A coalition of dedicated companies has launched the US Flexible Film Initiative (USFFI), a non-profit membership organization advancing scalable solutions to recycle flexible plastic packaging. The initiative is initially focused on California, with the potential...

Brightmark LLC, a circular innovations company with a mission to Reimagine Waste, entered into a strategic partnership with Lewis Salvage. The independently-owned recycling company based in Warsaw, Indiana, has surpassed one million pounds of plastics...

Michelman has again earned a Gold sustainability rating from EcoVadis, maintaining its place among the top-rated companies worldwide for a third consecutive year. The 2025 rating reflects the company's continued leadership on environmental, social, and...

Brook + Whittle, a North American sustainable packaging solutions provider, has completed a refinancing transaction to fuel growth and sustainability initiatives. This strategic financial move has secured the company $130m in new capital, alongside establishing...

Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, one of the leading international suppliers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, has signed a contract to purchase Allinova, a specialty chemicals company with exceptional...

Mamata Machinery Limited, one of the leading players in total flexible packaging machinery solutions, announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Commenting on the results, Mr. Apurva Kane, Chief Executive Officer,...

Coveris, a sustainable paper and plastic packaging solutions provider, has announced the completion of a €9.5m ($11m) investment in its facility located in Halle, Germany. The investment has enhanced the facility’s production capabilities to meet...

Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. (W&H) has acquired Addex, Inc., a supplier of blown film extrusion equipment with a special emphasis on bubble-cooling technology, for an undisclosed price. Newark, N.Y.-based Addex will continue to operate independently...

American Packaging Corporation (APC) and the Schottland family are honored to be supporters of the American Red Cross of Western New York’s recent blood donation center expansion. The American Red Cross (ARC) provides many critical...

Trioworld Group, a global leading producer of innovative high-performance flexible films, is thrilled to announce the opening of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, strategically located to enhance service and production capabilities across North America. This major...

At a time when the circular economy and sustainability are setting the roadmap for the plastics sector, AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is leading an innovative research project, DECONWASTE, focused on improving the recycling of...

MontClerc Capital has made a significant strategic investment in Polykar, a leading Canadian manufacturer of sustainable flexible packaging solutions, by acquiring a minority stake to support the company’s growth in North America. The investment will...

Michelman has added three experienced professionals to its Digital Printing team, furthering its mission to help press owners unleash the full potential of digital with HP Indigo. Andy Rae, Usue Palomares, and Tim Wieas have...

Oregon passed the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act in 2021, the second packaging EPR law in the United States. Oregon had the distinction this year of becoming the first U.S. state to have its...

A Michigan State University research team has developed a breakthrough technology that could address one of the packaging industry’s most significant challenges: recycling multilayer plastics, or MLPs. Widely used in food packaging and other applications...

With the signing of Washington State’s packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) bill into law, we now have seven states that have programs in various stages of initial implementation. The Annapolis, Maryland-based Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)...

A new project is set to create more jobs in Bowling Green. ValorFlex Packaging of Kentucky, a veteran-owned leader in manufacturing, real estate, and energy resource innovation, plans to relocate its new corporate headquarters to...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) have released the latest updates to the APR Model Bale Specifications and ReMA's ISRI Specifications. Following a collaborative development process between the two...

Cosmo Films Inc. USA, a subsidiary of Cosmo First Limited (Formerly known as Cosmo Films Limited) has announced expansion in North America with the installation of a 120" wide new high-speed Slitter (3000 ft/min). With...

Flint Group, a global leader in inks and coatings for printing and packaging, is pleased to announce the appointment of Thunderbolt Offset Printing Solutions (Pty) Ltd [Thunderbolt] as the exclusive distributor for its offset packaging...

Hardly a week goes by without Packaging Strategies reporting on a merger or acquisition in the sector. While the completion of Amcor’s combination with Berry in April received a lot of attention—and deservedly so—we have...

Winpak Ltd., a long-standing global leader in healthcare packaging, is thrilled to announce it is now an authorized converter of DuPont™ Tyvek® healthcare packaging for its medical device, pharmaceutical, and healthcare facility packaging applications from...

After a pendulum swing toward shrinking the chemical footprint of packaging and other products, new government policies have prompted questions about what’s in store for managing chemicals in the sector. Public concern about the safety...

Cortec® has scored big on biobased content with the launch of its latest bioplastics product! Eco Works® 100 is a certified industrially compostable packaging film (TÜV Austria, #TA8012509046) that contains 100% USDA certified biobased content...

On July 16, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee’s Environment Subcommittee convened a hearing to explore the state of recycling in the United States. Titled "Beyond the Blue Bin: Forging a Federal Landscape...

Members of the nonprofit Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers discussed the increasing use of film plastics, and the difficulties in recycling them, in a recent webinar. Formed in 2021, the alliance is composed of MRFs and...

A properly designed and validated sterilization packaging system ensures the effectiveness of the sterilization process and maintains sterile barrier integrity until it’s opened. This includes the full lifecycle of the packaging system—from raw material selection...

Packaging plays a critical role in protecting the safety, freshness, and integrity of food products, which in turn minimizes waste and contributes to overall sustainability. Research shows that consumers increasingly consider product and packaging sustainability...