Packaging companies are required to do more with fewer resources — in addition to offering greater product variety and demonstrating environmental sustainability to an increasingly discriminating consumer base. Fortunately, flexible packaging can help companies meet...

It’s hard to believe that 40% of food produced in the United States goes from “farm to fork to landfill*” What if packaging could reduce food waste so there was more food on the shelves...

Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has established a system at a number of its manufacturing plants to enable automated collection of environmental data such as effluent water...

San Francisco-based Brightmark has announced that a life cycle analysis of its pyrolysis-based process for mixed plastic scrap shows that it produces 39 percent to 139 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than equivalent products made...

In off-the-cuff remarks at a pre-COP26 event, where Johnson answered children’s questions, he said that recycling plastic materials doesn’t work and that it “doesn’t begin to address the problem”. He added that everyone needed to...

The Durst Group announces that Durst and Vanguard have been honored for product excellence and quality once again by PRINTING United Alliance, winning four 2021 Pinnacle Product Awards. These awards distinguish products that improve and...

Package configurations are changing due to retailer and consumer demands, with significant implications for secondary packaging. Recent consumer trends such as demand for sustainable packaging options, convenience packaging, and SKU proliferation, mean more package variety...

The recent awarding of Siegwerk’s Vietnamese customer Thành Phú Packaging with the ERA Gravure Award for Sustainable Packaging not only confirms the development success of functional coatings for future-oriented recyclable packaging, but also strengthens the...

With the majority of press surrounding Microsoft’s recent Surface event focused upon the company’s intriguing more-than-meets-the-eye flagship laptop, the Surface Laptop Studio, alongside other 2-in-1 form factors reflective of the company’s commitment to convertible computing...

Davis-Standard is pleased to announce that Gianzo Mastrangelo has been promoted to Aftermarket Regional Manager for the Northeast U.S. and Canada. Mastrangelo will support existing installations and new opportunities within this territory, including developing and...

Trex Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking and railing, motivates K-12 students across the country to participate in the Trex®Plastic Film Recycling Challenge and earn an A+ for their schools by learning to...

Blown-film processor Pregis recently celebrated production start-up at its new $80 million blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, S.C. with a ribbon cutting attended by Governor Henry McMaster and industry partners. “We congratulate Pregis on...

Performance was strong in the third quarter driven by mix improvement and price increases across all segments, offsetting cost inflation for some categories. Currency-neutral net sales grew by an impressive 18% compared with the same...

Jim Fitterling, chairman and chief executive officer, commented on the quarter: “The Dow team delivered another quarter of sequential and year-over-year top- and bottom-line growth. Despite higher energy costs and industry-wide value chain disruptions from...

From Charles Héaulmé, President and CEO, "Huhtamaki delivered a solid third quarter in the face of a challenging environment, demonstrating the resilience of our diversified product portfolio. Demand for our products improved during the quarter,...

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, expressed its appreciation to four organizations for their recent recognition of the company’s contributions to sustainability, innovation, and package design in fresh food-to-go packaging. “This level...

C-P Flexible Packaging (C-P), a leader in the flexible packaging industry, announced the acquisition of privately held Sycamore Sales, Inc. d.b.a. Preferred Packaging located in Norcross, Georgia. Preferred Packaging is a manufacturer of multilayer flexible...

The Jury of the Italian contest Best Packaging 2021 – former Oscar dell’Imballaggio, has announced that the solution proposed by Taghleef Industries and Lineapack has won the Best Packaging Award for the “Visionary” value according...

Flex Films, the global film manufacturing arm of flexible packaging giant UFlex, launched its new avant-garde patented BOPET high barrier film F-UHB-M, designed to replace aluminium foil in flexible packaging applications. To be manufactured in...

AWA and TLMI partner together for this year’s Sleeve Label Industry Conference & Exhibition taking place November 10-12 at the Cincinnati Marriott at RiverCenter in Cincinnati, Ohio. The event will be a hybrid in-person/virtual event...

Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, reported financial results for its third quarter ended October 3, 2021. Commenting on the Company’s performance, Howard Coker, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We were...

Montalvo, international specialists in web tension control, has promoted Russ Hall to North America Director of Sales & Service. Mr. Hall’s primary responsibilities are overseeing Montalvo’s North America sales team by building, managing, and maintaining...

Stora Enso’s President and CEO Annica Bresky comments on the third quarter 2021 results: “I am delighted to see us deliver yet another robust quarterly performance. Sales in our core and growth businesses were up...

Film packaging manufacturers have shown greater interest in ensuring the recyclability of their products in recent years. Newly released guidance is intended to help them. The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) published its updated and...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is writing to urge you to veto SB 343 (Allen), as despite its title, the bill will cause further confusion for Californian citizens and will not provide greater clarity concerning...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation published its 2020 Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The report has a particular emphasis on the progress NOVA Chemicals is making on three priority topics: Plastics Circular Economy, Climate Care, and...

Dow announces it has earned multiple Critical Guidance Recognitions for recyclability from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), in three product categories. ROBOND™ Adhesives, OPULUX™ Optical Finishes and SURLYN™ Ionomers were each recognized by APR...

Esko, the leading developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for the global labels and packaging market, has announced a new partnership with US-based Corbus to distribute its range of prepress software around the world....