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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...
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...
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...
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 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 (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 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...
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, 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...
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, 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,...
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...
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...
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, 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....
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...
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.
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...
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, 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...
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...
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....
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...
LPS Industries, a vertically integrated flexible packaging manufacturer, has formally received its SQF Edition 9 Certificate. The certificate is an upgrade from Edition 8. This is in addition to the Company's ISO 8 (100,000) Cleanroom...
Mox is a new software solution to help growing brands and small businesses bring quality products to market in a consistent, fast, and sustainable way. Mox is the new cloud-based tool that has been specifically...
ePac Flexible Packaging, a global leader in providing high quality finished pouches and rollstock to brands of all sizes, has announced a partnership with Project Waterfall, a leading Charity in the Coffee sector. ePac will...
Numerous studies over the past 3 years have shown that the environmental impact of a package or product is now being factored into consumer purchasing decisions. These studies have shown that consumers self-report as having...
The West Coast's largest manufacturing trade show has partnered with leading industry associations to host training and educational sessions, receptions, networking opportunities and charity events during the IME West event, Feb. 7-9, 2023, with an...