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November 10, 2021 - 1:11 pm, in News, Uncategorized
Itasca, IL, November 8th, 2021 – Advanced Converting Works (ACW), the leading producer of specialty pouches for food, healthcare, household and pet markets, today announced the acquisition of Hamilton, Ohio – based Bag Pack Inc. ACW, headquartered in Itasca, IL, is a leading solutions provider in the flexible packaging converting industry. The firm operates three...
June 17, 2021 - 11:09 am, in Advanced Converting Works, News
Some products are meant for adults only and are definitely not meant to be in the small hands of young ones. In fact, it can be dangerous. Yet there are a lot of myths out there about child-resistant packaging that make manufacturers nervous, including that it’s too expensive. Or it takes longer to get. Or...
May 26, 2021 - 11:09 am, in News
Advanced Converting Works (ACW), headquartered in Itasca, IL, has appointed Scott Myers as its new Chief Executive Officer. Myers joins the ACW organization with a wealth of manufacturing and executive leadership experience, most recently as President & COO of Easypak LLC and President & CEO of Tray-Pak Corporation.
April 29, 2021 - 11:09 am, in News
CHICAGO – April 30, 2021 – Advanced Converting Works (ACW) is now providing lab certified child-resistant packaging solutions for a wide variety of market applications including medical, household products, chemicals, cleaners/detergents, and cannabis. All ACW child-resistant packaging solutions are 100% made in the USA with materials that have been fully tested and certified, meeting or...
September 9, 2020 - 12:43 pm, in Advanced Converting Works, Announcements, News
Toll Converting… It’s an on-demand service, It’s cost-effective, It’s a time saver with lightning quick turnaround. Our toll converting services include… Lamination, Slitting, Laser Scoring. Lamination Solventless laminating works to improve both the barrier properties and appearance of a variety of films for flexible packaging. Our adhesive lamination also allows for higher speeds and lower...
27 July 2020 - 8:16 am, by , in Advanced Converting Works, News, Comments off
While some flexible packaging companies endured major supply chain disruptions in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, ACW customers received their material in as little as 36 hours. That’s because our Fast Films program enables us to provide custom slit material from our expansive inventory of master rolls right here in the USA. To...

March 19, 2020 - 2:26 pm, in News
Friends, we are living in unprecedented times as we work locally, nationally, and globally to combat the COVID-19 situation. At ACW, the health and safety of our employees, their families, our communities, and our customers is #1. As a critical part of the national supply chain bringing life-saving medical products, foodstuffs, and other products to...
November 20, 2019 - 7:43 pm, in News, Specialty Packaging Technologies
As pioneers in the child-resistant pouch movement, ACW companies are trusted experts in providing safe flexible packaging solutions that keep children out of detergents, chemicals, fertilizers, highly regulated products, and more. But we don’t sell premade stock pouches. We sell innovation. Our custom design and production processes will create a unique package that highlights the...
Advanced Converting Works (ACW) is the nation’s leading producer of specialty pouches for the growing flexible packaging market. ACW is an entrepreneur built and led consortium spanning five facilities with over 350,000 square feet of manufacturing and design space and more than 250 teammates. Each day we produce millions of high value, technical pouches on...
We are proud to announce we have added another technical Pouch Converting line at our SPT business unit located in Elgin, Il capable of producing Child Resistant pouches as well as, those requiring Bottom Gussets , Fin Seals , Side Gussets and more. We offer a wide variety of re-close features, closure systems and secondary...