Buyers' Guide: Packaging Printers

Amcor Flexibles
4101 Lien Rd.
Madison, WI 53704
P: 608-249-0404
F: 608-249-4175
E: Amy.Tills@amcor-flexibles.com
www.amcor-flexibles.com
Amcor Flexibles is a premier global supplier of printed foil and film laminates used in sample and retail packaging, for a wide variety of personal care applications including sachet, wipes, and stand-up pouch applications. Amcor offers innovative materials and extraordinary printing effects to achieve the look, feel, and opening features that engage consumers’ senses. Amcor leads the market in development of recyclable and biodegradable films to meet industry goals for sustainable packaging.

Amcor Tobacco Packaging
445 Dividend Drive
Peachtree City, GA  30269
P: 770-486-9095
F: 770-486-9051
E: tammy.hanson@amcor.com
www.amcor.com
Amcor Tobacco Packaging is one of the worldwide leaders in tobacco packaging and has strong international relationships with major customers via a comprehensive network stretching across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Key market segments: Cigarettes, Cigars/cigarillos, Smokeless tobacco, Chewing gum. Key products:  Hinge-lid cartons, Shells/slides, Display cartons, Roll your own booklet covers, Inner frames, Chewing gum packs, Soft-label paper packs, Bundle wraps, Inserts and labels. Key technologies: Rotogravure and offset printing, Embossing/debossing, Hot-foil stamping, UV curing, Cutting/creasing/slitting, Pre-press artwork production. Key services:  Market research, Concept development, Package design, Technical drawings, Feasibility testing, 3D renderings, Mock-ups, Pre-press services, High quality production.

American Packaging Corporation
850 W. James St.
Columbus, WI 53925
P: 920-623-2291
F: 920-623-2038
www.ampkcorp.com
The company’s rotogravure printing and laminating division has become an industry leader by specializing in combining in-line process to provide packaging materials that are cost-effective and create brand-name recognition for clients’ products. The division features six eight- to 10-color presses and nine computer-controlled slitters. Yearly capital expenditures have funded a continuous improvement philosophy and have provided technology upgrades to help achieve the company’s mission to be the highest-quality rotogravure printer in the industry.

Anzpac Services (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
32 Britton St.
Smithfield, NSW Australia 2164
P: 011-612-8787-1333
F: 011-612-9757-1599
www.anzpac.com.au
Anzpac prints and diecuts folding cartons, specializing in tobacco and food packaging. The company also manufactures gravure cylinders.
 
Apple Converting, Inc.
176 Corporate Dr.
Oneonta, NY 13820
P: 607-432-6500
F: 607-432-6501
E: fdilorenzo@appleconverting.com
www.appleconverting.com
Apple Converting provides solutions to the pharmaceutical, medical device, confectionery, food and beverage, and consumer products industries. Utilizing current good manufacturing processes (cGMPs), the company specializes in gravure and flexographic printing and converting; research and development; design; electronic prepress; and printing, coating, treating, laminating, slitting, diecutting, and sheeting. Finished products include printed roll stock, printed pouch stock, blister foil, wrappers, twist film, shrink film, laminations, lids, and other packaging specialties.

C&L International Packaging Corp.
7 Edison St.
Lahug Cebu City, 6000 Philippines
P: 011-6332-2313275
C&L International Packaging is an all-gravure printing operation, specializing in laminated flexible packaging and shrinkwrap labels.

Central India/Ankit Packaging
Dwaraka Kunj, 177 Bowenpally
Hyderabad, 500011
Andhra Pradesh, India
P: 011-91-40-2775-6296
F: 011-91-40-2775-6853
E: hyd1_ankit@sancharnet.in
www.ankitpack.com
The company offers complete service in packaging: rotogravure printing, flexible laminates, pouches, bags, laminated woven bags, self-adhesive tapes, corrugated boxes, cores, rotogravure cylinders, poly-coated papers, and wax-coated papers.

Color Ad Packaging Ltd.
200 Beghin Ave.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2J 3W2
P: 204-777-7770
F: 204-777-5545
E: darren.cepanec@coloradpackaging.com
Color Ad Packaging supplies rotogravure-printed packaging in up to eight colors to the bakery, theater, and snack food markets, along with off-line laminating using either our solvent or solventless units.

