Business Management - Operations

Amgraph Packaging, a Baltic, Conn.-based flexible packaging printer and converter, has been named the 2018 Supplier of the Year from Mississauga, Ontario-based Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee. Amgraph is the first American supplier and first tea packaging supplier to win the award.

Kodak has announced that Jeffrey Clarke has stepped down as CEO after nearly five years leading the company. Effective immediately, Jim Continenza has been named executive chairman. Continenza has also served as chairman of Kodak's board of directors since 2013.

Nilpeter will celebrate 100 years at its headquarters in Slagelse, Denmark, this May. Founded in 1919, the company has remained family-owned and -managed, with Lars Eriksen and Peter Eriksen — father and son, and the 3rd and 4th generation of owners — leading the company.

Stan Blakney will join Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC), as president of its U.S. operations. Blakney is the former COO of Goss International, and will succeed Steve Kemp, who will retire at the end of February after 38 years of service to PCMC.

With a need for short runs of beer labels for its small batches of craft beer, San Diego-based Home Brewing Co. decided to reassess how it sourced its labels. Check out this case study from BRAND United, which details how transitioning from offset to digitally-printed labels helped the brewery increase its design flexibility, reduce inventory and cut costs.

Flextec Corporation, a primary label and printed packaging supplier located in Colorado Springs, Colo., has appointed David Young to the position of director of operations.

Built in or added on, systems that enable a press’s basic functions or extend its capabilities are must-have components for truly competitive performance.

A panel of digital printing adopters took the stage at the Digital Packaging Summit to discuss their first-hand experiences with the technology. The panel provided advice for label, folding carton and corrugated printers interested in digital printing.

ePac Flexible Packaging is expanding into the Atlanta market by opening a plant in Gwinnett County in early 2019. ePac Atlanta is a partnership between ePac Holdings, Windell McGill, and F&S Capital, a Tulsa, Okla.-based investment company.

Agfa Graphics has announced that it will be closing its 250,000-sq.-ft. offset printing plate manufacturing facility in Branchburg, N.J., by the end of this year in order to optimize its global production capacity and supply chain efficiencies. The plant closure will impact 125 workers.