UFlex, an India-based flexible packaging company, intends to invest $50 million in a manufacturing plant in Mexico to produce woven polypropylene (WPP) bags for markets in North and South America, according to a recent company report. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 80 million bags that will help meet the rising demand […]
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Companies Invest in Their Communities
March/April 2025
Companies recognized were ProAmpac, Michelman, and Mid South Extrusion. The individual celebrated was Mohammad Farahat, Ph.D., director of Sun Chemical’s Novel Device Laboratory.
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A Closer Look at Apurva Shah
Apurva Shah, Vice President of Strategy and Customer Development, Charter Next Generation
March/April 2025
In this issue, we interview Apurva Shah, vice president of strategy and customer development at Charter Next Generation and a board member of the Flexible Packaging Association.
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‘Outstanding’
Judges for 69th Annual Awards Competition Highlight Advances in Flexible Packaging
March/April 2025
Judges for this year’s Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition went through the entries one by one to pick the winners in six categories: expanding the use of flexible packaging, technical innovation, sustainability, printing, shelf impact, and packaging excellence.
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‘An Inflection Point’
ProAmpac CEO Greg Tucker Offers His Thoughts on a Turning Point for the Flexible Packaging Industry
March/April 2025
ProAmpac has been focused on innovation and sustainability and wants to make sure it builds sustainable packaging options that are substrate agnostic as long as they can be recyclable or compostable and not go into landfills.
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A Look Behind Producer Responsibility Organizations
Circular Action Alliance Prepares for a Busy Year With EPR
March/April 2025
Extended producer responsibility laws have been spreading in the United States, requiring the guidance of producer responsibility organizations (PROs). Along the way, a PRO called Circular Action Alliance was incorporated in December 2022.
Read MoreNext Up for EPR: PRO Plans and Implementation
March/April 2025
In each of the five state’s extended producer responsibility laws, the producer responsibility organization’s plans are structured differently with various requirements.
Read MoreTariff Wars Continue
March/April 2025
It appears that President Donald J. Trump’s second administration is instituting even more rigorous trade and tariff restrictions.
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Poly Print Partners With Tucson Officials to Recycle Plastics
March/April 2025
Poly Print, Inc. recently collaborated with the Tucson City Council and ByFusion, a California-based company specializing in transforming discarded plastic into sustainable building materials, to recycle and repurpose plastic waste.
Read MoreNew Position Paper Addresses Sustainability of Medical Device Packaging
March/April 2025
The Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council’s paper explains how laws mandating that sterilized medical packaging include recycled content and/or be recyclable pose significant risks to the critical requirements that medical packaging must meet.
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Future of Sales and Marketing
March/April 2025
The flexible packaging industry is a close-knit community where companies and professionals often intersect throughout their careers. There is a palpable emphasis on relationship-building as a cornerstone of sales and marketing strategies.
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FPA Reflects on 2024: A Year in Review
March/April 2025
The Flexible Packaging Association will be publishing its annual “Report to the Members,” which t highlights current and ongoing FPA programs that ensure the environmental benefits and sustainability advantages of flexible packaging are communicated and understood.
Read MoreWhich March Madness Are You Following?
March/April 2025
Most people today know March Madness as the few weeks that begin in March when 68 NCAA Division I men’s and women’s college basketball teams compete to be national champions, but for those working in the public policy advocacy and government affairs arenas, there is another March Madness.
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Key Details to Know about Fees and Producer Responsibility Organizations in 2025
Registration Gives Circular Action Alliance an Initial Feel for Impacted Producers and Types of Materials in a Market
February 28, 2025
In every state that adopted extended producer responsibility laws, producers—however they are defined by statute—must register with their producer responsibility organization and submit data about the amount and types of covered materials they produce.
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FPA Contest Judge: Demographics Favor Packaging Companies
Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition Shows the Potential for the Industry
February 28, 2025
Judge Chris Lyons had some words of advice for companies that participated in the 69th annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition: Submit more entries next time.
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U.S. Senate Committee Advances Recycling Proposal
STEWARD Act Has Broad Support Among Business Groups, Committee Says
February 27, 2025
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works advanced a recycling proposal that would support initiatives nationwide to increase recycling access, particularly in underserved areas.
Read MoreBlood Drive Supports California Fire Victims During Sterile Packaging Day
A record number of blood donors participated in a blood drive held February 5, 2025, during Sterile Packaging Day at MD&M West in Anaheim, California. The Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC®) started Sterile Packaging Day five years ago to raise awareness for the sterile packaging industry while also giving back. The first SPMC® blood drive […]
Read MoreBusiness Groups Closely Monitor Expansion of Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
Trade groups nationwide, including the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), are carefully monitoring the Trump administration’s expansion of steel and aluminum tariffs. President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order (EO) on February 10, 2025, imposing a 25% tariff on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum starting on March 12, 2025. “We are actively engaged with […]
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FPA Monitors Federal Policymakers on Issues Affecting Packaging Industry
Among the Priorities Are Labeling, Recycling, Taxes, and Tariffs
February 13, 2025
As the new Trump administration enacts massive changes nationwide, the Flexible Packaging Association will be monitoring various issues to ensure policymakers consider how decisions might affect their constituents who work in the packaging industry.
Read MoreColorado to Review Producer Responsibility Proposal
Colorado’s Producer Responsibility Advisory Board has received an initial plan proposal from an organization offering to run the state’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law. Circular Action Alliance (CAA) submitted its initial plan proposal that details program operations and describes how CAA will help producers comply with all elements of the law, according to a news […]
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