Constantia Colmar, Inc.
92 County Line Rd.
Colmar, PA 18915
P: 215-997-6222
F: 215-997-3976
E: office@constantia-colmar.com
www.constantia-colmar.com
Constantia Colmar manufactures innovative, value-added flexible packaging materials for the confectionery, beverage, dairy, food, and pharmaceutical industries, offering industry-leading quality printing, laminating, and coating of a variety of films and foils, including flexo and rotogravure printing, both narrow and wide web, with in-line lamination, cold seal, lacquer, and reverse print. We also offer PVC shrink sleeves. As a member of the Constantia Group, one of Europe’s leading producers of high-quality packaging products, we have access to an international network of resources to help you develop a quality packaging solution. We are ISO 9001:2000 certified and deliver only the finest materials to make your products stand out.
 

Constantia Hueck Foils, LLC
1111 Northpoint Blvd.
Blythewood, SC 29016-6582
P: 803-404-6581
F: 803-404-6582
www.constantia-hueck.com
Constantia Hueck Foils’ technology and services include laminating, coating, rotogravure printing and slotting. These technologies enable us to attend to the customer needs throughout every step, beginning from the initial concept until the finished packaging. Our service programs include vendor managed systems, as well as, just in time delivery for standard items.

DNP Corporation USA
335 Madison Ave., Third Floor
New York, NY 10017
P: 212-503-1853
E: Nakamura-N@mail.dnp.co.jp
www.dnp.co.jp/index_e.html
Dai Nippon Printing, parent company of DNP Corporation USA, is the world’s largest printing company when all the publication, commercial printing, packaging, and decorative printing divisions are included. All the related plants are in Asia, mostly in Japan. When you have any plan to print in Asia, please contact us.

Fres-co System USA, Inc.
3005 State Rd.
Telford, Pa 18969-1033
P: 215-721-4600
F: 215-721-4414
E: pmichaud@fresco.com
www.fresco.com
For more than 30 years, Fres-co Systems USA, Inc has manufactured high-performance flexible packaging systems; produced printed, laminated barrier materials, and invented dozens of innovative breakthroughs including our patented degassing valves, modified atmosphere technologies, and reclosure systems. Our packaging systems, designs, and materials are employed by Fortune 500 leaders in food markets and industrial/chemical markets as well as some of the most famous specialty brands in America – all of whom require the most demanding packaging standards. Fres-co offers unrivaled technical expertise – solving complex packaging challenges rapidly. We get our customers to market faster with distinctive packaging solutions that meet their throughput requirements and preservation criteria. If you are looking for fresh thinking, think Fres-co.
 

General Printers, Ltd.
Homa Bay Rd., Industrial Area
Box 18001
00500 Nairobi, Kenya
P: 011-254-020-532600
F: 011-254-020-651479
E: ketul@gplflexibles.com
www.gplflexibles.com
We are the leaders in gravure-printed flexible packaging in Eastern and Central Africa, exporting to more than 25 countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. We are equipped with the latest production lines and machines of European origin, including in-house five-layer blown film lines. We recently installed a fully robotic galvanic line with two cylinder engraving machines. We are certified in ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007, and HACCP, and are currently undergoing ISO 22000:2005 and BRC/IOP Global standard.

Inland Label
2009 West South Avenue
La Crosse, WI 54601
P: 608-788-5800
Toll Free: 1-800-657-4413
info@inlandlabel.com
www.inlandlabel.com
For over 65 years Inland Label, a family-owned and operated company, has been a global supplier for the beverage, food and consumer products markets across North America, South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Russia, Australia and New Zealand. As the industry’s premiere cut and stack label producer Inland has become a market leader in the production of pressure sensitive and roll fed labels, and is a qualified supplier of in-mold labels as well. We specialize in the development of new label technologies and providing our customers world-class customer service and support. Our printing expertise, couples with our focus on speed-to-market allows us to offer condensed lead times and better performing labels.

M-Tech Plastics
165 Gigantic St.
Northlands Business Park
29 Newmarket Rd.
North Riding, South Africa
P: 011-27-1180-1300
E: barry@mtechplastics.com
www.mtechplastics.com
M-Tech Plastics supplies a wide range of materials and converted products for the food and beverage industries. We offer rotogravure and flexographic printing on all plastic materials, along with laminate constructions. We supply any form of film-, paper-, or foil-based lamination, with a wide range of coating and varnishing options.

Multi-Color Corporation
4053 Clough Woods
Batavia, OH 45103-2586
P: 513-381-1480
F: 513-381-2240
E: dedwards@mcclabel.com
www.multicolorcorp.com
Multi-Color Corporation offers a wide array of labeling solutions to help grow your business! Whether is it is Pressure Sensitive, Shrink Sleeve, In-Mold, Heat Transfer, or Cut and Stack, labels printed Combination Flexo, Offset, Gavure, or Digital, we have the labeling solution and printing capabilities to meet your needs.
 
