Global efforts show progress on plastic pollution is possible – but the world remains off track to meet the necessary mark. Over the last five years, the Global Commitment, initiated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation...

At the start of a recent webinar, partic­ipants were asked how much money it would cost to invest in proven recycling systems in the United States, and the var­ious stakeholders showed that they understand it...

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has announced that its entire portfolio of kraft papers for packaging has been certified as home or industrially compostable. The certification underpins Mondi’s MAP2030 (Mondi Action Plan...

Aimplas has published its fourth sustainability report, drawn up in accordance with the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The publication reviews Aimplas’ activity and key milestones in 2022 regarding environmental, social, and governance...

Sonoco Products Company, one of the largest sustainable global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its third quarter ended October 1, 2023. Our third-quarter results benefited from seasonally higher demand as well as better...

Nearly 60 years ago, a husband and wife team named their new flexible packaging com­pany after their two sons, Glen and Roy. Today, Glenroy, Inc.—the com­pany started by Herb, Ruth, and Roy Jablonka—still operates as...

Atlanta-based Printpack will layoff 90 workers and close its Hendersonville location at the end of the year, according to paperwork filed with the N.C. Department of Commerce. The plant, which has been operating since the...

Ispahani Group, Bangladesh's oldest business house, has partnered with Tampaco Group, the pioneer in the country's packaging industry, to drive the expansion of their packaging business, says a press release. This collaboration marks a significant...

Five Star Holding, a leader in sustainable packaging solutions, announced that Polytex Fibers has received the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at its Houston, TX facility. Polytex is a leader in the...

Carbios has been granted a building permit and operating authorization for a bio-recycling plant in Longlaville, expected to reach a processing capacity of 50,000 tons of post-consumer PET waste every year once fully operational. Said...

A.J. Plast Vietnam Co has inaugurated a 70,000sq.m biaxially oriented plastic film production plant in the southern province of Bình Dương. The factory's core products include biaxially oriented polypropylene  (BOPP) and biaxially oriented polyethylene trephthalate (BOPET) firms, both serving as essential...

Charter Next Generation (CNG), North America's leading producer of specialty films, is pleased to announce its Milton Plant has earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certificate (ISCC) PLUS certification. Granted through SCS Global Services, the...

Volpak, a Coesia Company specializing in horizontal form-fill-seal solutions, has strategically partnered with watttron, a pioneering company in precision heating technology. This collaboration aims to integrate watttron's intelligent digital sealing technology into Volpak's state-of-the-art horizontal...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Letter of No Objection (LNO) for Revolution's proprietary recycling method to produce post-consumer recycled, linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE PCR) made from recycled stretch film for...

Winpak Ltd. reported consolidated results in US dollars for the third quarter of 2023, which ended on October 1, 2023. Net income attributable to equity holders of the Company for the third quarter of 2023...

Welcome to Sustainable Packaging Explained, your guide to sustainable materials, methods, and package design produced by the Emerging Brands Alliance in conjunction with Packaging World. In today's episode, we will explore considerations of package design...

We delivered a meaningfully improved result in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter. Profitability and cash generation were significantly up, and encouragingly, we see progress in both our European and North American regions....

Seeking to scale its Central America manufacturing capabilities, PAC Worldwide has moved operations formerly housed in its Pedro Escobedo, Mexico location into a new 83,000 square-foot plant in Vistha San Juan Del Rio. The full-service...

The flexible packaging industry is in a unique situation as it is one of the most environmentally sustainable packaging types from a water and energy consumption, product-to-package ratio, transportation efficiency, food waste, and greenhouse gas...

Stora Enso appoints Ad Smit as Executive Vice President of the Packaging Solutions division and a member of the Group Leadership Team. He will start on 1 December 2023 and report to Hans Sohlström, President...

Constantia Flexibles, the world's third largest producer of flexible packaging, officially commits to net zero emissions according to the standards of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). As one of the biggest players in the...

Stora Enso faces a continued subdued market outlook for the rest of 2023 and going into 2024, as weak global growth and high inflation weigh on its performance. The Company expects no market improvement in...

Mura Technology is opening its first commercial-scale HydroPRS advanced plastic recycling plant in Teesside, UK, processing ‘unrecyclable’ flexible and rigid mixed plastics into recycled hydrocarbon feedstocks for repeated plastic production. Located at the Wilton International...

Etimark, a label and package printer based in Switzerland, has made the switch from mercury to UV LED curing for its presses after adopting Flint Group’s EkoCure® Dual Cure ink range. Etimark, known for its customised...

The market environment improved slightly during the third quarter of 2023, compared to the first half of the year. The significant destocking that impacted the previous two quarters faded during the third quarter. Overall, inflation...

Garlock Printing and Converting, a family company that has been operating in Gardner for over 36 years, is rebranding to Garlock Flexible. Executives at Garlock Flexible decided to rebrand to better fit with the company's...

Recent predictions state that fisheries global production will reach 194 million tonnes by 2026. Worldwide almost 20 million tonnes of raw material are mainly used for the production of fishmeal and fish oil. One of...

Jujie collaborated with ExxonMobil’s polyethylene business — which is acknowledged as driving packaging advances through value chain collaboration — to use performance materials, which can offer the sustainability benefit of enabling the use of less...