The long value chain of plastics packaging, from manufacturers to converters to brand owners, is turning a wary eye to state-level recycling developments. Those developments include new laws labeled as extended producer responsibility (EPR), but...

Glenroy, Inc., a leading producer of sustainable flexible packaging, has teamed with Trex Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of wood- alternative decking and railing, to make its eco-friendly flexible packaging products even friendlier. Further reinforcing...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announces that its Torayfan® Division’s new, state-of-the-art, 8.7-meter, five-layer, in-line coating polypropylene film line with automated slitting began producing commercial volumes of packaging and label films in May. The customized, proprietary...

When you toss a plastic bottle into your recycling bin, there’s no guarantee it actually gets recycled. In fact, odds are, it doesn’t. According to the World Economic Forum, just 14% of plastic packaging is...

ExxonMobil has developed a new series of Exceed™ XP performance polyethylene (PE) grades that deliver remarkable mechanical performance with a combination of low density and fractional melt index (MI). Exceed™ XP 7021 and Exceed™ XP...

Ink logistics specialist GSE is providing expertise to help reduce the environmental impact of flexible packaging by joining the PRETHINK INK network – a group of printing industry suppliers promoting the adoption of water-based inks....

Developed in close cooperation with large food manufacturers, packaging machine manufacturers and processors, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper now offers a whole range of barrier papers with barricote. The fully recyclable papers can be used as bag...

TC Transcontinental Packaging is thrilled to announce the significant expansion of our Transcontinental Ontario, California facility, fully commercial and ready for operation as of September 2021. The expansion of the Transcontinental Ontario facility notably...

Uflex has partnered with Mespack, manufacturer of flexible packaging, end-of-line, and soluble pods equipment and Hoffer Plastics, manufacturer of custom injection molded parts, to develop 100 percent recyclable mono-polymer hot-fill pouches. The pouch is 100...

TC Transcontinental Packaging is thrilled to introduce its ASTRA Center, the Art, Science, and Technology Research and Applications Center, based in Menasha, Wisconsin, and the result of several months of work. This 12,200 square-foot facility...

In a move to optimize interactions and simplify customer access to the printing industry’s largest portfolio of process-improvement and consumables technologies, Baldwin Technology Company Inc. is excited to announce changes across its print and packaging...

As organizations representing manufacturers and users of plastic products and packaging as well as parts of the entire value chain, we are writing to express our concerns about the proposed inclusion of a 20 cent...

A Democratic proposal to help finance the party's $3.5 trillion spending bill by taxing single-use plastics is generating sharp pushback from members of the industry, who argue it would produce more waste and hurt average...

On September 17 Svenja Schulze (Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety) and Dr. Wiebke Esdar (Member of the German Bundestag) visited the Bielefeld mill of the speciality paper manufacturer Mitsubishi HiTec Paper....

The Board of Directors of Transcontinental Inc. announces that François Olivier will retire from the Company. He will be leaving his functions on December 9, 2021, after 28 years with the Company, including 13 years...

Under the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, the Commission plans to put a system in place that covers the combination effects of unintentional chemical mixtures. Because of the complexity linked to regulating an almost infinite number...

California, the world’s fifth largest economy, is on the verge of approving labelling guidelines that could affect processors throughout the US, North America and beyond. State legislators have passed a bill that would require the...

After a few dismal years, recycling revenues are streaming back and many towns across the Garden State are recouping more from their recycling — some dramatically. Clifton, for instance, had budgeted to collect $40,000 in...

Dow, HP, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking, and Karlville have announced a “pioneering” proof of concept for recycling PE-based barrier pouches into new, high-quality PE pouches that the companies say are suitable for repeat recycling. The first-of-its-kind...

Further to the full approval of the Turkish competition authority Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of Elif Holding A.Ş. (Elif), a major supplier of sustainable flexible packaging to global FMCG brand owners, with operations in...

FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division, today announces its plan to showcase and preview the new FUJIFILM Digital UV Inkjet Label Press LP350 (hereafter LP350) at the Label Congress 2021 event being held at...

Flint Group Narrow Web introduces two UV-flexo coating products to improve the recyclability for shrink sleeves and pressure sensitive labels. These coatings are currently available in North America and will soon be available in Europe...

Retail giant Walmart Inc has been handed a win by a federal judge in San Francisco who tossed claims that the company labels some of its house-brand plastic products "recyclable" when that option is not...

ProAmpac, the leader in flexible packaging and material science, announces their latest addition to the ProActive Sustainability® platform, QUADFLEX® Recyclable. The format utilizes ProAmpac’s R-2000 recyclable laminated mono polyethylene product providing the marketplace a sustainable...

Durst Group, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, will present a wide range of end-to-end solutions for digital printing applications at FESPA 2021 in Amsterdam, October 12-15, under its slogan "From Pixel to...

Ton Emans, PRE president and chair of its LDPE working group, warned that the Ceflex ‘quality recycling process’ plan was “not in line with the objective of making flexible packaging household waste fully circular." He...

Pregis and Henkel recently joined forces to advance the development of sustainable protective packaging solutions that meet environmental goals and address future packaging requirements. The recently rebranded Pregis EverTec™ lightweight, recyclable paper cushioned mailer, which...

Resource Label Group, LLC, a full-service provider of pressure sensitive label, shrink sleeve and RFID/NFC technology for the packaging industry has announced the acquisition of Ample Labels located in Nixa, Missouri. With the addition of...