-industrial and post-commercial film recycling. “We are incredibly proud to be recognized as a winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, an award made possible due to the efforts of everyone in the company,” says Polykar’s president and chief executive officer Amir Karim. “Our communal culture and our unwavering attention to customer service allowed us to succeed in this challenging year.”
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