The FPA Emerging Leadership Council’s (ELC) Advocacy Committee developed a fact sheet on extended producer responsibility (EPR) to help educate the industry, stakeholders, and the consumers of goods packaged in flexible packaging. The fact sheet...

Kendall Packaging Corporation, a provider of high-quality flexible packaging solutions serving a variety of markets inside the food, personal care, and pet food industries, announced that Daren Roberts has been named Plant Manager at the...

Profol Americas, a global leader in the manufacture of cast polypropylene and polyethylene films, has introduced a breathable vacuum packaging film solution, CPVac™. CPVac™ is a polypropylene-based coextruded film which is designed to maintain a...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is writing to urge you to veto S.2515, as this legislation establishes aggressive and onerous post-consumer recycled (PCR) content standards which are presently underdeveloped and overly broad. S.2515 was aimed...

The pulp-based paper has been around for a long time. The rise of technology saw strides in every industry and the paper industry was no exception. The need for innovation resulted in a new type...

In its 18th year, the FPA Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge has become a prestigious competition within the flexible packaging industry. The Challenge for students is to develop a flexible package solution that addresses a...

Anne Stephens will be joining Wikoff Color as Vice President, Research and Development based at the Corporate Headquarters in Fort Mill, SC. In this position, Anne will be directly responsible for the R&D efforts in...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce that the FPA’s Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) launched a new campaign, “Come Grow With...

Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation is pleased to announce Kasie Fairbarn as the new Product Sales Manager for Blown Film, the company’s largest product segment in North America. In this position, Fairbarn will play a key...

AWA Alexander Watson Associates will host the second annual AWAVirtual™ Insights Forum on 27th January 2022, a platform providing insights and thought leadership from today’s industry captains and change agents. Bringing together CEOs, Executives, and...

SAM (Sung An Machinery Co., Ltd.) announced that Joon Shin, currently Executive Director, will assume the role of CEO immediately. “I am honored to become SAM’s next CEO and proud to be the 3rd generation...

Presto Products, an industry leader in innovation for reclosable packaging and the maker of Fresh-Lock® closures, recently held a plant expansion groundbreaking ceremony in late September at their Waupaca, Wisconsin, plant location. The Waupaca expansion...

The flexible packaging industry has been witnessing tremendous year-on-year growth globally. It is helping organizations to bring down their environmental footprint by reducing their dependency on glass/metal-based rigid packaging in a sustainable way. Despite this,...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates this opportunity to provide its comments in response to EPA’s solicitation of information regarding the potential development of regulations for pyrolysis and gasification (P&G) units used to convert solid...

The undersigned organizations of the Tariff Reform Coalition represent many of the U.S. manufacturers, exporters, retailers, agricultural and food producers, and other supply chain stakeholders adversely affected by the Section 232 tariffs and quotas on...

Montalvo, international specialist in web tension control, has hired Mr. Mike Cunningham as their new Europe Director of Sales and Service. Mr. Cunningham will oversee Montalvo’s European sales and service efforts, implementing Montalvo’s regional strategy,...

Montalvo, international specialists in web tension control, has promoted Russ Hall to North America Director of Sales & Service. Mr. Hall’s primary responsibilities are overseeing Montalvo’s North America sales team by building, managing, and...

Flex Films, the global film manufacturing arm of flexible packaging giant UFlex, launched its new avant-garde patented BOPET high barrier film F-UHB-M, designed to replace aluminium foil in flexible packaging applications. To be manufactured in...

E-commerce is a growing economic segment, experiencing a 14.9% growth rate in 2019 in the U.S. It is expected to maintain annual growth rates of approximately 13% through 2023. The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) conducted...

AWA and TLMI partner together for this year’s Sleeve Label Industry Conference & Exhibition taking place November 10-12 at the Cincinnati Marriott at RiverCenter in Cincinnati, Ohio. The event will be a hybrid in-person/virtual event...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) urges Congress to expedite passage of the Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure package amendment to H.R. 3684 – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (INVEST Act), with the inclusion of the RECYCLE Act...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) urges Congress to expedite passage of the Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure package amendment to H.R. 3684 – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (INVEST Act), with the inclusion of the RECYCLE Act...

FPA is deeply concerned with not only the process but the ultimate outcome of this Framework. As this will certainly set a precedent for both states and federal work on packaging circularity, FPA believes that...

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

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is writing to urge you to veto SB 343 (Allen), as despite its title, the bill will cause further confusion for Californian citizens and will not provide greater clarity concerning...

The organizations listed below respectfully request your veto of SB 343 (Allen). SB 343 is more than a labelling bill. By establishing stringent criteria for what can be labeled recyclable, SB 343 creates a definition...

Have you been looking for a substitute for the standard pulp-based paper? You’re at the right place then as in this blog post we’re going to talk about Synthetic Paper, the perfect replacement for conventional...

Packaging Impressions is pleased to announce the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), as an Official Association Partner of the 2021 Digital Packaging Summit. The seventh annual Digital Packaging Summit will be held Nov. 8-10, 2021 at...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce that the 2022 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition Call for Entries is now available....

SB 343 is MORE than just a labeling bill and establishes stringent criteria for what can be considered recyclable, and creates a definition of “recyclable” which will have impacts on all future legislation related to...