The American Packaging Corporation (APC), a flexible packaging solutions provider, has been presented with two 2024 Excellence in Flexography awards by the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA).

Each of the hundreds of printed package entries received every year for the awards is individually evaluated by a panel of judges on the degree of difficulty and level of execution.

For the Excellence in Flexography for the Wide Web, Line, Film category, APC’s Kodiak Peak Banana Nut Oatmeal Pouch won the silver award with FTA judges commenting: “This is a cleanly and sharply printed sample. The printer overcame Kraft stock with good colour reproduction.” 

The Honest Organic Gummies Pouch won the bronze award in the same category, with the judges stating: "This print sample's text was crisp and the print was clean. Well executed!"

APC’s proprietary holistic printing ecosystem, HPE Flexo, aims to build upon the advancements of pre-press technologies.

APC director of flexographic printing and laminating operations Kevin Neis commented: “We are honoured to have our flexographic printing recognised, demonstrating APC's investment in world-class prepress and printing assets. We thank our customers, Hershey and Kodiak Cakes, for entrusting APC with these challenging graphics."

The company recently announced the opening of a second digital printing production unit at its Wisconsin Center of Excellence in the US.