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Anderson & Vreeland offers flexographers a “systems approach” to prepress, with a complete selection of equipment, materials and software specifically designed for flexo. Best of all, A&V supports these products with almost 50 years of flexo experience. We are equipped to provide the Flexo industry, from a fulfillment standpoint, with nine strategically located warehouses across the U.S. We can also service and support these products with a Technical Sales Force of 35, a Training and Technologies Team of 6 and a Field Service Engineers Team of 5.
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Ashland Performance Materials provides innovative technologies for surface and bonding enhancement for the packaging and converting market. Ashland’s extensive product line of pressure sensitive adhesives, laminating adhesives, along with UV/EB and water base overprint and specialty coatings are formulated for high-performance to meet our customers’ specific requirements. Ashland will custom formulate adhesives, specialty coatings and primers to meet your specific requirements. Talk to one of our technical service representatives and customer support to find the right formulation to suit your needs.
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Berry Plastics is one of the major leaders in the plastic market, with divisions around Open Top Containers, Closed Top Containers, Films (which now includes Pliant), Tapes and Coatings. The major product line at the Homer, LA (Formally Ludlow/Tyco) facility is polycoated paper and linerboard used in multiwall and other industrial markets where barrier properties of polyethylene are needed. The Homer Plant also produces foil laminations used in several different markets including multiwall bag. “Berry your one stop supplier of packaging needs”.
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Billerud is a leading integrated producer of a wide range of packaging paper, including sack kraft paper, white MF, MG and 1/s clay-coated kraft paper. We bring better business to converters and producers of consumer and industrial products by providing innovative packaging solutions with clear benefits. Billerud supplies brown and white high-performance sack kraft paper, including the widest range of high-porous grades, sold under the QuickFill® brand name. By focusing on needs in the whole value-chain and testing sack performance in a fully equipped Sack Laboratory, Billerud can also provide technical consulting services to converters and brand owners.
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Billhorn Converters is a privately owned paper converting company with manufacturing facilities strategically located throughout the United States. Our converting process enables us to participate in many market segments including multiwall bag. Our plants inventory roll stock that allow us to manufacture coated and uncoated components such as sleeve stock, crepe paper, slip sheets, and bottom patches. We continue to be a sales-oriented, solutions-driven company providing superior customer service and the highest quality of products into the multiwall bag industry.
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Boise Inc. is a leading manufacturer of packaging papers. Boise C1S papers offer exceptional printability and strength for multi-wall bag applications. Our new product line Boise C1S Block is a treated paper used to hold out oil and grease for pet food applications. Boise is committed to leadership in flexible packaging with continued growth and investment. Our focused sales, marketing, and customer service resources collaborate with customers to provide superior service, capability, and quality.
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Chemence, a leader in liquid photopolymer platemaking solutions offers environmentally friendly imaging systems that replace conventional film making. The Jetsetter provides film to 64" wide with line screens to 120 LPI. Jetsetter film works with liquid and sheet photopolymers. Chemence can address any prepress challenge providing a complete prepress workflow solution.
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Chromaline Corporation is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of Water-Resistant Inkjet films for the Flexography and Screen Printing Industry. Our AccuBlack inkjet film is engineered specifically to accommodate Epson® Ultrachrome™ and Epson® HDR™ ink, and similar hybrid ink systems. Printing positives, negatives, 4-color separations or display graphics, AccuArt brand films provide the greatest quality and most consistent results. Chromaline provides Inkjet cartridges & bulk systems for inkjet printers. Chromaline Corporation is located in Duluth, MN.
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Coating Excellence International (cei) is an innovative flexible packaging company with state-of-the art manufacturing technology, specializing in paper and plastic packaging for roll-stock, bags, and pouches for a diverse array of markets. cei is an award winning, certified Sustainable Green Printer with 10 color flexographic printing capabilities for both paper and plastic substrates and is a leading supplier of printed, laminated and extruded packaging. cei can supply your printing, extrusion coating, or woven bag needs.
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Columbia/Okura, LLC is the premier provider of robotic palletizing solutions. With over 15 years of experience and 500+ systems installed in North America, Columbia/Okura has the expertise to effortlessly integrate a palletizing system regardless of space, speed or budget constraints. Columbia/Okura is jointly owned by Columbia Machine and Okura Yusoki, two companies with a century of combined material-handling experience. 24 hour customer service and parts support located in USA. Headquarters located in Vancouver, WA.
