Companies across the packaging industry are encountering issues and brainstorming solutions to meet a growing demand for a lower carbon footprint. CPGs, OEMs and packaging suppliers are facing major challenges in adjusting operations for sustainable...

SEE announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Liquibox, a pioneer, innovator and manufacturer of Bag-in-Box sustainable Fluids & Liquids packaging and dispensing solutions for fresh food, beverage, consumer goods and industrial...

For brands, understanding the immediate and future impact on consumers in this new landscape can feel like a re-learning. Interestingly, a white paper by trend forecasting experts WGSN, called Future Consumer 2024 has identified the...

Miraclon has announced a global price increase of 5% on all consumables, effective November 1st, 2022. The unprecedented inflation of the costs of raw material, utilities and labor, finance charges and business services felt by...

The collaboration announced is to demonstrate a commercial-scale solution to address hard-to-recycle flexible plastic derived from household waste. The ValueFlex model, based on a concept developed by CEFLEX, integrates state-of-the-art sorting with high-quality processing in...

Debate continues over what place mechanical and chemical recycling technologies have in the recycling industry. Is one of the two technology types better than the other? Is chemical attempting to edge out long-standing mechanical technologies...

As they take steps toward creating a circu­lar economy for their products, flexible packaging companies continue to face calls for reducing or eliminating the use of plastic entirely. Recent examples include a March 2022 report...

The annual “State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report,” recently released by the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insight into the performance of the U.S. flexible packaging industry...

Starting in November, schools nationwide can compete for prizes and cash awards by entering an annual recycling contest run by Trex Company, Inc. that has been sponsored by Charter Next Generation (CNG), a Wisconsin-based flexible...

The pivotal point of all packaging industry innovation is sustainability. All stakeholders across the entire packaging supply chain understand the only way to future-proof our industry is to embrace integrating responsibility at every stage. But...

Election Day on November 8 has been a date circled on the calendar for what feels like forever. From the first day of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021, it seemed the race for...

In the milestone years that roll around in intervals of five, we look back and look ahead. The flexible packaging industry has always been subject to the whims of market forces, but the groundswell of...

The year 2022 was significant and precedent-setting for the flexible packaging industry, with the addition of new state laws that will govern how packaging is made and managed at the end of life. Numerous states...

As companies add sustainability personnel to meet customer, brand owner, and regulatory expectations, they might not know exactly how to integrate new policies into their organizations. That situation could be a reason to reach out...

Deja vu. Shortly after I started with the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) in 2016, I had my first real test. While advocacy has always been my passion, I was still learning the industry, as well...

Every three years, Michigan-based packaging consultant PTIS, LLC sends detailed surveys to leaders throughout the packaging value chain to get their insights into the future. The survey isn’t a simple email blast to random con­tacts....

Xeikon America announced the opening of its new North American headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Elgin. Xeikon executives were joined by Elgin mayor Dave Kaptain, Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Carol...

Aluminium foil rolling and converting company Symetal is truly delighted with the MASTER CO 5000 coating machine which was put into service during the first quarter of 2022 in its production facility in Mandra, Greece....

Innovia Films is launching Rayoface™ CSA46, a clear, one-side gloss coated BOPP film, perfect for use in Food and Beverage or Household and Personal Care applications. This 46 micron film is approximately 10 percent thinner...

Berkshire Labels, a UK-based manufacturer of high-quality self-adhesive labels, sticker sheets and shrink sleeves, has signed an agreement with Bobst for the purchase of a Bobst Digital Master 340 label press, a fully digitalized and...

With the objective to be the primary global supplier for the flexible packaging industry, Comexi has positioned itself as one of the leading laminator and coating solution companies, by offering unique solutions that reduce the...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation, a leading producer of polyethylene resins, announced the launch of its new, mechanically recycled polyethylene resin: EX-PCR-NC4. Incorporating this product allows converters and brand owners to meet their sustainability goals, without compromising...

Takigawa Corporation, an international producer of flexible packaging, has added a second HELIOSTAR gravure press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher to their Bardstown, Kentucky facility. The 10-color press has been in production since July 2022. “We...

Comexi, a global supplier of solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting sector, is aware of the importance of exceptional forethought and execution in reference to printing a job. "One hour of planning can...

2022 has been an excellent year so far for Billerud, and our third quarter performance was no exception. We delivered strong results for all our key performance indicators. Organic and currency neutral sales grew by...

Sal Pellingra has spent a career in the flexible packaging industry, currently serving as vice president of global package design, applications, and business development at ProAmpac, a global packaging company with more than 6,200 workers....

The Board of Directors of Billerud has appointed Ivar Vatne to Deputy CEO in addition to his current responsibilities as CFO. Deputy CEO is a newly created position reflecting the increased scope of the Billerud...

The lack of skilled operators and high staff rotation are two principal headaches for factory managers, which in recent years have been exacerbated by two new problems. On one hand, the increase in the number...