Graphic Packaging International

In recognition of its innovative fiber-based solutions, Graphic Packaging International takes four AmeriStar awards, including the top prize in the categories of Cosmetics, Beverage–Alcohol, Food–Shelf-Stable, and Saves Food–Agriculture.

Governor Bobby Jindal and Graphic Packaging International Inc. announced a $41.5 million investment in the company’s paper mill in West Monroe to upgrade production machinery. Graphic Packaging International’s West Monroe paper mill produces paperboard for use in beverage and other consumer-based packaging at two other company sites in West Monroe. Graphic Packaging will retain 1,340 employees at the three Louisiana sites with the modernization project.

Paperboard Packaging Council member Graphic Packaging International’s Elk Grove, IL, plant recently earned PPC’s revered “One Million Hour” safety award for logging one million consecutive injury-free hours.

The Safety Boxscore awards, presented at Paperboard Packaging Council's (PPC) Spring Outlook and Strategies Conference, held April 3-5, are given to PPC member companies based on the cumulative number of hours worked the previous year without an OSHA-recordable injury. “Safety is of utmost importance in the packaging industry and it is a testament to our members that such a large group can claim this achievement year after year,” expressed Brian Chaisson, director of industry benchmarking at PPC.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL), The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI), Fort Dearborn Company, Clondalkin Pharma and Healthcare North America and Tapp Label.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Universal Lubricants, Curtis Packaging Corporation, Bemis Performance Packaging, JohnsByrne Company, CCL Industries Inc., WS Packaging, Graphic Packaging Holding Company and PaperWorks Industries.

Six packaging experts came together to judge the submission for this year's North American Paperboard Packaging Competition which took place over three days in July at PPC headquarters in Springfield, MA. One-hundred and forty-three entries from 34 Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) members were honored in a special awards ceremony at PPC's Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference on October 18, 2012 in Las Vegas.

In the 2012 PPC Trends Report, RISI predicts that shipments of folding cartons are forecast to grow at a 0.5 percent average annual pace between 2012 and 2016. While modest, growth is steady and forecasted to continue, it is expected that the pharmaceutical industry will offer the greatest opportunity for folding cartons during the next five years.

One-hundred and seventeen entries from 31 Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) members were judged as part of the 68th annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition. The best in paperboard packaging over the past year were honored in a special awards ceremony at PPC’s Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference on October 14, 2011 in Orlando, FL. Seven industry leaders and designers in the packaging field adjudicated this year’s competition, which took place over the course of three days in July at PPC headquarters in Springfield, MA. ‘Bring on the Gold’ wins gold This year, the top National Paperboard Package of

Graphic Packaging International (GPI), Marietta, Ga., took home the National Paperboard Package of the Year award at the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC’s) National Paperboard Packaging Competition. One hundred and seventeen entries from 31 PPC members competed as part of the 68th annual awards program. Winners were honored at a ceremony during the PPC Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month. GPI won top honors for its limited-edition Cheerios Bring on the Gold 2010 Olympics Hockey Shoot Out cereal box, which featured a 3-D interactive hockey game on its back panel. Even though the intricate game