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“The printer we purchased this summer is probably the most advanced printer in North America. Management was at a trade show and the company was giving a demonstration. They bought it and we’ve been in the process of installing it this summer,” Luyet said. A team went to Germany where the machine is manufactured to be trained. Then several of the staff from Germany came to Harrison for the installation process. “We expanded our warehouse by 38,000 feet, and we have rented the former Emerson facility and added an additional 30,000 feet there,” Luyet said. The WestRock plant of Harrison has two printers, four cutters and six gluing machines — about $20 million of equipment. The Harrison team ships products to all 50 states as well as to Canada and Mexico. Click Read More below for additional information.

Sealed Air Corporation announced its participation in the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s Innovation Accelerator, an initiative that convenes the brightest minds in science and technology to develop and scale high-potential solutions for ending hunger worldwide. Sealed Air has partnered with World Food Program USA since 2017 in support of its mandate to reach zero hunger and respond to critical needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through relentless innovation, Sealed Air is developing the next generation of sustainable packaging solutions to address some of society’s most pressing challenges including food safety, eliminating waste, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “We’re on a mission to leave the world better than we found it,” said Steve Garland, Sealed Air’s Chief Innovation Officer. “Now more than ever, collaboration is needed to help communities around the world fight hunger. We value the opportunity to contribute Sealed Air’s expertise in science, engineering, research, and development and technological innovation to the World Food Programme.”

Wisconsin-based Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP) has announced its acquisition of SMC Packaging Group, Springfield, Missouri. GBP describes the acquired firm as a producer of custom corrugated boxes, displays, packaging materials and equipment. SMC Packaging Group, founded in 1972 by Ross Ausburn and Charles Bachus, operates from multiple locations in Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, says GBP. “We are excited to unite two well established, family-run businesses,” says Will Kress, board chair and CEO of Green Bay Packaging, which this decade has invested to build a new recycled-content paperboard mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. That mill consumes several recovered paper grades, including mixed paper and old corrugated containers (OCC).