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Digital Print for Packaging US 2023 Agenda Announced, to Feature Molson Coors, P&G, Georgia Pacific, EFI, Fujifilm, HH Global, Michelman, ePac, and More
05.23.2023

Smithers, a leading provider of testing, consulting, information, and compliance services, has announced the Digital Print for Packaging US 2023 agenda. This event, which has brought together brand owners, converters, suppliers, and packaging designers to...

FPA Files Case Brief for the DOC’s Aluminum Foil from the People’s Republic of China: Anti-Circumvention Inquiry With Respect to the Republic of Thailand and Korea
05.11.2023

On behalf of the Flexible Packaging Association’s Coalition for Aluminum Foil Security and its individual members, including Amcor Flexibles North America, Berry Global, Catty Corporation, Fres-co System USA, Inc., Novolex, ProAmpac, ProAmpac Holdings, Inc., Ampac...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Maine’s LD 1660
05.11.2023

We the undersigned organizations representing industries and workers across Maine respectfully request your opposition of LD 1660 - An Act to Provide That Advanced Recycling Facilities Are Subject to Solid Waste Regulation and That Advanced...

FPA Announces 2023 Board of Directors
05.11.2023

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the election of its 2023 Board of Directors. William Jackson, Ph.D., Chief Technology...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter to Express Concerns With California's SB 665 as Drafted
05.09.2023

The following organizations, representing a diverse set of California business interests, are writing to express our concerns with SB 665 as drafted. SB 665 calls for the formation of a single-use plastics alternative working group...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter in Opposition to California’s AB 1290
05.09.2023

The undersigned organizations, representing a cross section of manufacturers, consumer product companies, agriculture, food producers, restaurants, and others are in opposition to AB 1290. The enactment of SB 54 (Stats. 2022), along with SB 343...

FPA Signs CA AB 1290 Assembly Floor Alert
05.09.2023

Food producers, agricultural entities, restaurants, manufacturers of household products, electronics, toys, and other leading California employers all ask you to vote NO on AB 1290. AB 1290 is another packaging ban less than a year...

Verdafresh MDO-PE Film Qualified by HP as a Recyclable Barrier Substrate for Digital Print
04.28.2023

HP and Verdafresh have teamed up to qualify that recyclable MDO-PE film coated with Verdafresh’s high barrier coating is fit for use on HP Indigo’s Digital Press. Last year, Verdafresh was recognized by the APR...

FPA Submits Comments for the FTC’s Request for Public Comment on the Impact of the Green Guides
04.26.2023

The Flexible Packaging Association appreciates this opportunity to submit its thoughts and suggestions on the issues and environmental claims on which the Commission solicited comments in its December 2022 Notice initiating the FTC’s review of...

Aquapak Appoints New Advisory Board Member to Support Firm's New Phase of Development
04.20.2023

Aquapak Polymers Ltd, which specialises in polymer-based material technologies which deliver both performance and environmental responsibility at scale, has today announced the appointment of Adrian Whyle to its Advisory Board, which comprises business leaders and...

FPA Q1 2023 Pulse Survey Form
04.19.2023

Federal Register Circumvention Case 2023 (corrected)
04.12.2023

Federal Register Circumvention Case 2023 (original)
04.12.2023

FPA Signs Coalition Letter in Opposition to Rhode Island’s HB 5673 and SB 16
04.12.2023

We are writing to respectfully oppose HB 5673 and SB 16 related to the comprehensive perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances ban. This legislation is overly broad, lacks scientific basis and will have significant unintended consequences and...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter in Opposition to California’s AB 1290
04.12.2023

The undersigned organizations, representing a cross section of manufacturers, consumer product companies, agriculture, food producers, restaurants, and others must respectfully oppose your AB 1290. The enactment of SB 54 (Stats. 2022), along with SB 343...

FPA Submits a Statement for the Record for the House Ways and Means Committee’s Hearing on the Biden Administration’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda
04.12.2023

My name is Alison Keane, and I am the President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). FPA, which is the voice of U.S. manufacturers of flexible packaging and their suppliers, continues to be...