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Comerag Inc. is the sales representatives for leading Pulp and Paper Manufacturers, marketing various grades of bleached and unbleached Kraft Paper and Paperboard, helping our clients optimize their operations and produce high quality packaging. We offer the whole array of Kraft papers, with a variety of technical characteristics and performance parameters, to suit the requirements of the packaging industry.
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Corn Products International is one of the world’s largest corn refiners and a major supplier of high-quality food ingredients and industrial products derived from the wet milling and processing of corn and other starch-based materials. It is the number-one worldwide producer of dextrose and a leading regional producer of starch, high fructose corn syrup and glucose. With operations in 15 countries at 35 plants, including our three North American companies, Corn Products U.S., Casco, Inc. and CPI Ingredientes, we provide the multiwall industry with starches, technical service and engineering support.
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Delta Natural Kraft specializes in producing unbleached Multi-wall and Converting Kraft paper and is dedicated to the domestic Multi-wall market. Delta Natural Kraft is a market driven, innovative organization, focused on continuous improvement in meeting customer needs with consistently high quality products and quick response service. Delta Natural Kraft is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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Evergreen Packaging, LLC joined with Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. in 2007 to form the current Evergreen Packaging Group. Backed by New Zealand - based Rank Group, they are now a world leader in beverage packaging systems, and proven supplier of publication and converting papers.
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Georgia-Pacific, LLC produces a comprehensive line of kraft natural and bleached paper grades. We work with multiwall bag manufacturers, specialty converters and end users to evaluate specific requirements and provide a quality kraft paper that enhances packaging performance. Our brands include MultiKraft™, our most versatile choice for multiwall producers; high-porosity FlowKraft™ for high-speed filling performance; FlexKraft™ for small, multiple-ply bag applications; and CounterKraft for the food service market.
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Grain Processing Corporation is a wet corn miller that makes a variety of products including fuel alcohol, beverage alcohol, food starches, and industrial starches. GPC has a full line of starches and laminating glue developed specifically for the multiwall bag industry. The company has operations in Muscatine, IA and Washington, IN.
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Haver Filling Systems has a solid reputation for building quality equipment for the dry goods packaging industry. All bag packaging systems are designed according to the application and each customer’s specifications. Depending on the product the various packing systems are suitable to pack open-mouth-bags as well as valve bags. In addition we develop and manufacture test equipment, which allows us to provide tools to the bag manufacturing industry to perform analysis and quality control of their products.
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HB Fuller Co. is a vertically integrated specialty adhesive company producing a full line of adhesives for the converting market as well as many other markets. For more than 120 years we have provided quality adhesives, sealants and coatings to make sure your product is the best it can be. Our purpose is to deliver value to our customers and be a leading formulator, manufacturer and marketer of innovative technology driven solutions.
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Henkel Technologies is a world’s leader in adhesive and coatings technologies. . We strive to leverage our Global Horsepower to bring a customized and personal approach to each of our Bags and Sacks customer sites. We are deeply committed to the Bags and Sacks market, delivering innovative products, services, and equipment, offerings for laminating, seam, spot, pinch, coatings, and many other applications critical to our customer's success. Our needs-based, value-added approach, coupled with our strong resolve to our constituents in the PSSMA, help us to be a leader in adhesive solutions for our Multiwall Bag and Sacks customers.
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H. G. Weber & Co. Inc. is a leading manufacturer of paper bag machinery. The company is part of the DCM group in France and along with its sister company, Holweg, offers a full range of flat and square bottom bag machinery. The company offers die cutters, laminators, patch applicators and wire tie applicators to add value to the bags that are produced on the equipment. The Company is located in Wisconsin and has an office in China.
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IMH Strategy. IMH Strategy is a company dedicated to Product development, General Consulting for efficiency improvement, Project management, and procurement. We supply expertise that enables customers to obtain swift results by channeling their goals through one dedicated source.
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International Paper supplies Bleached Packaging papers that are designed to deliver outstanding converting and packaging performance and exceptional print quality. Features Include: consistent quality, excellent converting behavior, superior sizing and strength, outstanding print quality, FDA food contact compliant, SFI® Chain-of-Custody (CoC) certified, and FSC® CoC controlled wood standard. International Paper’s Bleached Kraft Multiwall papers are available in a basis weight range of 40-60 lb/3000 square feet.
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ITW Dynatec is recognized as the leader in industrial hot melt and cold glue adhesive applicator systems designed specifically for the Multiwall Bag Market. In the Bag Market, ITW Dynatec’s full range of hot and cold glue application systems produce sacks for Multiwall, WPP, and small bags. Globally, ITW Dynatec manufactures industrial fluid dispensing systems in Asia and Europe, with corporate headquarters located in Hendersonville TN. Additional markets served include Nonwovens, Converting, Product Assembly, and Packaging.
