
Information at Your Fingertips
FPA Press Room
FPA Press Room Offers Online Searchable Content
News & Information Categories
The Flexible Packaging Association offers a variety of news and information tools to keep you up-to-date. Browse the types of news we gather and produce below, or scroll straight to the bottom to search for articles in your categories of interest.
Articles and Press Releases
Select and Search Your Category of Interest
AMGRAPH Packaging announced today that it has partnered with West Essex Graphics to produce one of the first packaging designs to utilize DuPont’s new Cyrel® Lightning plates technology. This printing breakthrough received the prestigious Technical...
Innovative solutions bring together Henkel coatings and UPM AsendoTMpapers to enhance barrier performance and sustainability.
Miraclon recognized its top channel partners for their sales, marketing and technical efforts in its annual Channel Partner Awards Program, launched last year. With the award scoring system assessing the company’s sales performance and market...
BOBST, one of the world’s leading suppliers in substrate processing, printing and converting equipment and services for the label, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated board industries, has announced plans to attend Global Pouch Forum...
Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg, a leading global technology supplier with a particular focus on special printing applications in the packaging sector, got off to a dynamic start in the 2023 financial year and recorded...
ACTEGA has announced its plans to open a new 238,000 square foot facility in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The project is being supported by the state of North Carolina, providing funding to establish a brand-new,...
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 Officer,...
Glenroy® Inc., a leading converter and printer of sustainable flexible packaging, has received a Silver Achievement Award in Sustainability from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) for the Walex® Commando Black Holding Tank Cleaner Store Drop-off...
As more states move toward extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws and regulations for packaging, government officials should include industry representatives who will run the programs so fair fees can be assessed and to encourage flexibility...
Billerud presents a machine glazed kraft paper especially adapted and validated for wrapping toilet and kitchen paper rolls. Hitting the sustainability sweet spot – renewable, recyclable and biodegradable, but also enduring tough handling as good...
Cleanroom Film and Bags, a division of C-P Flexible Packaging, has expanded its operations to meet a dramatic increase in demand for nylon packaging. CFB is now one of the country’s leading manufacturers of nylon...
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is upgrading its Dynäs pulp and paper mill in Sweden. The modernisation programme will increase efficiency and further improve the overall environmental performance of the mill,...
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...
Tredegar Corporation reported first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2023. First quarter 2023 net income (loss) was $(1.0) million ($(0.03) per diluted share) compared to net income (loss) of $16.4 million...
Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Moda Systems, a leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art, automated protein packaging machines. Based in New...
Pactiv Evergreen Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved the payment of a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on June 15, 2023 to shareholders...
Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, has received an honorable mention in the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) sustainability excellence awards. The awards are given...
In 2022, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 22-1355 into law to establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program in the state, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has appointed...
TIPA Compostable Packaging has expanded its European reach with the acquisition of Bio4Pack. Bio4Pack will allow TIPA to provide three new additions to its range: paper packaging from agricultural waste, trays and nets. The deal...
Paper and packaging company Mondi says its underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of €351-million for the first quarter of this year were broadly flat when compared with its Ebitda for the...
An analysis of peer-reviewed studies finds that single-use, sterile, prepackaged surgical instruments support patient health, profitability, and sustainability goals. Surgical retractors play a crucial role in spinal surgeries. However, traditional reusable instruments present various challenges,...
In the first quarter of 2023, Henkel increased Group sales to around 5.6 billion euros. The very strong organic sales growth of 6.6 percent was driven by double-digit pricing, while volumes were below the prior-year...
"The world deserves better liquorice". That's what Claus Hattesen, the owner of Konfektfabrikken in Denmark, thought. And on the island of Ærø, he reinvented this traditional confectionery without further ado. The clou: natural flavours, ingredients...
DS Smith has linked up with energy provider E.ON to launch a combined heat and power (CHP) plant at DS Smith’s paper mill in Kent. Work on the CHP plant began in 2019 with E.ON...
The construction of new plants announced two years ago is starting to take shape, according to Swedish engineering services provider Afry, which said Germany’s APK intends to build a domestic chemical recycling facility with an...
The Summit Packaging Platform, which includes Summit Plastics, ClearView Packaging, and Fredman Packaging (together "Summit"), a LongueVue Capital ("LVC") portfolio company and manufacturer of custom packaging solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe...
In today’s world of abundance and exploding e-commerce, there seems to be more packaging waste than ever. At the same time, there is a greater concern about how human activities are impacting the environment. Recycling...
When building a producer responsibility organization, fees should be transparent, the industry should be in control and the system needs to be fair. That’s what participants in a recent webinar said, noting there are different...