FPA Submits a Statement for the Record for the Senate Finance Committee’s Hearing on the President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda
04.12.2023

My name is Alison Keane, and I am the President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). FPA, which is the voice of U.S. manufacturers of flexible packaging and their suppliers, continues to be...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter in Opposition of Rhode Island H 5142/S 131 Relating to the High Heat Waste Facility Act of 2023
04.12.2023

We the undersigned organizations representing industries and workers across Rhode Island respectfully request your opposition of H 5142/ S 131– High Heat Waste Facility Act of 2023. As currently written the bill includes several broad...

FPA Signs Coalition Comment Letter to CalRecycle Regarding SB 343
04.12.2023

On behalf of the undersigned, we thank you for the opportunity to submit comments regarding Recycling and Disposal Reporting System Permanent Regulations implementing SB 343 (Allen, Statutes of 2021, Chapter 507), “Truth in Labeling for...

FPA Announces the 2023 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners
04.11.2023

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the winners of its 67th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. The winning entries...

FPA Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards & Innovation Showcase, 2023
04.11.2023

FPA is pleased to present the 2023 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards & Innovation Showcase issue, which features flexible packaging solutions that meet expectations and needs through advancements in materials, graphics, structure, new uses, extended shelf...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Extends the Prelim to March 15, 2023, and the Final Decision From July 18, 2023, to August 2, 2023
03.08.2023

On July 18, 2022, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published notice of its initiation of country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether certain aluminum foil that is completed in the Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand...

FPA’s Coalition for Aluminum Foil Security’s Submits Comments Prior to the Preliminary Circumvention Decisions
03.08.2023

On behalf of Flexible Packaging Association’s Coalition for Aluminum Foil Security and its individual members, including Amcor Flexibles North America, Berry Global, Catty Corporation, Fres-co System USA, Inc., Novolex, ProAmpac, ProAmpac Holdings, Inc., Ampac Holdings,...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter for Impacted Stakeholders Concerns for New York State’s Executive Budget Waste Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act Article VII Proposal, S.4008/A.3008, Part PP
03.08.2023

The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to provide comment on Article VII proposal, S.4008/A.3008, Part PP, which seeks to establish a waste reduction and extended producer responsibility (EPR) mandate for packaging and printed material. While...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Minnesota’s HF 1000
03.08.2023

The undersigned organizations must respectfully take an OPPOSE position on HF 1000, legislation that would impose broad reporting requirements on manufacturers of all products containing PFAS sold in Minnesota, ban the sale of products containing...

FPA 2023 Annual Meeting Agenda
02.24.2023

GLENROY CONDIMENTS/SAUCES PACKAGE COMPARISON (RECYCLABLE STANDCAP VS. PET BOTTLE WITH PCR VS. PET BOTTLE)
02.23.2023

Condiments and sauces are most often sold in a rigid package. All five of the packages used to create the generic Condiment/Sauce pack standard were between 12 – 16 oz. For this streamlined LCA study,...

PROTEIN POWDER STAND-UP POUCH VS. HDPE CANISTER COMPARISON (TRADITIONAL SUP VS. PCR SUP)
02.23.2023

Protein powders are often sold in a rigid package, but can also be found sold in flexible packaging formats such as Stand-up Pouches (SUP). For this comparison, 2 separate SUPs were evaluated with the rigid...

GLENROY PROTEIN POWDER STAND-UP POUCH VS. HDPE CANISTER LCA (TRADITIONAL SUP VS. RECYCLABLE SUP)
02.23.2023

Protein powders are often sold in a rigid package, but can also be found sold in flexible packaging formats such as Stand-up Pouches (SUP). For this comparison, 2 separate SUPs were evaluated with the rigid...

SHAMPOO SPOUTED POUCH VS. PET BOTTLE WITH A PUMP LCA (NON-METALIZED)
02.23.2023

Shampoo is often sold in a rigid package, but with more companies looking to find ways to reduce their environmental impacts, some are considering the use of flexible packaging as a solution. In this streamlined...