The flexible packaging industry drives $151.4 billion in total economic output and supports 398,780 jobs in the U.S., according to a new report from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). The 2025 Economic Impact of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry Report—prepared by John Dunham & Associates—also says the industry creates $33.46 billion in direct and indirect […]

Circular Action Alliance (CAA), the producer responsibility organization (PRO) for several states that have adopted extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs, recently opened a recycling center in Oregon for hard-to-recycle materials. The drop-off center in Ashland, Oregon, which is an EPR state, is funded by producers of waste and will accept materials such as plastic bags, […]

ProAmpac recently bought the bag converting operations of International Paper (IP), which specializes in fiber-based bags. The acquisition expands ProAmpac’s converting capabilities, further advancing the company’s fiberization strategy and enhancing its ability to deliver customized bag solutions for the grocery, convenience store, and quick-service restaurant markets, the company said in a news release.  Terms of the deal were […]

More than $40,000 was raised to encourage careers in the packaging and processing industries during a charity golf tournament held on Sept. 28 before the start of PACK EXPO Las Vegas, according to the PMMI Foundation, the charitable arm of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. PMMI, which produces PACK EXPO, was held […]