Lantech doesn’t make flexible film or film alternatives. However, the international manufacturer of packaging machines has an interest in closely monitoring the evolving marketplace and efforts that might limit the use of virgin plastics.
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The transition from a linear to circular economy is so complex observers have found that projects require expertise and investments from multiple stakeholders.
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In 2024 in California, we will see the formal regulations for the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act and new packaging legislation.
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While it is unlikely many pieces of consequential legislation will make it to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature, we do anticipate a lot of legislative activity where FPA will advocate on behalf of the flexible packaging industry.
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MacDermid Graphic Solutions developed technology to expedite a renewable and sustainable way to eliminate this waste by focusing on total reuse.
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The paper focuses on five key environmental factors—temperature, humidity, environment, physical protection, and time and equilibration—and the role each plays in maintaining the rollstock’s quality and integrity during storage and handling.
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The event was successful in amplifying the flexible packaging industry voice.
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The Flexible Packaging Association works with federal regulators to share industry positions and mitigate potential regulatory burdens on flexible packaging manufacturing in the United States.
Read MoreFPA is also launching a new supporting category of membership.
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Food-grade and non-food-grade post-consumer recycled resin are being produced at the plant.
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Skillwork places industrial technicians on temporary assignments at production facilities around the U.S., similar to the way traveling nurses supplement the workforce at hospitals and health systems.
Read MoreSiegwerk has established a group executive committee and has added an executive from its offices in Asia, a move the company says should help bolster its ability to respond to its expanding international business operations. Ashish Pradhan, president of the company’s Asia operations, is now part of the newly created group executive committee that formally […]
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s recent decision to extend tariffs on aluminum to South Korea and Thailand will cost jobs in the U.S., while increasing prices for consumers and undermining the integrity of flexible packaging intended to protect food and medical supplies, according to the Flexible Packaging Association.
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Michigan State University’s School of Packaging completed a study on food waste that offers insights for packaging companies as they work to keep foods fresh as long as possible.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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