NORDENIA USA, Inc.
14591 State Hwy. 177
Jackson, MO 63755
P: 573-335-4900
F: 573-335-6172
E: contactnordenia@nordenia.com
www.nordeniausa.com
NORDENIA USA, a fully integrated flexible packaging company, is focused on your specific packaging needs. We supply unique and innovative packaging to many markets, including food, petfood, hygiene, and lawn and garden. Our technologically advanced films, along with stringent quality and process control systems, result in packaging that is second to none. You can choose between a variety of bag styles with reclosures and handles or rollstock.

Oracle Packaging
220 Polo Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
P: 336-777-5000
F: 336-777-5440
E: sales@oraclepackaging.com
www.oraclepackaging.com
Oracle Packaging is a preferred manufacturer of industry-leading flexible packaging laminates and converter aluminum foil.  Oracle's products are relied upon world-wide by leading companies in healthcare, food & beverage, household and personal care, specialty and industrial markets alike to produce first-quality flexible packaging.  Internal foil production capabilities coupled with 10-color rotogravure printing and extensive duplex/triplex extrusion and adhesive lamination capabilities make Oracle the supplier of choice for challenging packaging needs and requirements. Innovation, combined with a demonstrated commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, fuels the outstanding customer loyalty and success that Oracle has enjoyed for over eight decades.

Pacific Bag, Inc.
153 Woodinville Redmond Rd., NE, Suite A
Woodinville, WA 98072
P: 425-455-1128, 800-562-2247
F: 425-990-8582
E: bags@pacificbags.com
www.pacificbag.com
This is a full-service medium- and high-barrier flexible packaging material and equipment supplier. Its product line includes custom-printed flexible packaging, such as rollstock laminations, pre-made gusseted bags, and stand-up pouches. It also offers one-way degassing valves for coffee packaging and an array of stock items such as foil gusseted bags, stand-up pouches, paper tin-tie bags, flat pouches, tins, and PVC bundle packaging.
 

Packaging Corporation of America
1900 W. Field Court
Lake Forest, IL 60045
P: 800-456-4725
E: cwu@packagingcorp.com
www.packagingcorp.com
A leader in integration, PCA converts approximately 80% of the containerboard it produces into finished corrugated containers for a broad base of both local and national accounts.  In 2009, Packaging Corporation of America produced 2.26 million tons of containerboard and shipped 28.9 billion square feet of corrugated products, posting net sales of $2.15 billion and employing 8,000 people. PCA also operates 68 converting operations producing a wide variety of corrugated packaging products, including conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods, and producing multi-color boxes and displays with strong visual appeal that help to merchandise packaged products in retail locations.

Packaging Corporation of America
9200 Old McGregor Rd.
Waco, TX 76712
P: 254-776-8890
PCA/Waco specializes in high-impact graphic coated packaging and displays for maximum impact of retail product merchandising. We rely on our in-house digital prepress and engraving capabilities and our rotogravure press operations, which feature a maximum press size of a 55″ web width and an 82″ repeat, in-line UV coating, and roll-to-roll capabilities. We also specialize in printing for the consumer bag industry, providing high-end rotogravure-printed rolls to the bag converter as an extension of their own operations. Our in-line coating and our ability to turn over the web to print both sides of the bag stock have great appeal to the bag industry for its merchandising needs.

Positive Packaging Industries Limited
98 Jolly Maker Chambers No. 2
225, Nariman Point
Mumbai 400 021
Maharashtra, India
P: 011-91-22-2283-7206
F: 011-91-22-2202-3774
E: positive@positivepackaging.com
www.positivepackaging.com
Positive Packaging, an Enpee Group Company, is a recognized export house with certification from ISO and BRC/IoP. The company specializes in gravure printing, laminating, slitting, and pouching of flexible packaging materials; production of shrink sleeves, either unprinted or printed in up to 10 colors; and the manufacturing of multilayer blown polyethylene film, plus an array of conversion activities at Khopoli near Mumbai, Dubai, and Lagos. The conversion division is supported by a cylinder division (Acuprint Systems), metallizing division (Sai Metaplast), and CPP film (Vista Film, an associate company).

