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Dr. Portia Yarborough Joins Michelman as Chief Science & Sustainability Officer
02.21.2023

We are very excited to announce that Dr. Portia Yarborough has joined Michelman as our Chief Science & Sustainability Officer (CSSO), effective February 6, 2023. Portia is a dynamic leader with over two decades of...

IST America Announces Senior Leadership Changes
02.21.2023

IST America has announced changes to its senior leadership team. Effective April 1, 2023, Bill Bonallo will be transitioning from his role as company CEO and President. Replacing him will be Errol Moebius, currently IST...

Huhtamaki Acquires Full Ownership of Its Foodservice Distribution Joint Venture in Australia
02.20.2023

Huhtamaki has acquired full ownership of Huhtamaki Tailored Packaging Pty Ltd (HTP), the Australian foodservice packaging distribution and wholesale group. HTP employs more than 130 people and is today one of the largest importers and...

More Aluminum Import Taxes, Less U.S. Economic Growth
02.17.2023

Taxing aluminum importers won’t benefit the U.S. manufacturing industry. Protect U.S. jobs, critical supplies and your wallet from additional tariffs on aluminum foil. The Department of Commerce (DOC) should not be picking winners and losers...

Packaging Pet Peeves of Ecommerce Shippers
02.17.2023

With ecommerce sales continuing to grow, shipping companies like FedEx, DHL, United Parcel Service (UPS), and the US Postal Service (USPS) have a depth of knowledge about ecommerce packaging, including what works and what doesn’t....

EcoVadis Confirms Mondi’s Leading Sustainability Practices with Platinum Rating
02.16.2023

Mondi, a global packaging and paper manufacturer, has maintained its Platinum status in EcoVadis’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ratings for the seventh consecutive year. The Group’s overall score of 84% places Mondi among the top...

C-P Flexible Packaging Collaborates with Northwest Frozen, LLC in Successful Launch of High-Performance Packaging for Extended Shelf-Life Refrigerated Meals
02.16.2023

Preferred Packaging, a division of C-P Flexible Packaging, and Northwest Frozen LLC are proud to announce their successful collaboration to develop and launch a new line of refrigerated, prepared meals with extended shelf life for...

City of Tacoma, WA and Mill Announce First-Of-Its-Kind Pilot to Tackle Residential Food Waste
02.16.2023

The City of Tacoma and Mill Industries Inc. announced a first-of-its-kind agreement to pilot a new strategy for using technology to address residential food waste. Food waste is hard to deal with at home. It...

FPA Publishes Annual Report to the Members
02.15.2023

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce that it has published its latest Report to the Members. The report provides an...

NOVA Chemicals Launches New Circular Solutions Business to Meet Growing Demand for Recycled Plastics
02.15.2023

NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced the establishment of NOVA Circular Solutions, a new line of business focusing on lower-emission, recycled solutions that will help reshape a better, more sustainable world. NOVA Circular Solutions will be home...

All Printing Resources Opens Facility in Ontario, Canada
02.14.2023

All Printing Resources (APR) has announced that it has opened an operation in Ontario, Canada, and Jeff Dancer has been added to the APR team to support this new facility. He will lead the team...

Cosmo First Expands New Businesses While Temporary Inventory Corrections Impact Specialty Sales
02.14.2023

Cosmo First Limited declared its financial results for the quarter ended Dec 2022. During the quarter, BOPP and BOPET industry faced excess supply caused due to bunching of new production lines and on the other...

Protective Packaging Excites Customers With First New Generation Mid-Format Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 Six-Color Press
02.14.2023

Coming off its best year ever in the history of the company, Protective Packaging, a Lugoff, SC custom packaging printer, headquartered outside of Columbia, is astonishing its customers with its new generation mid-format Koenig &...

ProAmpac Receives Highest BRCGS AA+ Accreditation at its Elsham, UK Site
02.14.2023

ProAmpac, a global leader in flexible packaging, announced their Elsham, UK facility received the Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standard (BRCGS) accreditation, the highest level possible awarded to those companies demonstrating compliance in hazard and...

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
02.14.2023

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...

ProAmpac Debuts New ProActive Sustainability® Products at Packaging Innovations
02.13.2023

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, opens Packaging Innovations 2023 at stand N44 debuting new products from its ProActive Sustainability Portfolio: ProActive Recyclable® R-2050 and ProActive Post Industrial Recycled Content (PIR). Also,...

The Package Deal: Innovations and the Latest Thinking in Sustainable Packaging
02.13.2023

In the latest episode of NothingWasted!, you will enjoy The Package Deal: Innovations and the Latest Thinking in Sustainable Packaging. The discussion centered on how, every day, businesses, consumers, and the waste-and-recycling industry are continuing...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Minnesota’s HF 1000
02.13.2023

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...

Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Acknowledges Recyclability of PE-based Film with UBE's PA6/66 Based on Critical Guidance Recognition
02.13.2023

UBE Corporation Europe S.A.U. announced it has received Critical Guidance Recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR). UBE’s innovation is a PE-based multilayer film with enhanced mechanical and barrier properties conferred by a PA6/66...

ProAmpac European Launch of New High-Performance Mono PE Recyclable Film
02.09.2023

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, announces the launch of ProActive Recyclable R-2050, their newest patent-pending addition to the ProActive Recyclable® series of polyethylene-based structures, being introduced to serve the European market....

FPA Outlines Opposition to Aluminum Foil Tariff Proposal
02.09.2023

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) continues to push back against a proposal by the federal Department of Commerce (DOC) to extend aluminum tariffs first implemented by the Trump administration against China. In a news release...

FPA’s Alison Keane on Flexible Packaging Sustainability
02.09.2023

Alison Keane, President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, talks about the sustainability features of flexible packaging, and identifies that the next step is to integrate flexible packaging into the circular economy.

BOBST to Highlight CI Flexo Expertise at INFOFLEX 2023
02.09.2023

Ahead of this year’s INFOFLEX trade show in April, leading global manufacturer of printing and converting technologies, BOBST, has confirmed its continued support as sponsor of the FTA’s event. Integrated solutions and advanced automation technology...

BAR-U-EAT First to Offer BPI-Certified Compostable Bar Wrappers
02.09.2023

Colo.-based natural, energy-dense bar brand and 1% for the Planet member BAR-U-EAT unveiled new Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI)-certified compostable packaging for its individually wrapped bars. The brand says this makes it the first bar company...

LyondellBasell and KIRKBI Invest in APK to Develop Recycling Technology
02.08.2023

LyondellBasell, a global leader in the chemical industry and KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand, announce they have signed an agreement to make an investment in APK, which specializes...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Oregon’s SB 543 and SB 544
02.08.2023

The undersigned organizations, representing a cross section of employers including packaging and consumer product manufacturers, material suppliers, retailers/grocers, agriculture, restaurants, and others urge you to oppose SB 543 and SB 544. Taken together, these bills...

ACTEGA’s Vision for 2023
02.07.2023

The company's president addresses its future outlook and how the supplier is handling the industry's most pressing challenges. The past couple of years has seen a surge in energy, raw material, personnel and logistics costs....

Collaboration to Increase Low Density Polyethylene Packaging Recyclability Sees Success in Deinking Trials
02.07.2023

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, has partnered with German startup Wildplastic and the Hamburg University of Technology (TU-Hamburg) aiming to increase the recyclability...

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