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Ivex Specialty Paper, LLC specializes in machine-finish and machine-crepe paper supplied to the multiwall bag industry. Our products are 100% recycled ranging in basis weights from 45#-100#. We are the leading U.S. manufacturer of bleached, natural and colored crepe with off-line grease-resistant and silicone coating capabilities. A broad selection of in-stock colored crepe allows Ivex to ship next business day making service a key component of our success. Custom colors are available in both flat and crepe kraft papers.
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KapStone Kraft Paper Corp. is an integrated producer of a wide range of unbleached Linerboard, Kraft Paper and Specialty grades. We offer over 300 unbleached and bleached grade types of kraft paper that offer best-in-class printability, strength, coatings, and specialized performance characteristic. We are supported by industry professionals who are knowledgeable and focus on fostering creative solutions. The Company operating locations are North Carolina and South Carolina for both domestic and export products.
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Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging Inc. is an integrated manufacturer of kraft packaging paper and containerboard. With world-class manufacturing assets, Longview's product catalog includes 70 grades of specialty kraft papers, including flat and high-performing semi-extensible multiwall, which are marketed under the brand names of FibreShieldTM and TEA-KraftTM. With exports to 35 countries worldwide, the company is focused on manufacturing sustainable products with quality made right for our customer's success.
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Louisiana Plastic Industries has been serving the multiwall bag industry since 1973, providing polyethylene film sheeting to bag manufacturers throughout the US, Canada and Mexico from our facility in West Monroe, Louisiana. Today LPI utilizes 13 state of the art blown film lines and our own truck fleet which allow our customers short lead times and reduced inventory. As always, LPI’s mission is to provide “Economy Through Service and Quality”.
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MacDermid Printing Solutions is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and marketing of photopolymer plates and platemaking systems used in the package printing industry. From analog to digital, liquid to sheet, solvent to thermal, MacDermid offers its customers a choice when it comes to selecting the plate processing method that is the best fit for their particular application. MacDermid Printing Solutions is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Mondi Kraft Paper provides the most comprehensive range of high quality grades on the market, and ranks as the world’s premier producer of high performance / high porous sack and kraft papers, including Brown, White and PE-coated paper grades for valve and open mouth sacks. We contribute to our customers’ success by providing innovative packaging solutions and application development for filling, sealing, gluing and flexo printing, barrier tests, drop and handling tests, climate and storage studies and final prototype testing. Please talk to us about how we may be able to help you compete more effectively.
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PolyExpert Inc. is the largest non integrated polyethylene film manufacturer in Canada. We offer mono-layered and multilayered low density, linear low density and high density films for a variety of markets and applications, including Multi-Wall Paper Bags. Our plant is strategically located less than an hour away from the American border.
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Port Townsend Paper Corporation. Our skilled papermakers have been making a wide range of quality pulp and Kraft paper grades including linerboard, medium, converting and specialty sheets since 1927. Our ability to blend natural long fiber with quality recycled fiber makes it possible to manufacture an exceptionally clean blend of recycled and virgin paper products. Port Townsend Paper Corporation is headquartered at the inlet to Puget Sound, at the base of Washington State's beautiful Olympic Mountains.
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Premium 1 Papers supplies a wide variety of bleached and unbleached grades of paper to the multiwall shipping sack industry from the Canfor paper mill in Prince George, BC and the Tolko paper mill in The Pas, MB. Premium 1 Papers, a Joint Paper Marketing Partnership 50% owned by Canfor and Tolko, is located in Kelowna, BC Canada, with a sales and customer service staff to address the needs of the multiwall sack industry. Both paper mills specialize in high performance extensible and high porous papers.
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Sappi Fine Paper is a Global Leader in the manufacture of Coated Fine Paper for Printing, Converting, Packaging and Specialty applications. In addition to Manufacturing operations in South Africa and Europe, Sappi Fine Paper North America has Mills in Westbrook and Skowhegan, Maine; Muskegon, Michigan and Cloquet, Minnesota. Sappi’s wide range of products includes LusterPrint GR2 Max (Grease Resistant) and LusterPrint (non-Grease Resistant) –lightweight C1S grades designed for the Multi-Wall Bag Industry.
