[caption id="attachment_2209" align="aligncenter" width="889"] Circa 1450, Johannes Gutenberg (1400 - 1468) inventor of printing examines a page from his first printing press. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)[/caption]

Alter Eco switches from a previous, plastic non-recyclable structure to a “Gone4Good” backyard-compostable stand-up pouch made from non-GMO (genetically-modified organisms), plant-based materials.

Review and act upon these 5 recommendations and you’ll be more informed and prepared to identify and address the food packaging safety issues within your operation. You, your facility and management will all benefit.

For many, coffee doesn’t feel like a luxury—it just feels like a necessity and a way to get the day started. Coronini Cafe is a way to make the cup a day a lavish experience. Their aim is to make the coffee experience a sophisticated and refined one in the growing business of micro roasting cafes.

Plant-based household cleaning products company Seventh Generation has a notable track record for innovation around eco-friendly packaging. The new pouch is a multilayer Polyethylene film structure that provides functional and aesthetic advantages comparable to a mixed-material film structure, but solves the recycling challenge.

The printing colors of the world are dreamt up at Pantone, where scientists with near-perfect color vision (that's explained in the video below) create all the printing colors we use everyday. It's fascinating!

We used chains, cranes, crates, bananas, measuring tapes, tape, spray paint, plastic, trucks, gloves, more bananas, drills, saws, hammers, lifts, ladders and the like to get King Kong into her new home here at Associated Labels and Packaging.

Being Canadian, in our willingness not to offend anybody, we have measured King Kong, professionally referred to as the Windmoeller & Hoelscher 52” MIRAFLEX AM 10 Colour Flexographic Printing Press, in metric and imperial.