The focuses of this issue of FlexPack VOICE® are breakthroughs anticipated in legislative advocacy and the innovations of FPA’s Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition winners.
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Important Work for and in the Industry
Advocacy, volunteerism, and sustainability efforts are all showcased in this section. You’ll also find letters from FPA’s president, who offers her valuable perspective on those topics and more.
Circular Compostable Solutions Help Create a Sustainable Future
May/June 2025
The packaging industry is at a crossroads. As new packaging sustainability laws take hold across North America, the call for circular solutions has become a necessity rather than a choice.
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Fast-Paced Year Leads to New Advocacy Approaches
May/June 2025
Almost six months into the 119th Congress and the second Trump administration, the government relations team in the Flexible Packaging Association has refined its approach and settled into a new and refocused cadence for industry advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreBusy Year Underway on Packaging Policy
May/June 2025
At the state level, policy activity around packaging remains busy, especially regarding extended producer responsibility.
Read MoreCompanies Invest in Their Communities
May/June 2025
Companies recognized were American Packaging Corporation and Amcor.
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Summer Internship Program Returns for 2025
May/June 2025
The Emerging Leadership Council’s summer session starts in June 2025 for eight weeks. It includes a presentation on the Flexible Packaging Association’s “State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry” report, a career panel discussion, and industry speakers. On alternating weeks, students can connect in small group discussions on topics they choose.
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Sterile Packaging Day Celebration Assists Fire-Ravaged California
May/June 2025
Sterile Packaging Day united the medical packaging community under the theme, “From Foundations to Futures.” The in-person celebration took on additional significance because volunteers and donors helped to replenish local blood supplies for fire-ravaged communities in the Los Angeles area.
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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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 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.
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 MoreCompanies 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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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.
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.
Read MoreNew Year Brings New Challenges and Opportunities
Jan/Feb 2025
As I prepared to ring in the New Year, I was reminded of this quote from playwright Hillary DePiano in her 2014 play New Year’s Thieve: “You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” Never were truer words spoken as I took the helm of the Flexible Packaging Association as your new president and CEO.
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Flexible Packaging for Food Protects the Environment
Jan/Feb 2025
If food waste were a country, it would rank third in environmental impact behind the United States and China. Preventing food waste is a primary strategy for mitigating the environmental consequences of our food system.
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Expect the Unexpected in 2025
Jan/Feb 2025
Regulatory oversight will continue to be a key interest for the Flexible Packaging Association as the new administration settles in.
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New Year Brings New State Legislatures and New Packaging Bills
Jan/Feb 2025
As we enter 2025, we are coming off a busy year, with Minnesota passing a new packaging extended producer responsibility law and hundreds of other bills that were mostly defeated but would have created new mandates or banned certain types of flexible packaging.
Read MoreCompanies Invest in Their Communities and Promote From Within
Jan/Feb 2025
Companies recognized were Inland Packaging, Keypoint Intelligence, and Printpack. Individuals celebrated were Theodore Jackson with Novolex® and Ching Gettman with Davis-Standard, LLC.
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A Closer Look at Kelly Knowles
Knowles, Coordinator, FlexPAC™
Jan/Feb 2025
In this issue, we interview Kelly Knowles, coordinator of FlexPAC™.
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