Executives in the flexible packaging industry grasp the challenges in front of them. The hard work lies in moving from understanding to action—or, as Peter Sheahan puts it, from acceptance to ownership.
Vaccine Mandates Stir Debate
Business Group Expresses Concern About Long-Term Precedents
As the pandemic entered its 18th month in September, the federal government prepared new rules that would require businesses with 100 or more employees to ensure workers were vaccinated. For some observers, the process underway indicated an overreach that raised flags about whether precedents were being set that would undermine the autonomy of businesses for years.
Filling the Gaps
Employers Use Creative Measures to Fill Jobs
To fill job gaps, manufacturers are seeking employees from nontraditional or largely untapped fields. Veterans, women, re-entrants, and refugees constitute a rich supply of motivated, reliable workers.
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Flexible Packaging Company Finds Workers Through Second Chance Program
As companies struggle to find workers, many of them turned to alternative programs that can offer a pool of available workers. In the January/February edition of FlexPack VOICE®, we explore some of those ideas, which include hiring former prison inmates. (The digital version of the magazine also can be found online). Here is a closer […]
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Sheahan: “Brutal Honesty” Needed to Transform Your Company
CEO of Karrikins Group Discusses Path to His Transformation
Peter Sheahan spends a lot of time advising other executives on how to manage corporate transformation. The recipe includes what he describes as a dose of “brutal honesty.” It sounds painful. But it’s something that Sheahan has experienced during his own growth as a company leader. The experience also helped cement his belief that corporate change […]
A Conversation with William E. ‘Bill’ Jackson
Chief Technology Officer, Amcor Flexible Packaging
‘Shopportunities’ Abound for E-Commerce
Flexible Packaging Provides Best Options, Expert Says
Federal Infrastructure Law Includes Some Recycling Funding
More Support for National Plan Could Come Later
Plastics Recycling Plant Will Be Fully Operational in Pennsylvania Early in 2022
Facility Will Convert Hard-to-Recycle Plastics Into Building Materials
A Conversation with David M. Staker
CEO and President, Plastic Packaging Technologies (PPT)
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP - DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE
More >Sun Chemical Expands with Acquisition of Italian Company
January 18, 2022
Sun Chemical recently bought SAPICI as part of its integrated supply strategy in the packaging market.
Read MoreBar Graphic Machinery Expands UK Operations
January 11, 2022
Bar Graphic Machinery (BGM) has expanded its facility in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK, more than doubling its production capacity, according to a published report.
Read MoreFPA Profiles the U.S. Packaging Industry
Jan/Feb 2022
AS ONE OF the fastest-growing segments of the packaging industry, flexible packaging combines the best qualities of plastic, film, paper, and aluminum foil to deliver a broad range of protective properties while employing a minimum of material.
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Let’s Unite for Flexibles!
2022 Offers Challenges and Opportunities
Jan/Feb 2022
A NEW YEAR brings a renewed focus on the Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) core pillars—advocacy, communication, research, and networking.
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Michelman Marks Community Giving Worldwide
Nov/Dec 2021
As Michelman prepared for the United Way of Greater Cincinnati (UWGC) campaign, its associates exceeded their 2020 campaign pledge goal and repeated as one of the top 25 largest corporate, retiree, and employee campaign contributors. Additionally, the company was one of five businesses in the Cincinnati, Ohio, region recognized with a Corporate Heroes award for […]
Read More2022 State Legislative Discussions Speed Up
Jan/Feb 2022
State legislators introduced multiple bills in 2021, and some of those measures resulted in several new laws impacting packaging.
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CEO: Plastic Is Not Going Away
It’s Time to Promote a Circular Economy
Jan/Feb 2022
The truth is, plastic is not the problem. The problem is that we are discarding it so early in its life cycle. Instead of thinking of one necessary use for the polymers, innovators need to think about the entire life cycle of these materials.
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