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Service Thread Manufacturing Co. is an ISO9001:2008 registered, U.S.-based manufacturer of Engineered Textile Products. As the leader in Bag Closure sewing solutions we offer poly-cotton blended premium threads, 100% spun polyester threads, and the only 100% spun polypropylene (PP) thread, woven PP cover and pull tape recyclable closure system designed for single E-Z Open stitching of woven PP bags. Our traditional paper closure tapes, continuous filament polypropylene, polyester, nylons, aramids and other specialty yarns are designed and made in the U.S.A. Our core philosophy focuses on rapid response to order delivery, product quality and customer needs. Expertise in global material sourcing, yarn processing, and award-winning customer service makes Service Thread the total package solution for our diverse customer base.
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Shoplogix™ (shoplogix.com) believes that information is the first step in achieving competitive advantage. We help manufacturers acquire and use real-time, accurate, and actionable information to make decisions confidently. The Shoplogix real-time performance management solution combines embedded technology with software analytics and is easily scaled by quality, energy, labour, and job modules to meet manufacturers’ changing needs. The solution helps achieve strategic goals of reducing operating costs, increasing revenue and improving margins.
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Siegwerk is a privately-held, international manufacturer of packaging inks and coatings, employing 4,000 people worldwide. Siegwerk is headquartered in Siegburg, Germany (near Cologne) with North American operations headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. Siegwerk’s products include solvent-based, water-based, energy curable, and specialty inks and coatings as well as related services for the packaging industry. These products service a wide variety of product applications including flexible packaging, labels, tobacco, and folding carton using flexographic, rotogravure, or offset printing.
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Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, LLC. is a privately owned northwest independent paper producer. Simpson products include bleached and natural flat shipping sack and specialty grades. Simpson’s specialty grades range from wet strength, grease resistant, diary sack, butcher, converting, freezer base paper, saturating, grocery, merchandise, white top to bleached and natural linerboards. Simpson’s repeatable dependable products are the result of our center-lining process which helps us deliver quality products with excellent customer service.
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Solvay Solexis is a global leader in the development and production of innovative fluorochemical products. Our unique products are applied in diverse industries including automotive, semiconductor, chemical manufacturing, industrial coatings and paper. Solvera® PFPE products for grease resistant paper applications are widely used for fast food packaging, microwave popcorn and pet food bags. Our unique understanding of fluorochemistry and our expertise in developing sustainable, environmentally responsible products differentiates Solvera PFPE.
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Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC group, is the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments and a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual sales over $4 billion, Sun Chemical has more than 11,000 employees supporting customers around the world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such established names as Coates, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, and US Ink.
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Technical Adhesives, Ltd. Since 1961, we have become the most competitive and consistent manufacturer of premium bag adhesives for the multiwall sack market. Using the best North American materials, we formulate laminating, seam glues, hot melts, and specialized poly glues that consistently outperform customers’ requirements. Experienced water-based batch makers work closely with Quality Control to ensure the highest batch-to-batch consistency, and our investment in state-of-the-art hot-melt manufacturing and extrusion equipment ensures the cleanest running products available. Our customers find our lab’s quick response and recommendations invaluable.
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Thiele Technologies, Inc. provides high-speed packaging automation solutions to a variety of industries worldwide, including petro chemicals, fresh and frozen food, pet food, beverage, dairy, bakery, pharmaceutical, medical devices, cosmetics, horticultural, paper goods, consumer mailing and collating, and paint filling. With more than 70 years of service, Thiele leads the industry in the design, manufacture and integration of placing, bagging, cartoning, case packing, bliss and tray erecting, palletizing, and pre-made bag and pouch systems.
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Twin Rivers Paper Company, LLC is an integrated specialty paper manufacturer producing a broad range of specialty papers. The Company’s products include packaging, label, and converting basepapers, and are backed by a high level of customer service and technical support. Fraser is recognized as a technology leader and a major supplier of highly functional lightweight grease and non grease resistant papers for pet care applications. The Company has operations in Maine, New Hampshire, New Brunswick and Québec.
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Verso Paper Corp. is a leading North American producer of coated and supercalendered papers and specialty paper products. Verso's specialty paper products are used primarily in flexible packaging, label, converting and bag applications. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Verso operates four paper mills (two in Maine and one each in Michigan and Minnesota), seven distribution centers, and 12 sales offices, and has 10 technical support representatives who extend our reach to all major printers and converters in North America and overseas. The Verso brand is supported by nearly 3,000 employees working as one to make doing business simple — Verso simple.
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Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation is a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of flexographic and gravure printing presses, blown and cast film extrusion systems, multiwall equipment, plastic sack and bag making machines, as well as form-fill-seal machinery for the converting and packaging industry.
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