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Corrugated packaging with a curve launched in UK


September’s PPMA show in the UK by collaborators Cepac and Adpak.


T Leading independent corrugated


producer Cepac teamed up with packaging machinery producer Adpak to showcase the automated application of Arcwise, which is said to be the UK’s first curved corrugated pack. Arcwise technology enables


he manufacture of curved corrugated packaging was demonstrated at


corrugated board to form new shapes, utilising a radius, enabling the graphical layout to be extended across a range of panels and designs. Adpak has developed machinery which auto-erects and fills the Arcwise boxes. It enables the production of packs for retail- ready, consumer and transport packaging uses. Cepac’s sales & marketing


director, Steve Moss, said: “We are excited to reveal our latest corrugated innovation with our


Kraft paper for shaped packaging


A kraft paper that can be stretched symmetrically for shaped packaging has been launched by Mondi. The natural look and feel of the


brown grade – called Advantage Formable brown – is said to give shaped packaging a distinctive eco-friendly character. It is said therefore to be an ideal grade for many applications in food packaging, such as shallow trays for packing fish, meat or cheese. “Thanks to our Advantage


Formable brown, we are the only company able to offer the material in its natural brown colour,” says Paulus Goess, sales director at Mondi Speciality Kraft Paper. “The new product meets


customers’ growing demand for more sustainable packaging solutions offering a natural look and feel. Especially within the food packaging industry and the


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retail sector, we are observing a clear trend in this direction.” By using the new barrier


coated grade, packaging producers can reduce plastics consumption by up to 70 per cent compared with traditional alternatives for shallow trays. “Our solution is more sustainable and has a soft, smooth surface with high barrier functionalities. It provides the flexibility required to produce multiple depths and forms in a natural look and feel without compromising barrier properties,” explains Falk Paulsen, sales director at Mondi Coating Zeltweg in Austria. “A major benefit for converters is the fact that they do not have to change machine settings when converting our coated paper. They can easily switch from other materials to our perFORMing solution.”


partners Adpak. The effective automated application of Arcwise is key to developing the market offering to our customers. We are delighted to be demonstrating these new capabilities with Adpak and the licensor of Arcwise, SCA, at the PPMA show. Arcwise opens up new opportunities and technical possibilities across all sectors.” Anthony Farrow, system sales


director at Adpak, added “We are very excited to be partnering with Cepac, as the UK’s leading


independent producer of performance packing and print solutions, alongside our long- standing partnership with GPI. This new partnership complements our product range and we are looking forward very much to what the future holds.”


Mac Papers acquires Atlanta’s Wilkerson Packaging


Mac Papers, one of the largest merchant distributors in the south east US, has acquired Wilkerson Packaging Co, an Atlanta-based packaging and facility supplies distribution business established in 1982. Commenting on the acquisition, the president of Mac Papers Sutton McGhee said: “Mac Papers is pleased that Paul Wilkerson entrusted us with the solid packaging business [that he] and his team have built. “This acquisition reflects our


commitment to offering a broad, diversified product lineup from best-in-class suppliers, and continuing to grow the packaging business alongside our paper and print, facility supplies and office products segments.” Following the closure of one of its Atlanta facilities Mac Papers


is serving customers from its Atlanta branch at 460 Riverside Parkway. The Wilkerson acquisition is the most recent in a long line of packaging acquisitions Mac Papers has made over the past six years. In 2016, the company acquired Birmingham, Alabama- based packaging company Higdon Paper and Packaging. A year earlier, Mac Papers acquired two Nashville-based packaging companies and in 2013 it purchased Alles Inc, a full-scale distributor of packaging products, systems and services in Hialeah, Florida.


In December 2012, the


company acquired All Packaging Supplies, a distributor of industrial and food service packaging supplies located in Pembroke Park, Florida.


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