Pixelle Specialty Solutions, a manufacturer of specialty papers in North America, has announced plans to restart a paper machine in the Chillicothe, OH, USA, facility. The company is investing $21 million to upgrade and restart the #24 paper machine (PM24) and plans to hire 52 full-time employees to operate and maintain it.

Pixelle will also fill 50 temporary positions to support construction and engineering requirements related to the restart.

“The current supply-demand balance in the market and our Ohio facility’s competitive, integrated cost structure has afforded us the opportunity to restart paper machine #24 (PM24) at the Chillicothe mill. This rebuilt machine will add 75,000 tons per year of capacity to serve our customers in the food packaging, commercial inkjet and other specialty paper segments. These are growing attractive markets where Pixelle has leading positions,” states Timothy Hess, Pixelle’s president and CEO.

Meanwhile, ePac Flexible Packaging, an all-HP Indigo digital flexible packaging company, has announced the purchase of 50 new HP Indigo digital presses to be deployed in existing and new sites around the world, as part of the company’s continued global expansion plan in the largest deal ever for HP Indigo. 

ePac Flexible Packaging is a digitally-based, flexible packaging company driven by its mission to help brands and businesses of all sizes remain competitive with a variety of flexible packaging solutions. ePac leverages the latest in digital print technology, providing its customers with a quick and easy way to purchase custom printed flexible packaging.

ePac has been a principal adopter of HP Indigo digital presses since the company’s inception in 2016 and has since upheld a strong and deeply rooted collaboration with HP. Over the past six years, the company’s fleet of HP Indigo digital presses has grown enormously, overseeing large-scale investments of HP Indigo 20000 and HP Indigo 25K digital presses.

Here are the highest-trafficked news items for the week ending on October 7:

1. Pixelle to restart paper machine in Ohio
2. ePac to purchase 50 new HP Indigo digital presses
3. Resource Label Group acquires Deco Flexible Packaging
4. Kao Collins adds Swiss Compliance, new colors to SIGMA inks
5. Channeled Resources achieves ISO 9001 certification