The Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition had a strong international flavor this year, especially when it came to printing excellence, leading to multiple awards for one company in the United Arab Emirates and another in India.
Without reliable information about COVID-19’s impact on daily life and spending habits, strategic planning becomes challenging for flexible packaging manufacturers hoping to make inroads in, perhaps, Turkey, France, Brazil, or China.
From scraped knees to heart-valve replacements, every day people depend upon health care and medical/surgical supplies safely delivered in sterile packaging.
Sustainability goals are shared across the flexible packaging industry, so when it comes to finding ways to improve the circular economy, collegiality and collaboration dominate, says Randy Shermet, vice president of sales and development at Polykar in Burlington, Ontario.
Caylee Boone and three of her classmates at the University of Wisconsin-Stout were tasked with coming up with ideas and prototypes that would advance uses for flexible packaging, so they started to think about how they use products and what could be improved.
After buying U.K.-based Rapid Action Packaging (RAP) in January, ProAmpac has expanded RAP’s fresh-food-to-go packaging portfolio into North America.
Read MoreFPA recently joined other trade associations representing some top employers in the U.S. to praise Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla, and Ken Buck, R-Colo., for reintroducing the Aluminum Pricing Examination (APEX) Act (H.R. 2698).
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The company will continue to be managed by Garlock’s current senior management team, led by founder and CEO Pete Garlock.
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As the packaging industry—particularly the plastic and flexible packaging industry—continues to face unprecedented levels of legislation around end-of-life management and full circularity, promotion of the many benefits of flexible packaging is more important than ever.
Read MoreEarly last year, LPS Industries’ CEO, Madeleine Robinson, made a financial donation to Fabulous Foods through the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, a pro-business trade organization.
Read More2021 began with a rush in many states to consider policies that will squarely impact the flexible packing industry.
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