In response to significant growth of their customer base, Rootree Inc., Canada’s leader in sustainable digital flexible packaging, opened a second location in Montréal, Québec, and also moved their head office from Hamilton, Ontario to Burlington, Ontario. Over the past year, Rootree Inc.’s customer base has rapidly grown across North America. In order to continue to provide quality service for sustainable digital flexible packaging, Rootree Inc. opened a second location in Montréal, Québec to serve their French-speaking and Québec-based clients more effectively. The expansion allows Québec and East Coast-based Canadian and US clients to: *communicate with bilingual sales representatives, *access Rootree Inc.’s offices and showrooms from a more central location, and *receive sample deliveries in less time.

The Pro Carton Young Designers Award is where tomorrow’s sustainable packaging first enters the spotlight. For years, MM Group has followed the innovative impulses each new generation brings to the industry, and MM Board & Paper has been a long-time sponsor of the event – donating the cartonboard from which the young creatives shape their designs. From across Europe, young creatives travel to the Pro Carton Young Designers Award to unveil their packaging prototypes on the big stage. MM Group is sponsoring the event, and, in April, hosted the 2024 national winners for a two-day workshop at the company’s headquarters. During the workshop, they worked shoulder to shoulder with the Innovation Teams from MM Board & Paper and MM Packaging – and visited MM Premium’s production facility and innovation center to experience firsthand the creation of bespoke packaging for major brands.

Volpak, a Coesia company, specialized in horizontal form-fill-seal solutions for the packaging industry, and Lecta, a premier European manufacturer and distributor of specialty papers, have embarked on a collaborative project aimed at testing and validating sustainable materials for packaging applications. The partnership between Volpak and Lecta originated from a shared commitment to innovation and sustainability. With the packaging industry moving towards more environmentally friendly solutions, it is essential for manufacturers to adapt and innovate. Lecta, with its expertise in specialty papers, recognized the importance of collaborating with Volpak to ensure that these new materials can be effectively utilized on existing packaging machinery. This collaboration aims to bridge the gap between material innovation and practical application, ensuring that eco-friendly papers meet the operational requirements of modern packaging lines.