Printpack, Inc.
2800 Overlook Parkway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30339
P: 404-691-5830
E: info@printpack.com
www.printpack.com
For the last 48 years, Printpack, a family-owned converter of flexible packaging with high technical expertise and manufacturing capabilities, has been supplying high-quality products and services to fulfill the most demanding applications of customers. Printpack’s manufacturing facility in Elgin, IL, which is solely dedicated to rotogravure printing, value-added specialty laminations, and coatings, is a converter of all papers, films, and foils. Printpack is proud of the Elgin plant: its quality associates, award-winning work for printing excellence, and its family of world-class customers. Printpack also operates flexographic production plants across the U.S. and the world.
 
Reynolds Flexible Packaging
6603 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23230
P: 804-281-2603
F: 804-281-2947
www.reynoldspkg.com
Reynolds Flexible Packaging is an industry leader in the production and conversion of flexible packaging, including laminated and printed multi-layered substrates and plastic shrink film. We also provide custom thermoformed packaging using a broad range of quality films. In bringing the fidelity of rotogravure printing to the flexible packaging industry, we continue to win awards for our exceptional quality printing on plastic films, foil, paper, and paperboard.
We produce products used by leading consumer product manufacturers within the confectionery, electronic, food and beverage, medical, pharmaceutical, retail, and tobacco industries. Major products include printed, laminated light-gauge foils; full body film shrink sleeves; laminated and printed pouch rollstock for healthcare products; tamper-resistant laminated foil backings for pharmaceutical packages; foil and film lidding for easy-open and healthcare products containers; cable wrap; and Reynolon® shrink films used to overwrap toys and games, computer software, and textiles.

Seal-It Division of Printpack, Inc.
70 Schmitt Blvd.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
P: 516-935-3965
F: 516-935-3967
E: sealit@printpack.com
www.printpack.com
The Seal-It Division prints 10 colors rotogravure on heat-shrink film, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate 6, oriented polystyrene, and polylactic acid materials. We offer full-sleeve labels, tamper-evident bands, and sleeves for multipacks. We operate a prepress department in house.

Seville Flexpack Corp.
9905 S. Ridgeview Dr.
Oak Creek, WI 53154
P: (414) 761-2751
F: (414) 761-3140
E: jyakich@sevilleflexpack.com
www.sevilleflexpack.com
We manufacture flexible packaging materials, which range from monolayer to multiple-ply laminations. We can print up to 12 colors in either rotogravure or flexographic, or a combination of the two processes. Trade names include Flexfilm, Econoroto, Hide-A-Winner, Fastseal, and Up-Right Flexible Pouch.
 
Shorewood Packaging Corporation
400 Atlantic Ave., 14th Floor
Stamford, CT  06921
P: 203-541-1800
F: 203-541-8195
http://www.internationalpaper.com/US/EN/Business/Shorewood.html
Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, provides high-quality printing, packaging, and retail display products, primarily for companies in the consumer products, media, and tobacco markets. For nearly five decades, we have helped customers enhance their award-winning brands in the global marketplace.
Shorewood is one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard packaging in the world, operating multiple manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Poland, China, and South Korea. We utilize gravure, offset lithography, and flexography as well as advanced finishing and converting capabilities to produce folding cartons, set-up boxes, thermoforming, and blister products, as well as CD/DVD booklets and folders.
From an iridescent pearl color for carded cosmetic packaging to electron beam coating to enhance tobacco packaging, to a registered lens array holographic effect for premium golf ball packaging, Shorewood has the right look for your next brand launch.

SleeveCo, Inc.
103 Lumpkin Campground Rd.
Dawsonville, GA 30534
P: 706-216-3110
F: 706-216-3116
E: info@sleeveco.com
www.sleeveco.com
SleeveCo prints and coverts high-impact, reliable, shrink sleeve labels. We provide industry-best speed to market, order flexibility, in-house plate making and cylinder engraving, and dedicated field technical service. Award-winning, DuPont-certified graphics professionals expertly deliver a product’s visually-dynamic message. We manufacture affordable stretch sleeve application equipment to order.

Sonoco
One N. Second St.
Hartsville, SC 29550-3300
P: 800-377-2692
www.sonoco.com
For more than a century, Sonoco has served as a global supplier of industrial and consumer packaging and today is a major provider of innovative packaging, such as printed high-barrier, high-performance solutions. In consumer markets, it produces rigid paper and rigid plastic products and printed flexible packaging, and in packaging markets, it produces point-of-purchase displays; other specialties include protective packaging and paperboard specialties. The company operates about 335 locations worldwide and employs approximately 18,600 people.

