As the packaging industry—particularly the plastic and flexible packaging industry—continues to face unprecedented levels of legislation around end-of-life management and full circularity, promotion of the many benefits of flexible packaging is more important than ever....

At this time a year ago, advocacy efforts in Washington were just starting to adjust to the realities of a pandemic-dictated virtual work environment and a mostly reactive emergency-based legislative agenda. Now, despite the ongoing...

PPC Flexible Packing LLC, a leading provider of custom flexible packaging, announced the acquisition of North Salt Lake, UT – based Target Labels and Packaging, LLC. Target is the seventh acquisition of specialty and differentiated...

From scraped knees to heart-valve replacements, every day people depend upon health care and medical/surgical supplies safely delivered in sterile packaging. Yet, too often sterile packaging is taken for granted or overlooked. “Sterile packaging is...

Sustainability goals are shared across the flexible packaging industry, so when it comes to finding ways to improve the circular economy, collegiality and collaboration dominate, says Randy Shermet, vice president of sales and development at...

Without reliable information about COVID-19’s impact on daily life and spending habits, strategic planning becomes challenging for flexible packaging manufacturers hoping to make inroads in, perhaps, Turkey, France, Brazil, or China. That is where the...

FPA recently joined forces with The Recycling Partnership (TRP) with its Film and Flexibles Recycling Coalition, which works collaboratively to identify and scale ways to collect more film and flexible packaging. As a leading national...

Constantia Flexibles signed an agreement to acquire the packaging producer Propak located in Dücze, Turkey. Propak is a leading player in the European packaging industry for the snacks market operating out of one plant...

As a small- or medium-sized business it can be challenging to stand out amongst all the noise in today’s e-comm world. When dealing with product sourcing, marketing, website function and more, sometimes the details of...

"First quarter performance built upon the economic momentum we saw toward the end of last year. We experienced persistently strong consumer-driven demand, recovery in durable goods markets and industry supply constraints, which enabled price increases...

After designing Encore® in 2006, Liquibox® has become the leading manufacturer in the industry, supplying over 30 million units globally each year. This easy-to-use connection system is ideal for connecting bag-in-box to beverage dispensing machinery...

Eaglewood Technologies has announced that its very own Peter J. Mulheran will be presenting at FTA's Forum 2021, taking place May 11 - 14 and May 18 - 21. Peter's presentation, scheduled for May 11,...

Michelman further invests in its Printing & Packaging business segment by adding two new associates to better anticipate and serve its customers’ needs in the digital printing and flexible packaging markets. Mr. Gianluigi Rankin has...

Building on its recent track record of breakthrough innovations to deliver recyclable packaging, Amcor is announcing customer trials of the world’s first recyclable* Polyethylene-based thermoform blister packaging. The new packaging is designed to meet the...

CCL Label, the world’s largest converter of pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for decorative, functional and information labels, announces that another milestone has been reached in providing a sustainable sleeve solution for plastic packaging:...

Flexible packaging leader, ProAmpac, is building on the European success of Rapid Action Packaging’s (RAP) fresh-food-to-go packaging portfolio by expanding into North America. Widely recyclable in paper streams, each product strives to remove avoidable plastics...

Macaran Printed Products, a Cohoes, NY-based third-generation supplier of labels and packaging, announced that Thomas Faugno has joined the company as business development manager effective immediately. In this newly created role, Faugno will work closely...

Jurgen Gruber, Koenig & Bauer (US) director of sales and service for digital and web, will be adding to his responsibilities in mid-May by managing the firm’s West Coast district sales territory for sheetfed sales....

MULTIVAC joins the cross-company initiative R-Cycle. The aim is to jointly drive forward the circular economy for plastic packaging on the basis of an open and globally applicable tracing standard. R-Cycle records all recycling-relevant information...

Caylee Boone and three of her classmates at the University of Wisconsin-Stout were tasked with coming up with ideas and prototypes that would advance uses for flexible packaging, so they started to think about how...

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced the installation of a new Fusion C printing press at flexible packaging supplier Yellowstone Plastics (affiliated with Volm Companies), located in South Idaho Falls, Idaho....

The Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition had a strong international flavor this year, especially when it came to printing excellence, leading to multiple awards for one company in the United Arab Emirates and another in...

In honor of their 50th year anniversary, Dynamic Dies has kicked off a year-long program of giving called ‘Dynamic Dies Difference Makers’. Each month throughout 2021, Dynamic Dies will donate $500 to a selected non-profit...

Constantia Copenhagen – part of flexible packaging producer Constantia Flexibles – opened its new production site at the end of March 2021. The new plant will triple the company’s capacity and support further growth in...

Berry Global Group, Inc., announced its continued leading investments in access to circular polyolefins from advanced recycling to support customer sustainability goals. These polyolefins are obtained by advanced recycling, enabled by the adoption of new...

Policy observers anticipated the 2021 state legislative season would be active, given pent-up demand from bills stalled by the pandemic and ongoing pressure for changes to recycling policy from many sides. The new Arkansas law...

Scholle IPN, a leading global supplier of flexible packaging solutions, announced that their bag-in-box packaging for water passed the Association of Plastic Recyclers' FPE-CG-01 testing, which evaluates the compatibility of flexible packaging with film-to-film recycling...

Québec-based Empire L.A. has become the first digital prepress and press-ready flexographic plate specialist in Canada to receive ‘best in class’ certification under the new XPS Crystal Program from Esko. “We are delighted that Empire...