If the future workplace is filled with machines running on artificial intelligence and robotics, workers will be needed to create the machines, run them, and then make repairs as the robots falter. That thinking was on display at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.
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New Report Examines Recycling Impact and Market Development
November 9, 2023
The study sheds light on the valuable work that has been done to grow markets, including the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs, for recycled materials.
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Expert: Merger Outlook Evolves for Label Converters
October 31, 2023
As optimism began to creep back into economic forecasts in the second half of 2023, small and medium-sized label converters are ripe for consolidation.
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BOBST Building ‘Competence Center’ in Georgia
October 31, 2023
The leaders at BOBST were seeing a growing demand for flexible packaging and wanted a way to demonstrate what it had to offer its customers.
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Pratt Industries Expands Investments in Corrugated Operations Across the U.S.
October 26, 2023
Pratt Industries says it now has assets valued at $12 billion invested in the United States and has created about 12,000 manufacturing jobs.
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Plastic Circularity Fund Takes Shape
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste recently announced that the Plastic Circularity Fund, which will be managed by Lombard Odier Investment Managers, is ready for investment in companies. The fund secured private equity capital from institutional and other accredited investors. The Alliance is a seed investor with a $10 million capital contribution to the fund. […]
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Amcor Takes First Place in Sustainability Category at PACK EXPO Contest for Technology Excellence
October 12, 2023
Amcor won one of four technology excellence awards given out during PACK EXPO Las Vegas, taking the top prize in the sustainability category.
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Single-Use Plastic Ban Spreads in Pennsylvania
September 28, 2023
A growing number of municipalities in Pennsylvania are curbing the use of single-use plastics, joining hundreds of cities across the U.S. that have implemented similar measures.
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Panelists: Packaging Design Can Be Influenced Through Eco-Modulation
September 14, 2023
Extender producer responsibility programs can be enhanced by giving companies financial incentives to evolve packaging through eco-design while imposing penalties on packaging that hinders circularity efforts. Those incentives and penalties are the core concepts of eco-modulation.
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AeroFlexx CEO Continually Seeks Sustainability Solutions
August 28, 2023
Andrew Meyer discusses the “five key pillars” of sustainability in addition to other issues facing the flexible packaging industry.
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SPMC® Committees Run by Committed Leaders
August 28, 2023
Industry leaders inform members of the Flexible Packaging Association about issues relevant to the sterile packaging industry.
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PACKEXPO Las Vegas 2023 Highlights Sustainability
August 24, 2023
PACKEXPO Las Vegas 2023, which will be held September 11 through September 13, will highlight sustainability efforts through a new dedicated section of the annual trade show.
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Panel Discusses End-Market Solutions for Recyclables
August 10, 2023
Jason Pelz has some basic advice for brands when it comes to developing end markets for recyclables: “You have to get engaged.” That may be obvious, but obvious doesn’t necessarily translate into action.
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Society of Plastics Engineers Fall Conference Takes Shape
July 27, 2023
FlexPackCon® 2023 will include speakers from along the value chain of flexible packaging.
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FPA Names New Leaders to Its Board and Emerging Leadership Council
July 13, 2023
William Jackson, Ph.D., chief technology officer of Amcor Flexibles, has been named to a two-year term as chair of Flexible Packaging Association’s board of directors. Kasie Fairbarn, a member of the chair’s advisory council, has been elected co-chair of the Emerging Leadership Council.
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JBM Packaging Recognized for Hiring Program
Company Says New Certification Validates Its Commitment to Recruiting Formerly Incarcerated Workers, Other Social Initiatives
June 29, 2023
In 2015, JBM Packaging was looking for new ways to recruit workers—and that was long before the intense labor shortages of the past few years. The company, which is based in Ohio, considered several ideas, including hiring and training people who have experienced incarceration. Working with various agencies and others in the Cincinnati region, JBM […]
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Taking Chances Leads to Top Job
Anoosheh Oskouian, CEO and President, Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc.
June 29, 2023
We talk to Anoosheh Oskouian about her career at Ship & Shore Sheet Metal, her professional challenges as president and CEO, and her advice for women thinking about entering a technical field.
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Key United Nations Report Outlines Food Waste and Packaging Issues
June 22, 2023
Hopefully, the report will help policy makers avoid following trends unsupported by scientific facts.
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Webinar Explores Compostable and Hard-to-Recycle Packaging Issues
June 8, 2023
As compostable and hard-to-recycle packaging such as flexible packaging become more prevalent in the United States, extended producer responsibility programs will have to ensure a fair and equitable process.
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Biden Administration Pushes Plans for Plastic Alternatives
The Goal is to Replace 90% of Plastics Within 20 Years
May 25, 2023
President Joe Biden’s administration continues to promote plans to use biotechnology and biomanufacturing to develop sustainable alternatives across industries, including fuels, medicines, and plastics, with plastics being largely displaced by 2043.
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