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Packaging Expert Offers Career Advice During Overview of Industry

Packaging Expert Offers Career Advice During Overview of Industry

Kim Carswell Spoke During a Speaker Series Sponsored by the Flexible Packaging Association’s Emerging Leadership Council

July 25, 2024

Kim Carswell has spent 40 years in a career that has made her a leader in sustainable packaging, including jobs with major retailers such as General Mills, Kraft Foods, and Target. During that time, she developed meaningful advice for people interested in a career in the flexible packaging industry.

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AWT Labels & Packaging Expands RFID Capabilities Through Acquisition

AWT Labels & Packaging Inc. (AWT) recently announced the acquisition of American Label Technologies (ALT). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, AWT provides custom labels, flexible packaging, and precision converting solutions for healthcare, consumer brands, and technology companies. Headquartered in Garner, North Carolina, ALT is a provider of radio-frequency identification […]

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Dow Expands Recycling Efforts With Purchase of Circulus

Dow recently agreed to buy Circulus, which recycles plastic waste into post-consumer resin. This transaction includes two facilities—one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and the other in Arab, Alabama—with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year. Dow expects the transaction to close in the third quarter of 2024, subject to customary regulatory approval. Terms of […]

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FPA Leader Reflects on Her Tenure

FPA Leader Reflects on Her Tenure

Alison Keane Spent Eight Years With the Advocacy Organization

July 11, 2024

Alison Keane, the outgoing president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, says one high point of her eight-year tenure was the ability of her “small but mighty” staff to tackle extender producer responsibility laws that have been gaining increasing traction among states nationwide.

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AeroFlexx Announces Collaboration With European Manufacturing Company

AeroFlexx, the flexible packaging company that launched in 2018 in the United States, will be collaborating with Chemipack, a company based in Poland that supplies liquid concentrates for a variety of applications, including household and personal care products, industrial fluids, and wet wipes. “The collaboration enables AeroFlexx and Chemipack to address industry demand and critical […]

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New President and CEO Tapped for Sidel

Pietro Cassani has been named president and CEO at Sidel effective July 15, 2024. Cassani, who will be based in Parma, Italy, has been CEO of the Marchesini Group for the past eight years. He has over 30 years of business and engineering experience and holds an engineering degree from the University of Bologna and […]

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Being Social

Being Social

New FPA Social Media Campaign Expands Reach

July/August 2024

At the start of Earth Day/Month in April, the social media marketing partner for the Flexible Packaging Association began a concerted effort to reach broader audiences, expanding upon an online community that has been increasing steadily over the past few years. The new campaign—“Pro Planet: We Believe Every Day is Earth Day”—is a six-part series that will run into early 2025.

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Using Sustainability Playbooks in R&D

Using Sustainability Playbooks in R&D

Science Group Worked With CTOs to Develop Detailed Guides

July/August 2024

A forum for chief technology officers in 2022 launched its inaugural effort—a practical guide for research and development teams that are contributing to corporate net-zero goals. This year, the forum’s initiative accelerated with actionable insights on balancing sustainability with growth.

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Rethinking Workforce Strategies

Rethinking Workforce Strategies

New Approaches Might Attract—and Keep—Talent, Experts Suggest

July/August 2024

he flexible packaging sector is in the same bind as other industries when it comes to recruiting and retaining talent. But if it wants to solve its workforce challenges, leaders will need to take a more proactive approach.

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State Legislatures Continue Work on Packaging Laws

July/August 2024

With elections in November, states are feeling pressure to pass legislation on packaging. A continued concern exists about plastic pollution and toxins in the environment and interest in policies to address them via bans and extended producer responsibility.

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What Makes Lubricants Sustainable?

What Makes Lubricants Sustainable?

July/August 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines environmentally acceptable lubricants based on three criteria: biodegradability, toxicity to marine and aquatic life, and bioaccumulation. We’ll investigate each of these and look at some practical aspects that using bio-based lubricants can offer for packaging companies.

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ELC Education Committee Releases New Videos

ELC Education Committee Releases New Videos

July/August 2024

The Education Committee of the Emerging Leadership Council of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) was formed to develop resources to empower FPA member companies to educate families and communities about the benefits of flexible packaging.

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Political Action Committee Kicks Off Work at Crucial Time

July/August 2024

Bipartisan FlexPAC™ will help the flexible packaging industry support candidates for federal and state offices. With the 2024 election season in full swing, it has never been more vital to understand the value of political engagement and the need to strengthen the flexible packaging industry’s political resources.

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Consultant: New Battles Emerge in Plastics Debate

Consultant: New Battles Emerge in Plastics Debate

And Flexible Packaging Companies Must Improve Circularity

June 28, 2024

The flexible packaging industry is no longer losing the public relations war with environmentalists over how consumers view the issues. It may have already lost it.

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