UFLEX LIMITED
A-1, Sector 60, Noida
Uttar Pradesh – 201301
India
P: +91 120 4002121, 4002472
F: +91 120 2580083
E: agarwalpk@flexindustriesltd.com
www.flexcylinders.com
UFLEX Ltd. the Global Flexible Packaging conglomerate is an emerging Billion Dollar Company. UFLEX offers a complete spectrum of flexible packaging solutions, a vast array of innovative packaging products. The in-house manufacturing facilities include Polyester chips, BOPET / BOPP / CPP / Metalized Films, Rotogravure Cylinders, Digital Flexo Plates, Inks, Adhesives & Specialty Coatings, Converting Equipments, Pouch Making Machines, Multi Layer Laminates in various combinations of Films, Pre-Formed Pouches, Holographic Films, Labels & Seals and Packaging Machines.
We produce over 100,000 cylinders annually in state of arts manufacturing plants in India, UAE and Egypt. Besides, we have Flexo Plate making unit in India with a capacity of 6000 sq / mtr.  With high definition of 5080 dpi.
UFLEX has emerged as a “ One Stop Shop” committed to provide customers with competitive advantage, placing top priority to “Customer Success”.

Ultrapak
134 Franklin Ave.
Dunkirk, NY 14048-0130
P: (800) 228-6030
E: solutions@ultrapak.us
www.ultrapak.us
Ultrapak is a full-service supplier of quality gravure-printed and converted heat-shrinkable sleeves, multipacks, and neckbands to the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. Starting from a single account in 1986, Ultrapak now serves more than 400 active customers. Our in-house specialists will develop an application from the concept to the size specifications and graphics to the financial product. Printed or unprinted sleeves are available in PVC, OPS, PET, or PLA film options to suit your project parameters. We provide the best customer service in the shrink sleeve industry and welcome an opportunity to produce, enhance, protect, or promote your product.
 
Wilco, A Rock-Tenn Company
180 Iberia
Candiac, QB, Canada J5R 6A7
P: 800-845-9831
F: 450-619-0992
E: info@gowilco.com
www.gowilco.com
Wilco, whose shareholder Rock-Tenn Company is one of the largest folding carton manufacturers in North America, has long specialized in the manufacture of folding cartons for the hair colorant, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics markets. It now also serves the fine chocolates, greeting cards, lingerie, liquor and wine, software and electronic games, and tobacco industries. Wilco believes it is the only printer in North America operating a three-color 40″ sheetfed gravure press, which allows it to combine gravure printing with litho equipment in perfect register. Customers benefit from the gravure process’s metallics, pearlescents, and match colors, while saving on cost by using gravure only where needed (cost is further reduced as the cylinders can be re-engraved).

Winpak Ltd.
100 Saulteaux Crescent
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3J 3T3
P: 204-889-1015
F: 204-888-7806
www.winpak.com
Winpak Ltd. manufactures and distributes high-quality packaging materials and related packaging machines. The company’s products are used primarily for the protection of perishable foods and beverages and in healthcare applications. Winpak operates nine facilities in Canada and the U.S. to service primarily North and South America.

Won Ji Canada Corp.
13900 Maycrest Way, Unit 255
Richmond, BC, Canada V6V 3E2
P: 604-303-5920
E: info@wjcc.ca
Won Ji Canada manufactures a comprehensive range of rotogravure-printed flexible packaging materials, including three-side seal bags, stand-up pouches, side-gusset bags, and wicket bags, as well as microwavable retort pouches. Applications range from confectionery and coffee to lawn and garden, pharmaceutical, and seafood packaging.

Zumbiel Packaging
2339 Harris Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
P: 513-531-3600
F: 513-531-0072
E: sales@zumbiel.com
www.zumbiel.com
Since 1843, Zumbiel Packaging has grown into one of the largest privately owned and operated paperboard packaging companies in the U.S., serving the beverage, pharmaceutical, and consumer markets. It offers water- and solvent-based gravure printing in up to eight colors and 250-line screen, with inline UV and aqueous coatings, in medium to large formats. Special accomplishments include the patented Tran-Z-Print™ sublimation ink process, which enables consumers to “iron on” an image directly from a carton to a T-shirt, and the Metallic Z-View effect for multi-packs on the shelf. Zumbiel also offers flexo and litho printing, structural and graphic design services, inventory management, paperboard selection, emergency production backup, and assured raw material supply.