FPA President and CEO Alison Keane offers her valuable perspective on consumer trends, legislative change, sustainability, and more. Keep your finger on the pulse of the flexible packaging industry by learning about the obstacles and achievements outlined in these letters.
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Event Producer: PACK EXPO Las Vegas Sets Record

Nearly 32,000 people attended PACK EXPO Las Vegas last week, the most in the show’s history, according to show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The show, which ran from Monday through Wednesday, had 2,300 exhibitors that had set up in the Las Vegas Convention Center. “This is proof that the industry […]

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Tredegar Sells Its Flexible Packaging Films Business

Tredegar Corporation has agreed to sell Terphane, its flexible packaging films business, to affiliates of Oben Group. Terphane has about 500 employees with manufacturing sites in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil, and Bloomfield, New York. It is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, and exports to 29 countries. Tredegar trades as TG on the New York […]

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Colorado Packaging Company Sells to 360Pack

Privately held packaging distribution company 360Pack has bought Team Packaging Inc., a Colorado-based privately held custom packaging solutions provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded by Mike Anderson and Becki Charchenko in 2003, Team Packaging is a full-service custom packaging distribution business based in Aurora, Colorado. The company offers flexible and fiber-based packaging, […]

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Students Capture Awards for 2023

Students Capture Awards for 2023

Annual Contest Recognizes Work at Packaging Programs

The entries for the Flexible Packaging Association’s Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge included short videos, where students explain the prototypes they developed. Several videos stood out because the students created strong marketing campaigns.

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Transitioning to Flexibles

Transitioning to Flexibles

New Guide Outlines Best Practices

Brands, particularly in the realm of consumer products, are eyeing a range of new materials to meet ambitious goals for creating more sustainable packaging.

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Striving for Safety

Striving for Safety

SPMC® Continues Oversight of Packaging Excellence

Sterile packaging rarely penetrates the public’s consciousness, creating an awareness gap that the Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council has been striving to close since 1994 and continues with ongoing guidance on issues affecting the industry.

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ELC Advocacy Committee Restructures and Adds Vice Chair

ELC Advocacy Committee Restructures and Adds Vice Chair

The advocacy committee of the Emerging Leadership Council elected Monica Scott, strategic account manager at H.B. Fuller, as vice chair. With her support, the advocacy team was split into two subgroups, legislatorial advocacy and sustainability advocacy.

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Flexible Packaging Industry Growth Accelerates

Flexible Packaging Industry Growth Accelerates

The annual State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report, recently released by the Flexible Packaging Association, provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insights into the U.S. flexible packaging industry’s performance over the past year.

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Federal Recycling Strategies Must Be Monitored Closely

We have been given several regulatory opportunities this year to drive home our message on the importance of films and flexibles, including the protection of products and the reduction of carbon, as well as shaping the future of recycling in the United States to include this type of packaging.

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Berry Global Taps New CEO

Berry Global Group, Inc. recently named a new CEO, effective October 2. Kevin Kwilinski, president and CEO of Multi-Color Corporation, will replace Tom Salmon, who will retire from his roles as Berry CEO and chairman, as previously announced in February. Salmon, who has been CEO for the past six years, will remain with the company […]

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Venture Capital Firm to Buy Constantia Flexibles

An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC, has agreed to buy Constantia Flexibles, a packaging manufacturer with facilities in 16 countries. Constantia, which has about 7,650 employees at 30 sites, has been owned by Wendel, a European investment firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Constantia has grown through acquisition and innovation to […]

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NOVA Chemicals Builds New Recycling Facility

NOVA Chemicals Corporation recently announced it is developing its first mechanical recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana. The facility will employ about 125 people and process post-consumer plastic films to produce the company’s SYNDIGO™ recycled polyethylene (rPE) at commercial scale as early as 2025, the company said in a news release. It will create more than […]

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